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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My daughters are innately good kids, but here is what I did.

I had them in lots of activities through the early teen years. Girl Scouts. Dance. Three sports. Volunteering at Church. Idle hands are the devil's workshop.

Family dinner on weeknights is not optional. Google the research. We also did a big Sunday dinner with extended family.

My house was the designated after school hangout for the later teen years. This was a lucky break because we had a fully finished basement. Which just happened to have great acoustics and air flow into the kitchen. Anything hinky would have been obvious. I kept a stocked fridge and didn't grumble over the grocery bills.

I made sure that I met friends and their parents.

[b]I did gentle social engineering in the tween years. Tweens are mostly dependent on you for transportation and spending money. Unhealthy friendships quickly died because I was too busy to drive over to Larla's house or didn't have any cash to give for a day at the mall. Sad smile. So sorry!(Not sorry!)[/b][/quote]

I like your style :-)[/quote]

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