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back to Texas with them for a week.
ow times
Then the older one went to
have
Milwaukee for a week. Then the
changed.
summer was nearly over.
When I was a
How many friends did they actual-
school kid in
ly see? Maybe three, including the
Dallas, back in the
"other daughter" who lives behind us
Stone Age of the
— and she doesn't really count
1960s and early
because she's over all the time any-
KERI GUTEN 1970s, we dreaded
way.
COHEN the end of summer
No wonder they don't dread the
and the beginning of
Story
start
of school, but embrace it. It sig-
the school year.
Development
nals the start of their social season.
Though I went
Editor
Kids who slept until noon during
away to Camp
the summer now are popping out of
Young Judaea in the
bed at 6:30 a.m. so they won't be late
Texas hill country every summer for
for
school — and the opportunity to
three weeks, I spent most of my time
see
their friends. The younger one
in the 'hood, hanging out with
wants
to stay late at school on
friends, swimming at the Jewish
Community Center and making trips Tuesdays and Thursdays, not to do
to the library for more
summer reading.
My mom shooed us
outside to ride bikes,
have picnics on blan-
kets on the front lawn,
lounge in the hot Texas
sun with lots of suntan,
lotion, which we trad-
ed for tan-producing
(and skin-damaging)
baby oil. And to relax
... period.
There might have
been a short family trip
or two to nearby desti-
nations, or we'd con a
Hannah, almost 15, and Emma, almost 13, enjoy a
parent to drive a group summer trip to Cedar Point.
of us to Six Flags Over
Texas for the day.
homework, but to visit.
But mostly, we hung out. I saw
My older daughter started ninth
plenty of my school friends because
grade at the Jewish Academy of
they were there hanging out, too.
Metropolitan Detroit, gaining a
Things are not so simple any more.
whole new family of friends in just a
My kids don't see their school
week. She couldn't wait for school to
friends so much, but they talk to
them by computer, Instant Messaging start.
If I had told my parents I was
from the comfort of an air-condi-
excited
about the beginning of
tioned home. Television is a constant
school, they would have thought I
lure. So are movies, where conversa-
was ill.
tion is at a minimum. Reading? Well,
How long will their enthusiasm for
maybe.
school last? Hopefully, forever.
Take my daughters, almost 13 and
Realistically, until the first test or big
almost 15, for example. They started
homework
assignment. But thank
the summer by going on a family trip
goodness
for
the long Labor Day
to Israel — their first — with grand-
weekend. This year, they have Friday
ma graciously footing the bill. Then
off as well as Monday — which, of
came Camp Young Judaea in
course, will only make them long for
Wisconsin for nearly a month. Then
school again on Tuesday. ❑
their younger cousin and the other
grandmother came to visit for a
Harry Kirsbaum's column will return.
week. Then the younger one went
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