Before I had kids, I glimpsed a window into the insanity of summer child care when one of my friends at work shared with me the week-by-week patchwork of camps and clinics she thoughtfully stitched together for her child once school was out.
For those 12 weeks of summer, she explained, her 8-year-old couldn’t be left home alone while his parents were at work. So starting in January, she registered him for day programs that could occupy his time, keep him safe, and maybe activate his little neurons over the summer stretch.
