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When kids hit the tween years, summer break becomes something all together different. Don't expect to fill your summer the way you did just last year. So what can you do once family vacation is over and the kids have already spent a week or two at their grandparent's house? It's time to get creative and be patient. You have officially entered into no-man's- land where your child is too old for all day at the children's museum and the summer camps of yesteryear, and too you

There has been a lot of attention given recently to the idea that trophies, participation ribbons, and other such tokens ought to be doled out to all the kids that show up. That's right. All they have to do is show up. This means that participation has become the acceptable standard for accomplishment. There are two main opposing schools of thought on this idea. This first would agree that “everyone is a winner” so everyone should get some type of praise or reward at the