This will probably go into the abyss of skimmed posts but oh well my 2 cents.............
On the ship there are 2 groups for that 10 yo age:
A group of 10-14
A group for 10-12
I know this sounds crazy but the way the new set up is they have this group of free time with a few activities going on with the 10-14 yo kids. This is where I put my 10yo and he was treated like a baby or so he said. A cm I know really well came over to us and asked me about changing him to the other group which is mostly in the lab. I was relieved to know about it and Drew went there from then on . He loved the CM's with that group in fact he writes them. Have a box to mail this week to them. You will find that in this group the younger kids tend to hang out......the older kids want to be in OC.