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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was very much NOT cool, and was surprised to have daughters who are. I will focus on my oldest, because that's when it surprised me (after her, I figured I just produce cool kids, like some people produce lefties). I learned she was cool in 1st grade when we were walking down the hallway in her school at the end of the day and a 5th grader said goodbye to her from down the hall. How did a 5th grader know her?! Who was that girl?! "That's my friend."

- not super sensitive.  You got the piece of paper that's someone else's favorite color? DD will trade so you can have it, no problem and doesn't care that she got navy blue or dark brown (colors hard to color on). 
- she's kind in meaningful ways .  You don't have anywhere to sit because there's no room? She'll get everyone to smush over to make room for you. You were in a rush this morning and don't have lunch? She'll share hers. 
- she's confident deep in her soul. Walking into a room of kids she doesn't know, doesn't phase her. She'd march right in and walk up to some kid and say "You're wearing my favorite color! You love purple too?" and in ten minutes you'd think they'd been friends for three years the way they're giggling together.
- she can defuse tense situations by using humor. she could stop bullying, smooth over embarrassing moments, etc. 
- she has a couple of cool skills - she is very good at art and if someone was sad she'd sometimes draw them a picture. she's very good at imitating people and would do imitations of people's moms, a sub who was old and from the deep South, etc. people like people who can do tricks.

We were poor and sometimes her clothes looked poor. At one point her backpack was held together with duct tape. So it wasn't being rich or having a lot of fancy stuff. I think the younger girls, while also confident and having a lot of the same qualities listed above that the oldest has, also benefitted by being related to her. "Oh, you're R's little sister? She's cool, so you're cool too." They were popular by association. [/quote]

Yup. I have three kids, and one is objectively cool. He has these traits, too. I hope they keep using their powers for good! [/quote]

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