My kids hate summer camp and refuse to go. This summer, I'm not forcing them and instead saving money.

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The author's kids (not pictured) don't like going to summer camp.

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I'm scrambling to get my kid into summer camp. We've joined multiple lotteries and lost money, but I need to fill 10 weeks of summer.

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The author is struggling to find a summer camp for his kid.

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I went to an adult sleepaway camp in my 40s. Surrounded by women in their 60s and 70s, I found role models for aging.

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Working at a summer camp as a media director was the reset I needed after getting laid off from a job I loved

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Instead of spending money on camp or day care, I kept my daughter home this summer. We got more quality time, but it was harder to work.

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The author got to spend more quality time with his daughter this summer.

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I'm from Tanzania and stayed at a North Korean summer camp. It was the perfect hideout, even if nobody had internet.

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Regina Beraldo Kihwele and Russian friends on the first night at North Korea's Songdowon International Children's Camp in the summer of 2016.
Regina Beraldo Kihwele on the first night at North Korea's Songdowon International Children's Camp in the summer of 2016.

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My wife and I both work full-time. Summers are complex — we have to plan our kids' summer schedules 6 months in advance.

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Pat Dooling said he and his wife amend their work schedules to accommodate their kids during the summer vacation.

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My kids go to the sleepaway camp I own. I get to see them all summer, but I don't treat them differently than other campers.

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Happy kids running with counselors on footpath at summer camp

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Summer vacation is only getting more expensive for parents, with some spending thousands of dollars on camp: It's 'highway robbery'

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Parents are going into debt and adjusting their work schedules to make sure their kids have care this summer.

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I sent my American kids to a day camp in France. It cost $10 a day, and they learned French.

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The author sent her kids to a $ 10-a-day camp in Provence, France.

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