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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My girl is almost 13 and in seventh grade. I tend to encourage and enable her to do for herself, but do for her when she's overwhelmed (whether in her head or not). She is capable of cleaning her room. But sometimes, I sit on her bed and re-organize her dresser drawers while she organizes everything else and we chat. I can not bring her lunch if she forgets - I'm at work and it'd take an hour to get to her and I can't leave work that way. But I'm fine with reminding her as she walks out the door to grab her lunch. If she's had a long day I'll sometimes carry her backpack home (we walk about a mile from the bus to get home). [b]I've been known to do her homework for her if it's bullshit busy work and she knows the concepts.

[/b]I was thinking about something similar recently, OP. I saw a parent opening a car door for their kid. I can't remember my parents EVER opening the car door for me, whether it was to get in or out. I can see when children are under 3 yrs old and maybe it's too heavy, but kids in elementary school? Why are the kids just STANDING THERE? [/quote]

This cannot be serious.[/quote]

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