>>>>>Thanks. Jan 25th. What is it like raising girls?
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>>>>Wonderful, Dan!
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>>>>I have 2 teenage boys and one teenage girl. It really depends on "which" girl you get. Mine refuses to wear dresses, and just found out that a buzz haircut is the ultimate in freedom. Boyfriend is more like another brother.
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>>>>Easy to shop for though. Be sure to enjoy the frou-frou stuff while you're making the choices. Then after that hang loose and "choose your battles." Stuff like hair isn't worth fighting over, but character is.
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>>>What about green hair and tongue piercing? <s> I always wondered how I would handle that kind of thing.
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>>Actually, we did green hair. #2 son had long blonde hair dyed a pretty shade of pine green with semi-permanent stuff. I encouraged it because he had a great need to do outrageous things and green hair is pretty outrageous, and more importantly, NOT PERMANENT.
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>>Toungue piercing is disgusting. That's why I encourage the non-permanent stuff to satisfy the need to be outrageous. Now #2 is "preppy" which is quite conventional.
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>That's good advice. I hope I can handle all the stuff that she can throw at me.

When I can't handle it I hide behind a computer. Learned a lot of Fox lately while hiding from the surprises 3 kids can generate when you're trying to get them through high school and into college. ;>}