My daughter is 12 years old. I am a full-time, working single parent and am dreading the summer holiday.

My daughter would like to go to "adventure-type" holiday camps with kayaking, dance, climbing, abseiling and zip-wire. But these aren't run locally at reasonable prices.

She has played football but wishes for something else. Girls of her age need professional support from people who can motivate youngsters.

I would love to take my child for a kayaking trip down a river but have neither the time nor the money. So what happens this summer while our children get bored and start hanging around the streets not knowing what to do with themselves?

I am worried. It is more critical now than when she was younger and yet they are the forgotten generation who we are so quick to blame and condemn for their "disruptive" behaviour.

Boys want to play football all hours but girls are neglected. My daughter would be so good at karate but she doesn't want to train with boys because she finds the way they approach sport off-putting.

I feel as if I am letting her down. So what do we do for this creative, dynamic wonderful population of teenagers and very young women?

-Michele Javary, michelle2802@fast24.co.uk