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gypsylady28 @gypsylady28 (945) • United States 26 Sep 07

Our daughter who is 12 has decided she wants to be "Goth". I've told her no, that until she buys her own clothing, she doesn't have a choice about it. She says "Goth" just means the clothes you wear, but I'm not so sure about...

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Ravenladyj "I told her that wasn't being "Gothic" that was being "Satanic" Actually its not...Satanists DO NOT believe in the devil let alone worship it/him/her whatever...What your daughters classmates are telling her is that bascially they are confused, uneducated...

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gypsylady28 @gypsylady28 (945) • United States 26 Sep 07

My 12 year old (who thinks she is 18) is about driving me nuts. I can remember going thru the stages she is when I was about 14-15 years old. Constantly fighting over clothing, makeup, chores, etc. She wants to wear the clothing...

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Ravenladyj My 12 yr old daughter is very much like i was as a kid..I wasnt into fashion and all that stuff and neither is my girl..she's a tomboy through and through BUT YES she drives me nuts at times...My kids have been through alot in their short yrs and in many ways...

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gypsylady28 @gypsylady28 (945) • United States 26 Sep 07

My 12 year old (who thinks she is 18) is about driving me nuts. I can remember going thru the stages she is when I was about 14-15 years old. Constantly fighting over clothing, makeup, chores, etc. She wants to wear the clothing...

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tdbrower1969 I have a 12 year old son who does the same thing about doing chores, and he is into thinking that he is the boss and wants me to do everything for him. I don't know what it is, but he is talking back and becoming too big for his britches, as my dad used to...

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gypsylady28 @gypsylady28 (945) • United States 26 Sep 07

My 12 year old (who thinks she is 18) is about driving me nuts. I can remember going thru the stages she is when I was about 14-15 years old. Constantly fighting over clothing, makeup, chores, etc. She wants to wear the clothing...

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beutfulmama6701 not nesscerlaiy my daughter. but i can say my younger sister, i know she drives my mother bonkers and by doing so it drives me over the edge!! and the worst thing is shes rubbing off on my 6year old daughter who now thanks to my sister thinks shes the teenage...

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gypsylady28 @gypsylady28 (945) • United States 26 Sep 07

My 12 year old (who thinks she is 18) is about driving me nuts. I can remember going thru the stages she is when I was about 14-15 years old. Constantly fighting over clothing, makeup, chores, etc. She wants to wear the clothing...

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Thoroughrob I have trouble with my teenager thinking he doesn't have to listen or be punished by me. My daughter is 23 and I went through the other with her. She bucked me all the time. She would leave for school and go somewhere else and change. She grew out of it, but...

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gypsylady28 @gypsylady28 (945) • United States 26 Sep 07

My 12 year old (who thinks she is 18) is about driving me nuts. I can remember going thru the stages she is when I was about 14-15 years old. Constantly fighting over clothing, makeup, chores, etc. She wants to wear the clothing...

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crazy_ol_lady Hello gypsylady, All of my own children are grown now. Thank goodness!! I had a couple of years with 5 teenagers in the house at the same time. All of them my own!! This is when I was pulling out my hair. Now I am watching my children pull out their with...

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gypsylady28 @gypsylady28 (945) • United States 26 Sep 07

My 12 year old (who thinks she is 18) is about driving me nuts. I can remember going thru the stages she is when I was about 14-15 years old. Constantly fighting over clothing, makeup, chores, etc. She wants to wear the clothing...

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ctrymuziklvr My kids aren't teenagers any more and I'm still pulling my hair out. The are 31, 38 and 40 and it hasn't gotten any better! When my middle daughter was 15 she came home one day with a pink mohawk! It was the style at the time but she didn't ask me if she could...

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gypsylady28 @gypsylady28 (945) • United States 26 Sep 07

My 12 year old (who thinks she is 18) is about driving me nuts. I can remember going thru the stages she is when I was about 14-15 years old. Constantly fighting over clothing, makeup, chores, etc. She wants to wear the clothing...

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eeb2006 We know exactly what you are going through. However, we are dealing with a 12 year old boy who knows everything. I, too do not remember starting the "rebellion" thing so young, but everything changes. I think you have to let your daughter just go with the...

