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My children are not "mini-mes" and that's been a great surprise.
My tween daughter spends much of her day in her attic room reading books, writing in her diary, painting, and playing ukulele. Who knows what else she’s up to all day – it’s a mystery. She actually behaves quite a bit like I did when I was her age. She might be dismayed to learn just how similar we are. I try to explain this to her sometimes, but all I get in response is a barrage of eye-rolling.
In other ways, though, we diverge quite markedly, and it’s in those moments I’m reminded that she is her own person, not a copy of me. The more experiences she acquires, the further afield I suspect that life is going to take her. The future is an open book.
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My children are nothing like I expected
My tween daughter spends much of her day in her attic room reading books, writing in her diary, painting, and playing ukulele. Who knows what else she’s up to all day – it’s a mystery. She actually behaves quite a bit like I did when I was her age. She might be dismayed to learn just how similar we are. I try to explain this to her sometimes, but all I get in response is a barrage of eye-rolling.
In other ways, though, we diverge quite markedly, and it’s in those moments I’m reminded that she is her own person, not a copy of me. The more experiences she acquires, the further afield I suspect that life is going to take her. The future is an open book.
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My children are nothing like I expected
