Parent ponders what to do with kids 11 to 14 during the summer

Elmira/Corning, NY, USA  (2005-05-16)

A single, working mother from Elmira, NY needed summer advice about places and activities for her 11-year-old son. So she wrote to her local paper – Star Gazette.com – for suggestions.

Reporter Jan Smith – a Family Team Leader for Cornell Cooperative Extension – wrote back on May 16.

MySummerCamps.com has thousands of day and sleepover camp listings broken out by interest category with a state-by-state search function.

Jan Smith works on issues of child development, education, community development and consumer affairs.

The Star-Gazette maintains a circulation of nearly 27,000 on weekdays and over 36,000 on Sunday.