I want to give my kid the kind of summer I had in the 90s. I'm limiting technology and choosing spontaneity over structure.

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I had a mom fail moment when I realized I had missed swimming lessons and summer camp registration for my 4-year-old son. My son's daycare closes for the summer and while I will have some part-time care, I panicked thinking of the slew of unstructured days that lay ahead of us. I felt plagued with guilt that my son would be missing opportunities to develop core memories and critical skills, not to mention I'd have less free time to write and read through the ever-expanding stack of books on my bedside table.