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Parenting teen and tween daughters brings its own special joys and challenges. So here, from one of our favorite parenting experts, Ksenija Olmer from the John Muir Women's Health Center in Walnut Creek, Calif., are five tips to help parents of adolescent girls survive the rollercoaster ride:
1. Remember this too, shall pass. (And when it does, try to be the better person and not drag up the embarrassing moments.)
2. Understand that your daughter saves the worst for you because she knows you will love her despite anything. Your friends and neighbors, her teachers are telling you what a wonderful, polite, helpful girl she is. Don't say, "Are you sure you didn't mix her up with someone else?" Smile and glory in the fact that, despite your fears, she is growing up to be a responsible member of our society. She is successful in presenting herself in the best light outside the home, so she can fall apart when she makes it through the door.
3. Keep your cool. Many times girls say...
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