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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PLEASE- I have a student in an extremely competitive program.  She's a doll according to the teacher's at staff.  She can be a monster at home at times.  It's normal OP.  [/quote]

So that says your kid is capable of being respectful and well-liked, and merely choses to act like a fiend at home.  What's to say she can't be respectful at home?  [/quote]

Not the PP you're responding to but: The saying "familiarity breeds contempt" does apply here. Look at threads about how young kids will be well-behaved at school and then have issues at home. A kid of 13 has some of the same issues: If they're switched on to being attentive, hard-working, polite, engaged and friendly all day at school -- they get home and are tired and need a place where they can switch off at least somewhat. So parents and siblings don't always get the "doll" but get the cranky teen. It is normal. That does not mean it's OK for a kid to be rude or mean and it's not an excuse. It is an explanation. [/quote]

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