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[quote=Anonymous]OP, find some good books on children's developmental stages and learn what to expect from a child her age -- and what to expect in the coming years.

There is a book called [i]Ages and Stages [/i]that looks at kids through age 10. There is even a [i]Child Development and Psychology for Dummies[/i] book, and an entire series of books (can't recall the series title) that looks at each age range in depth.

I think that your expectations for her at just seven are not realistic. If she were 17 instead, I could see having this issue, but she is still very young. I have seen a lot of parents with expectations that are not age-appropriate, especially in our area where kids are heavily involved in extracurricular activities and/or intense academics at young ages; around here there is an unspoken (and sometimes spoken) tendency to want kids to be very goal-oriented about something -- often a sport but I see the same thing in dance, in academics, etc. -- by the time they're in early elementary school. That is not how many, or even most, kids are. Read up on her age and relax a little, knowing that she will find her own passion in her own time, or she may be an all-rounder who is more relaxed than you are, or than some of her peers are.[/quote]

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