I'm an American mom living in London. School ends in mid-July and my kids don't go to sleep-away camp.

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• Summer camp culture doesn't exist in the UK like it does in the US.
• Summer break is also shorter in the UK and school doesn't finish until July. 
• For my kids summer break is a patchwork of day clubs and activities. 

Though I'm a born-and-bred New Yorker, I've been a London transplant since 2008.

I had my four kids here — ages 6, 8, 11 and 13 — and...