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Summer vacation lasts 11 weeks for the Restrepos. And the Michigan family has nine of them covered, thanks to a Kids Club program offered by the local public schools. But summer camp is not free. The Restrepos are paying $225 per kid per week: $4,050 for both children for those nine weeks. “Honestly, I don’t know what we’d do without it,” William Restrepo said. The price of parenting tends to spike in summer, when tax-funded public education gives way to parent-funded daycare and sleepaway camps. Inflation pads the bill. What is a parent to do? Featuring Matt Schulz of LendingTree, Courtney Alev of Credit Karma, Andy Cooper of CouponBirds, and data from ParentsTogether Foundation.
