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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You need to have a reset conversation, and let your LCC know about it. You need to be very clear with your expectations, and let her know that you mean business when you say that if she does not improve xyz behaviors, meet xyz goalposts, and stop doing xyz things in the next two weeks, you will go into rematch.

You should probably write these things down on a piece of paper to hand her, as she may not fully absorb what you are telling her in a conversation.[/quote]

+1. She does sound really immature. She may be testing you (unconsciously) to see what she can get away with. I'm guessing she has been a fairly sheltered child who always got away with not quite finishing things or living up to her promises. The enormity of this role has probably come as somewhat of a shock. She probably expected it to be more hanging out and less packing lunches at 7am.

I see this going one of two ways: 1) She decides that she actually does want to have a growth experience, become a responsible person and take her job seriously, or 2) She continues to want to be treated like a ditzy-but-beloved older sibling, and you have to go to rematch. Her real parents can indulge that behavior, but I wouldn't.[/quote]

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