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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Excuse me, but I'm like this.  I don't have children, but I mentor many tweens and teens.  Most parents prefer that their kids spend a few minutes with me, that way they have someone trustworthy to talk to, that isn't a teen...[/quote]

Are you a counselor? Because if not, i would not want my kids spending a few minutes with you, or any other adult who pretended to be their peer.[/quote]

I didn't say that I tried to be their peer.  I said that I am friendly with tweens and teens, their parents trust me, and the kids tell me confidences that otherwise would only be told to peers.  I'm sorry that you are offended, but I know that it helps.  A tween/teen who is being abused, contemplating running away or suicide, is pregnant or is depressed is likely to talk to me, and then they can get the help they need.  Of course those are the extreme cases, but that's why I do it.  Yes, I also listen to drama about friends, relationships and whatever else goes through their heads, but I do it because my friends didn't have a mentor, and I wish they had had one.[/quote]

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