Since I put my red pen away and retired from teaching, I have become an Uber driver for two non-paying grandkids while their parents work. During the school year I pick them up from the bus stop; however, the arrival of summer “vacation” brings its own set of difficulties – the scramble to enroll them in camps or, as often the case, figure out what to do with them at my house. I estimate I drive 1,200 miles each month they are out of school and pay nearly $2,500 for their summer camps.

I know this sounds familiar to many other parents and grandparents. Fortunately, I have the resources (barely) to keep things humming; unfortunately, many other families do not.

Summer break, once designed for agrarian calendars, now feels like an outdated relic. It’s like trying to use a rotary phone in t

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