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[quote=Anonymous]OP, sounds like you've decided on having your young cousin out for some weeks in the summer and starting to build up a relationship -- good move. ANY role you can play in her life is going to be positive for her. And your embrace of the realities that others have posted about on here shows that you're thinking this through objectively.

I would suggest that you find out (not sure how, if the adults in her life don't know her well as a person....) what most interests her, and see if you can find some camps or shorter workshops she could attend while with you. It's very late in the game to find summer classes or camps that aren't already full, but you might find some activities. When I say camp, I don't necessarily mean outdoor camp either -- For instance, if she is into, say, drawing and paining, see if you can find a one-week, half-day art "camp" in the area. That way she has half a day for five days of being the teen artist, and meeting other teens and tweens who are into art like she is. They won't know any of her baggage and she'll get to exercise her art (or drama or dance or sport or robotics or what the heck ever) and then have the rest of the day and evening with you. The idea, to me, is giving her a place to engage in an interest purely for fun and not for a grade; to do something without being judged by a teacher or by a relative; a place to be the person she wants to present to that group, because no one there knows her as "the girl who hit her grandma" or "the kid with all those issues in school."

Might be more of a useful option next summer rather than this summer. Meanwhile, yes, do take her to the myriad things to do in this area and find out what she likes best. [/quote]

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