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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Stop pushing her.  Stop comparing her to her brother.  I agree with you on the screen time.  She needs to relearn how to be creative again.  She became too dependent on the screen.  Give her a hug every day and tell her that you love her.  Adolescence is tough.[/quote]

OP here. Ok, so here's my next question. Is there something I should do to help her relearn how to be creative. This is a serious question. I am realizing that I really don't have the skills to parent her (sort of joking here, but not really).  I am the youngest of 3 sisters, and my parents were extremely hands-off when it came to me (mainly b/c my two older sisters had lots of issues and needed a lot of attention) but whether it was nature or nurture, I was very self-motivated. I sort of bitterly joke that I was raised by wolves so I don't have good parenting role models. Anyway....the point is, I feel very unsure of how much to let her relearn this by herself, versus how much I should do it with her. I want her to be more independent and not need me to entertain her when she doesn't have a screen to stare at, but I also want to be there for her.  Argh.  I feel like I sound like a lunatic.  It's just that between all the blog posts that say let your kids roam free and have a 70's era childhood and all the blogs that say the more quality time you spend with your kids the better, I am suffering from a lot of mixed messages and it's coming through in my crappy parenting. [/quote]

Seriously. Are u my twin. I have a 10 yr old that is exactly like this. I am the 3rd daughter to my parents facing the same issue. Sounds creepy but true[/quote]

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