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[quote=Anonymous]DD keeps calling me with the same exact issue: she is stressed because she didn't follow such and such instructions so had to redo something. We're on the eighth call this week about this and 3rd call today about various problems, one being an internship she had weeks to apply for and she did something wrong and it's due tomorrow. She declared she'd just "submit it as is, they don't want me anyway."

She's a very good student and I've not helped her with homework/organization since maybe 2nd grade. I'm so frustrated by these calls because it's like she wants to complain and for me to almost solve things I have zero way of solving other than to say "make sure you read instructions" which is obviously not helpful because I've already told her this and she is in the same predicament again. Anyone else dealing with this? On the third call I told her I had to go because it was getting so frustrating. Often these crises resolve on their own, like the one she had early on in the week, she was sure she bombed a text because of instructions and she ended up getting a good grade anyway. It's such a terrible pattern and I want to be a good mom and listen to her but I also don't want to enable complaining.[/quote]

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