Avoiding a Bummer Summer

Chasing Life

CNN

Nutrition, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.5 • 8K Ratings

🗓️ 29 May 2020

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summer’s coming, but for many, it will look very different. Camps and activities are getting cancelled, so families are getting creative. CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta talks about solutions for parents and for kids. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm not really sure about what I am going to be doing this summer.
0:07.1	My husband and I both work full time, so having our kids at camp would certainly be a big
0:12.8	help.
0:13.8	Well, I was going to get to a day camp that I love and like it would be my last year
0:18.8	there, so I missed that.
0:20.8	And I'm really sad that like I have to be stuck in my house, but like I'm still with my
0:28.5	family.
0:29.8	When I think summer, I think of kids laughter, splashing in the pool, backyard cookouts,
0:36.3	kids at camp.
0:37.9	But that may not be exactly how summer looks this year.
0:40.9	Across the country, camps are getting canceled and families are scrapping their vacation
0:45.1	plans.
0:46.5	Kids are logging off virtual school, only to find out summer jobs have vanished.
0:51.6	But over and over again, experts have told me, not to panic.
0:55.6	A little boredom is healthy.
0:57.4	Plus, there are plenty of easy creative alternatives to choose from this summer.
1:02.2	I'm Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN's Chief Medical Correspondent.
1:06.1	And this is coronavirus, fact, versus fiction.
1:12.1	Initially, I was sort of telling everyone, you know, this is not going to be forever.
1:20.5	That's Dr. Tanya Altman, a pediatrician in California.
1:24.5	He's been helping families manage the ups and downs of this new pandemic reality.
1:29.4	I still am hopeful that this is going to be sort of a one year change and then things
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