All of a sudden, puberty hits and it is really different. My daughter will cry about something silly and is getting the "sullen" thing. And sometimes, she is the same girl I had before. And, of course, I have gotten "stupider" and no longer know nearly as much as I did. These are typical traits, but I am trying to guide her as a GT.
Her class studied the Holocaust and read a book about a girl in it, which led her to Anne Frank. We watched the BBC production recently (excellent).
I told her that our family was Jewish four generations back. She told a little girl that she could not attend her party because she would not want a Jewish girl there. She is totally getting into that age where they don't read a book; they become the book.
I teach this age and there is usually one crying student per day (on a good day). I am talking about slope and they are all trying to figure out what is going on with the drama of the day.
Help! Anyone survive this age yet.
