Comments on: Friday miscellany: Wow, this is a long weekend already… https://lauravanderkam.com/2022/02/friday-miscellany-wow-this-is-a-long-weekend-already/ Writer, Author, Speaker Tue, 22 Feb 2022 00:59:55 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: Laura Vanderkam https://lauravanderkam.com/2022/02/friday-miscellany-wow-this-is-a-long-weekend-already/#comment-317380 Tue, 22 Feb 2022 00:59:55 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=18446#comment-317380 In reply to Caitlin.

@Caitlin- I think volunteering would be a good idea – we are working on a plan…

]]> By: Laura Vanderkam https://lauravanderkam.com/2022/02/friday-miscellany-wow-this-is-a-long-weekend-already/#comment-317379 Tue, 22 Feb 2022 00:59:06 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=18446#comment-317379 In reply to Calee.

@Calee – we are definitely looking at some CIT options for kids his age. That would be a good way to volunteer and do something fun.

]]> By: Caitlin https://lauravanderkam.com/2022/02/friday-miscellany-wow-this-is-a-long-weekend-already/#comment-316309 Fri, 18 Feb 2022 18:05:34 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=18446#comment-316309 Maybe your oldest should just think about volunteering instead of doing camps! Looks better on college applications! I volunteered at the local hospital every weekday of the summer when I was 14 and 15. (Then got a job as a day camp counselor at 16.)

]]> By: Calee https://lauravanderkam.com/2022/02/friday-miscellany-wow-this-is-a-long-weekend-already/#comment-316278 Fri, 18 Feb 2022 16:02:03 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=18446#comment-316278 Is there perhaps a camp where your soon to be 15 year old can be a volunteer jr counselor? My daughter worked around 30 hours a week last summer as a volunteer at the Ninja warrior camp offered by her Karate studio and she absolutely loved it. Got her out of the house like a day camp and was fun with her fellow coworkers but she did actually have to work. Texas allows kids to work as young as 15 so she will be a paid employee at the camp this summer. She’s also going to do a 2-week condensed class at the community college and maybe a sleep away camp for a week. But I think she and I are both most looking forward to her working.

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