What the Summer Camp Frenzy Costs Us

As summer sinks its humid teeth into us, I’m glad to see the systemic failures of ten weeks of 'every family for themselves' to figure out childcare is getting more attention. This week's audio newsletter adds more to the discussion about how our society has removed independence "stepping stones" to help kids grow up. Show Links: Lydia Kiesling’s How Summer Camp Became Such a Hot Mess for ParentsRebecca Gale's When Summer Camp Doesn't Work for Your KidAnne Helen Petersen’s The Past and Potential Future of the Summer Care ScrambleBetter Life Lab at New America’s report on the summer care gapJess Calarco’s answer to Anne Helen Petersen about not what we should do to fix this but WHY it hasn’t been fixedRecommended age to leave kids home alone: you can check your state here.Members-only thread: I’d love to hear, how do you think about kid independence in our supervision-heavy culture?Thank you for being a member of The Double Shift!