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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I teach HS.  The biggest thing I've learned about teenagers in this role is that they think ENTIRELY about themselves, no matter how sweet / wonderful / smart / lovely they otherwise are.   Sounds like this girl is concerned about

-her social life
-her academic life
-sharing her stuff
-sharing her house
-sharing her family

It's only a week.  She needs a little perspective.  She needs to be reminded that there has to be give and take in life.  Teenagers do a lot of taking.  Time for a little giving.  And she needs to know up front that she needs to be gracious about it, lest she embarrass her mother.[/quote]
Well said.[/quote]

And, no I didn't have  a perfect family, nor I was super popular- this is how you learn those lessons, as a teen, so you aren't lost totally as an adult. Learning to live with being "mortified" and/or learning that its not all about you is important, so is learning perspective about what is a big deal and what is "a big deal at the time"- its going through this stuff that will help them to learn it. If they don't, well, we've all been around those stunted adults. Most aren't so enjoyable.[/quote]

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