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Date Posted: 07:11:48 09/09/02 Mon
Author: thank you
Subject: wonderful story, one I hope to be telling in a few years
In reply to: ID mom 's message, "Re: looking for advice from moms and dads" on 17:36:07 09/08/02 Sun

>My daughter went thru a lot of this at the middle
>school level and tho she loved dance, she sort of
>wanted to conform. But somewhere in 8th grade (dancing
>as a prelim and starting to have some success) she
>decided she loved ID, and wanted to do this and be
>herself regardless of her non-supporting group. She
>then decided not to go tp the high school that the
>majority of her friends were to attend (they went to a
>private elementary and there were 4 choices of private
>highs in our area). She also decided at high school
>she would "do her own thing" and hopefully attract
>others in the same predicament. This sounds very
>simple but actually involved hours and days of family
>discussions, extra travel since her chosen school was
>in the next town, and loads of parental stress but we
>felt strongly that the best course was for her to
>learn about herself and not need the approval of "the
>group". To make a long story short, it was a fabulous
>success - wonderful 4 years of high school - she found
>many girls like herself and formed a group of her own.
>They all joke about the fact that they were misfits in
>middle school and the one cardinal rule of the group
>is to accept everyones activities and preferences even
>if you would not dance, run track, do scientific
>research, etc.
>The whole process Does involce a lot of parental
>support and it helped in our dancers case that she
>reached a high level (Open Champ) early in high school
>and is friends with the other Opens in our school.
>Good Luck!!!

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