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>>>>>>The voice of experience. I agree with you completely and have tried to gently make the same point to Kevin. Sometimes I get the impression he expects Katy to be his Mini-Me, sharing his enthusiasms and dislikes. Maybe it will happen that way but IMO it would be an exceptionally docile teen/lpreteen who wants it. Part of growing up is to learn to think for yourself.
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>>>>>Neither of you know a thing about how I'm raising my kid.
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>>>>Thats true and I never said I did. Without knowing you quite well personally I could have no idea. About the only thing I can be sure of is that you photograph her a lot :-)
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>>>You know what, I take that back, I meant that more for Mike. I've heard this "mini-me" speech 100 times.
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>>Sorry if I have been more repetitive than I thought. Let's leave it at 100.
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>Mike somehow you have the belief that because I have strong convictions in certain directions, that I'm trying to pass those onto her. I'm not. My wife and I teach her common sense and responsibility, and to look adults in the eye when she talks. We teach her that actions have consequences. The other night I had a talk with her because she tried to hide a mistake she made. We also teach her not to be humble. Most of the rest she has to figure out on her own.
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>And if she grows up not to be a liberal, that's a bonus. <s>

Now, now. You must know that jazz is the pure essence of liberality. Jazz could never have become mainstream in a pure conservative environment. We'd all still be listening to minuets and Gregorian chants (actually I kind of like Gregorian chants, but that's neither here nor there). ;)