NEW YORK—Kiley Krzyzek is going to be a counselor-in-training for a month this summer. She’ll do choir camp for a week. But it’s the rest of the time the 14-year-old wants to fill up, the weeks when there is nothing going on.

NEW YORK -- Kiley Krzyzek is going to be a counselor-in-training for a month this summer. She’ll do choir camp for a week. But it’s the rest of the time the 14-year-old wants to fill up, the weeks when there is nothing going on. | Tweens: 6 tips to keep boredom away

NEW YORK -- Looking for ways to keep your tween or young teen busy over the summer? Here are six ideas to pull them away from the computer, the television and the cell phone:

To the casual observer it probably looked like a case of overnight success when the new self-titled Atlantic Records debut from hook-heavy hard rockers Halestorm landed at No. 40 on Billboard's Top 40 album chart upon its release on April 28. The reality, of course, is a much different story.

NEW YORK -- Kiley Krzyzek is going to be a counselor-in-training for a month this summer. She’ll do choir camp for a week. But it’s the rest of the time the 14-year-old wants to fill up, the weeks when there is nothing going on. | Tweens: 6 tips to keep boredom away

NEW YORK -- Looking for ways to keep your tween or young teen busy over the summer? Here are six ideas to pull them away from the computer, the television and the cell phone: