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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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>>No, not much. And I know enough to know that's that's stepping on the third rail to try to tell someone how to raise their child. I don't think that's what Nick meant and I know it wasn't what I meant. More of a caution flag. I considered what he said good general advice.
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>Mike what I said was a joke. I don't do child raising advice. I'd stop someone beating their child with a stick. Thats about it.

OK, I misunderstood. I thought what you said was right on the money -- if you (any parent) push something on a kid too hard it is more likely to make them want to do the opposite. I should have stopped there, and will stop here.

Happy holidays. Are you going away anywhere?