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How do you take my daughter's reaction to finding out a friend did drugs?
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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 309479" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>Something else I used to do that could help - I would read every book she reads, and then we would talk about the books together. When easy child was into Christopher Pike, I read them all. Same with "Babysitters Club". It also opened the door for me to say to her, "Try this book I'm reading, it's a bit like..." and name books I know she has read, that my book was similar to.</p><p></p><p>A lot of books have these issues as part of their topic, so they open up discussion opportunities. </p><p></p><p>I also have always liked to know what my kids are into, so I can have a bit of an idea of what they are heading for.</p><p></p><p>Example - easy child 2/difficult child 2 was thoroughly into "Interview With The Vampire" and from there, a lot of similar stuff. So I read the Ann Rice books. Then we discussed them together. I could understand the fascination even though I didn't agree with them. I also used to pick holes in the logic - as a result, my kids have learnt to do the same. But you can still enjoy something even if you can see holes. It's called "suspension of belief".</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 309479, member: 1991"] Something else I used to do that could help - I would read every book she reads, and then we would talk about the books together. When easy child was into Christopher Pike, I read them all. Same with "Babysitters Club". It also opened the door for me to say to her, "Try this book I'm reading, it's a bit like..." and name books I know she has read, that my book was similar to. A lot of books have these issues as part of their topic, so they open up discussion opportunities. I also have always liked to know what my kids are into, so I can have a bit of an idea of what they are heading for. Example - easy child 2/difficult child 2 was thoroughly into "Interview With The Vampire" and from there, a lot of similar stuff. So I read the Ann Rice books. Then we discussed them together. I could understand the fascination even though I didn't agree with them. I also used to pick holes in the logic - as a result, my kids have learnt to do the same. But you can still enjoy something even if you can see holes. It's called "suspension of belief". Marg [/QUOTE]
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