‘Kid rotting’: why parents are letting their children go wild this summer

Forget the organised fun that comes with a high price tag and the threat of debt. US parents are turning their backs on summer camps and activities, in favour of much freer, easier school holidays

Name: Summer kid rotting.

Age: The name is new, but long school summer holidays started spreading in the 1840s, thanks to the US educational reformer Horace Mann.

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