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[quote=Anonymous]OP, no advice, just sympathy.

And I especially feel you on the different kids...my mom always told me that my sisters and me were born with fully-fledged personalities and her ideas of writing on a blank slate went completely out the window from day one. And since I'm the oldest, I was able to see her point first-hand.

That helped prepare me for the reality that there's only so much parenting can do given our kids' innate personalities and characteristics, but in my struggles with my 14 year old dd (middle child and first girl) it's hard not to take it personally when she's prickly, distant, and difficult. 
She's been independent pretty much since the day she was born, but her need to individuate by pushing me away is at such an extreme right now it's difficult to keep reaching out. I really hope she comes out the other side of adolescence at some point and we can develop a closer relationship again, but it's hard to look forward that many years and hold onto hope today.[/quote]

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