<p>carolyn, I used to be a frequent visitor on the old board until my D started logging in to CC about a year ago. At that point I decided to stop visiting CC so as to give her some privacy. I came back to CC today to find out what was happening with the SAT scores.</p>
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I've suggested this to her many times and have always been met with the teenage-stare-of-parental-death.
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<p>Oh, THAT'S familiar. Actually my daughter absorbed almost everything I said to her, all the offhand comments, and I got a little crazy there toward the end! Some of my comments got absored, digested and reappeared as her idea.
This should go in a different thread, but this is a pearl I learned last year, just as when they were little, they are hearing everything you say, even if they seem totally oblivious - be careful, you can guide their choice. I think they need guidance, but still freedom to make the choice theirs.</p>