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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My sister (thirties) does this regularly with teenagers. She's very charming.  It feeds her ego because they think she is worldly and cool and she can impart her "wisdom" about life.  She's incredibly narcissistic (as in, probably personality-disorder level narcissistic) and has alienated her same-age friends.

They generally wise up when they figure her out. [/quote]

Yeah, I think people who are interested in "hanging with" teens have some kind of arrested development. Posters who say they are close to an individual teen that they know are one thing, but posters who claim to be tween whisperers -- I can't shake the feeling that there's something really wrong there. I also wonder how healthy it is for these kids to see those posters move on to other teens as they age-out of this odd relationship. Just weird.[/quote]

Um, the only people who "move on" because a child "ages out" of a relationship are pedophiles, not mentors.  Yes, several relationships have dwindled over the last several years... the kids went to college on the other side of the country, so instead of seeing each other in passing every day or two, they call and check in once every week or so for a few minutes.  That's normal.

So, you consider something wrong with a coach for a middle school or high school sport?  Or the guidance counselor?  Or just a beloved teacher?  Or is it only the neighborhood lady who must have something wrong with her?  All of them have a knack for dealing with tweens and teens, or they wouldn't do what they do.

Please, look up Big Brothers Big Sisters of America.  It's the same type of thing.[/quote]

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