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Gifted Girls - Letter to 12 Year Old Self #98270 03/30/11 02:43 PM
Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 370 Central Ohio C Chrys OP Member
OP Chrys Member C Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 370 Central Ohio	I just read this and thought folks here might like it: Phoebe Cohen's Letter to 12 YO self Warning: sleep deprived

Re: Gifted Girls - Letter to 12 Year Old Self Chrys #98272 03/30/11 03:11 PM
Joined: Jul 2010 Posts: 1,777 South Texas La Texican Member
La Texican Member Joined: Jul 2010 Posts: 1,777 South Texas	Like. Youth lives by personality, age lives by calculation. -- Aristotle on a calendar

Re: Gifted Girls - Letter to 12 Year Old Self Chrys #98274 03/30/11 03:37 PM
Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 40 J jenner Junior Member
jenner Junior Member J Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 40	As my DD would say, "I don't like it . . . I LOVE IT!"

Re: Gifted Girls - Letter to 12 Year Old Self Chrys #98287 03/30/11 05:29 PM
Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 5,181 HowlerKarma Member
HowlerKarma Member Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 5,181	Wow. Awesome, inspiring, and courageous. (My 12 yo self still terrifies me.) Schr�dinger's cat walks into a bar. And doesn't.

Re: Gifted Girls - Letter to 12 Year Old Self HowlerKarma #98308 03/31/11 03:36 AM
Joined: Sep 2008 Posts: 1,898 Scotland C ColinsMum Member
ColinsMum Member C Joined: Sep 2008 Posts: 1,898 Scotland	Originally Posted by HowlerKarma (My 12 yo self still terrifies me.) Mine too - I still can't quite imagine what I could say to her that could possibly help! Email: my username, followed by 2, at google's mail

Re: Gifted Girls - Letter to 12 Year Old Self Chrys #98385 03/31/11 03:43 PM
Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 221 Australia G Giftodd Member
Giftodd Member G Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 221 Australia	I love this. I have a little stash of words of wisdom to give to my daughter at points in her life when she needs them or is old enough for them. This is going in to the stash! "If children have interest, then education will follow" - Arthur C Clarke

Re: Gifted Girls - Letter to 12 Year Old Self Chrys #98444 04/01/11 11:30 AM
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MidwestMom Member M Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 183	Amazing letter. I certainly could have used something like that at 12.

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