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That is fine. Everybody has different parenting styles. However if that isn't how you roll I am not sure coming on a discussion board
and starting a thread with a title "Does it get worse" makes a lot of sense
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That is fine. Everybody has different parenting styles. However if that isn't how you roll I am not sure coming on a discussion board
and starting a thread with a title "Does it get worse" makes a lot of sense
This is similar to the relationship I have with my DD. She is 12 and I usually pre-approve most purchases but have gotten poopood on a couple. We don't complain about sports bills usually, only when she gripes about not getting to spend money for something else, which isn't that common. We have a very good relationship, she gets great grades, and stays out of trouble. Why ask for more from a 12 year old?
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That is fine. Everybody has different parenting styles. However if that isn't how you roll I am not sure coming on a discussion board
and starting a thread with a title "Does it get worse" makes a lot of sense
it was a "does it get worse" haha sort of thread.....the whole "i don't want to be the only one with a different mask" thing just makes me glad i'm not 13 still
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Agreed. Also as a boy my experiences growing up probably don't carry over to teenage girls. As a boy growing up, not going to parties, wearing whatever I wanted to regardless of trends, etc ..e.g.
being "different" was tolerated because I was good at sports. I could have had a pink glove and while my teammates may have ribbed me a bit, it wouldn't have lasted long nor would it have been
"mean". All my friends had the Air Jordans..I had Converse from the outlet store. My father told me that sneakers don't make jump shots and I was ok with it
probably because my friends didn't give me too tough a time about it..and I was a Larry Bird fan
. Not sure that my sister had the same experiences nor will my daughter unfortunately. When you get older you realize that standing out from the crowd is often a good thing..as a teenager
that mentality is a difficult one.
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My wife is embarrassed by me all the time..and she hasn't been a teenager for A VERY LONG time..ok don't tell her I said that.
I sometimes go out of my way to embarrass my daughter. It gets her out of her comfort zone, and actually builds her confidence. She had learned to embrace and own her "faults" and imperfections. She is not one of the "popular" girls at school and gets picked on sometimes. She really just shrugs it off. Not to be all "billy badass" but we sort of take a "the lions don't care what the sheep think" kind of approach to things.
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DD1 is super lucky in this regard......we are a small school, only about 70 in her class of 8th graders
of that group, about 12 or so of the girls are all solid athletes, mostly all honor roll kids......they have their moments, as they are 13 year old girls, but they are all pretty strong & confident and most of the catty BS doesn't happen, mostly because the rest won't stand for it......they are good to their classmates (except their male counterparts haha), and we escape much of the drama
of that group, about 12 or so of the girls are all solid athletes, mostly all honor roll kids......they have their moments, as they are 13 year old girls, but they are all pretty strong & confident and most of the catty BS doesn't happen, mostly because the rest won't stand for it......they are good to their classmates (except their male counterparts haha), and we escape much of the drama
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