>>I always have to stop myself and let the girl run into her own problems. Hard to give hints only and not to start solving the problem.
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>It's always been a challenge, but then I learned to enjoy watching her mental gears (or should I use a less mechanical metaphor?) kick in, and that "ah, yes!" moment when she sees the path to the solution.
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>And that's a good practice. I learned to think of ways to put suggestions into discussion without sounding like a teacher who knows everything (which I was, in previous life, or at least my students thought (that I was thinking) so).

Anyway, it's a pain. :) But one can not pamper them a whole live..