We're in just about mid-July, about to hit a heat-wave, and getting ready to hunker down in the AC. So what on earth do we do with these hot, antsy, "bored" children for another month and a half plus? Andrea Boring joins MaryRuth to talk about not just surviving the summer, but maybe even enjoying it. 

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