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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"I have to admit she's a favorite of mine."

How does OP respond to the emails and private conversations? Does she share any of her private life? the problems that she discusses about friends . . . does this evolve into gossip about the kids? We can't answer those questions but OP can. OP, take an honest look at this situation and ask yourself if you are too close to this child.

At the very least, the girl is feeling uncomfortable with the relationship, leading her to act out like this.

OP, why don't you discuss this with your supervisor? This seems like the kind of situation you should kick upstairs, especially with a college rec in play. And if you don't feel comfortable doing that, that speaks volumes right there.[/quote]

I'm the OP.  No, I'm not "too close to this child": she knows NOTHING about my private life.  I don't discuss my private life with any students, ever, and of course I never gossip with students.  This girl is a few years younger than my son--who graduated from the same school last year--and I regard her as a child, not a peer.  The student HAS come to me when she was upset at school about friend issues, but this isn't every day or even every week.  It has been a handful of times over the course of two and a half years.  Students do not see me as a peer, but an adult figure, and the fact that my own son was one of them until he graduated last year set the tone for this, I think.  So no, I don't have boundary issues, and I'm not hanging out with teenagers, giggling over cute boys and selfies.

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