When Kaiti was this age, up until she was about 10 actually, she was my shadow. She never left my side... ever! She was home schooled at this point, if you remember, and literally was with me every moment of every day.
But not to worry... Once she hit puberty, she wouldn't have anything to do with me... For about a week.
At 16, she's very close to me. We talk, share things, are the envy of all her friends. They call comment on how nice it must be to have a mom you can talk to and do things with. I'm the cool mom.
The difference I've noticed now is that although we are extremely close, she has slowly ventured out into the social aspect of teenage-hood. She has a small group of well choosen, very close friends rather than a large group of kids that hang out together. She handles her friendships better than most of her friends because she values them more. She enjoys her time away from home and parents more because it's not the norm.
On the other hand, she's also more responsible and mature than most of her friends (don't tell her I said that). She reads and has conversations about things most kids her age aren't even aware of, let alone interested in.
She also doesn't mind occupying her own time. There are days she spends in her room with a book and we don't see her unless we look for her. Others she's begging for us to keep her from boredom.
I think she's more socially adjusted than most I see her age. And I think that has a lot to do with all the together time we had when she was younger.
Look at it this way...
Pretty soon, she's going to be going to school. She'll meet people there. Enjoy her while you have her... Before those little monsters convince her parents are weird :)
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When Kaiti was this age, up until she was about 10 actually, she was my shadow. She never left my side... ever! She was home schooled at this point, if you remember, and literally was with me every moment of every day.
But not to worry... Once she hit puberty, she wouldn't have anything to do with me... For about a week.
At 16, she's very close to me. We talk, share things, are the envy of all her friends. They call comment on how nice it must be to have a mom you can talk to and do things with. I'm the cool mom.
The difference I've noticed now is that although we are extremely close, she has slowly ventured out into the social aspect of teenage-hood. She has a small group of well choosen, very close friends rather than a large group of kids that hang out together. She handles her friendships better than most of her friends because she values them more. She enjoys her time away from home and parents more because it's not the norm.
On the other hand, she's also more responsible and mature than most of her friends (don't tell her I said that). She reads and has conversations about things most kids her age aren't even aware of, let alone interested in.
She also doesn't mind occupying her own time. There are days she spends in her room with a book and we don't see her unless we look for her. Others she's begging for us to keep her from boredom.
I think she's more socially adjusted than most I see her age. And I think that has a lot to do with all the together time we had when she was younger.
Look at it this way...
Pretty soon, she's going to be going to school. She'll meet people there. Enjoy her while you have her... Before those little monsters convince her parents are weird :)