Does anyone have advice on how to convice 13 year old girls that just because they think they are the princess of middle school really doesn't mean a thing? Or perhaps the "thing" that is a problem is that they take that as a right to choose which rules to obey and which to break. It's not something I deal with well, and the problem has gotten worse over the last couple of weeks... maybe it's time to call in the parents (hopefully they don't think their daughters are princesses too!).
posted by Mark at 7:20 PM
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Boot camp. That's what I recommend. :) Nothing like real pain to wash the pettiness out of a person.
I'm not a parent so I can't help much further. But I do know that at that age, kids are trying to work out who and what they are relative to other people. Some of us adults are still trying.
It's too bad that you can't help the Princess work out what she is relative to God...which is what her parents should be doing, which suffering (such as boot camp!) could help to do, and which is after all the real solution. Recall that the Pharisee compared himself to others while the tax collector compared himself to God. Anybody who's stuck on his own importance needs a refresher on how small he is compared to the physical and spiritual laws that he didn't establish.
Best wishes,
John Wheeler
All you have to do is ask this question, "How many survivors of the Titanic do you remember?" And when they look at you funny because they have no clue what to say, reply, "That's how many junior high queens I remember from my junior high days."
Problem solved.
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