Moms Talk: What to Do During the Summer?

There are . Both San Anselmo and Fairfax offer summer camps -- in your classic summer camp vein -- and there are countless sports camps, theater camps, specialty camps. Marin Mommies offers a comprehensive summer camp guide.

You could send them off to overnight camp, where they'll boat and swim and learn archery and the ancient craft of lanyard-making. You could keep them at home, let them run loose through the streets.

In this increasingly competitive atmosphere, plenty of parents are worried their little ones will fall behind during those summer months. So, off they go to competitive soccer camps or academic programs.

Other parents want their kids to recapture those good old days they remember -- building tree houses, exploring the creek bed, playing kick the can (do kids these days even know how to play kick the can?).

Which way is right? Which way is sustainable for you as a parent -- do you take the summer off of work too? Which summer camp or program is best? Do any of our parents have recommendations? What will you be doing with your kids?