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gypsylady28 @gypsylady28 (945) • United States 26 Sep 07

My 12 year old (who thinks she is 18) is about driving me nuts. I can remember going thru the stages she is when I was about 14-15 years old. Constantly fighting over clothing, makeup, chores, etc. She wants to wear the clothing...

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sunshine4 My problem isn't a teen daughter, it's my 13 yr old son! He drives me crazy. I will ask him to do something and he always says, "Hold Up." Well, I can't stand that response! He then never does what I ask. He has a rude remark to make at whatever I am saying. I...

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Buggheart @Buggheart (445) • United States 26 Sep 07

I learned to play the flute when I was 10 years old and played all thru high school and here and there afterward. I haven't played much at all during the last 10 years but a few weeks ago I joined my community band and am really...

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gypsylady28 @gypsylady28 (945) • United States 26 Sep 07

Our daughter who is 12 has decided she wants to be "Goth". I've told her no, that until she buys her own clothing, she doesn't have a choice about it. She says "Goth" just means the clothes you wear, but I'm not so sure about...

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gwendovere I'm not goth, per se. But I think she wants to make herself seen as her own individual person. I think that being "goth" or being a "prep" or a "nerd" or whatever means different things to different people. Goth can just mean a certain way of dressing... or it...

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gypsylady28 @gypsylady28 (945) • United States 26 Sep 07

Our daughter who is 12 has decided she wants to be "Goth". I've told her no, that until she buys her own clothing, she doesn't have a choice about it. She says "Goth" just means the clothes you wear, but I'm not so sure about...

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Ravenladyj "But I think she wants to make herself seen as her own individual person" Sadly with kids today thats very much what its become...very rarely will you find a child/tweenie or teen who is "true" Goth anymore...its become this fashion statement thing which I...

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gypsylady28 @gypsylady28 (945) • United States 26 Sep 07

Our daughter who is 12 has decided she wants to be "Goth". I've told her no, that until she buys her own clothing, she doesn't have a choice about it. She says "Goth" just means the clothes you wear, but I'm not so sure about...

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Ravenladyj Here is a part of a post from a thread i started month and months ago...this is my feelings on the subject.. "Goth is poetic...Goth is a facination with the Victorian and Edwardian eras...Goth is passive, openminded and highly personal...Goth is art and...

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gypsylady28 @gypsylady28 (945) • United States 26 Sep 07

Our daughter who is 12 has decided she wants to be "Goth". I've told her no, that until she buys her own clothing, she doesn't have a choice about it. She says "Goth" just means the clothes you wear, but I'm not so sure about...

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Ravenladyj In her 12 yr/old mind that IS what goth is about...she's far too young to REALLY understand what the Gothic Culture is about....Its a way of life, not a dress code/style by any means BUT many goths DO tend to dress in a none standard fashion for lack of a...

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gypsylady28 @gypsylady28 (945) • United States 26 Sep 07

Our daughter who is 12 has decided she wants to be "Goth". I've told her no, that until she buys her own clothing, she doesn't have a choice about it. She says "Goth" just means the clothes you wear, but I'm not so sure about...

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Ravenladyj eeeek LOL I just took a look at the pic you posted and thats the colour I'm doin my hair next LOL..I love it!

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gypsylady28 @gypsylady28 (945) • United States 26 Sep 07

Our daughter who is 12 has decided she wants to be "Goth". I've told her no, that until she buys her own clothing, she doesn't have a choice about it. She says "Goth" just means the clothes you wear, but I'm not so sure about...

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Ravenladyj "if involves rituals involving a live goat or any bloody rituals,better advise her about being goth" LMFAO except that has absolutely NOTHING to do with being goth ;-)

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gypsylady28 @gypsylady28 (945) • United States 26 Sep 07

Our daughter who is 12 has decided she wants to be "Goth". I've told her no, that until she buys her own clothing, she doesn't have a choice about it. She says "Goth" just means the clothes you wear, but I'm not so sure about...

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sugarfloss hey gypsylady,for a 12year old I think Goth only defines the clothes she wears and maybe the music she listens to.as long as she stays with that,it's safe.if involves rituals involving a live goat or any bloody rituals,better advise her about being goth.hope...

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gypsylady28 @gypsylady28 (945) • United States 26 Sep 07

Our daughter who is 12 has decided she wants to be "Goth". I've told her no, that until she buys her own clothing, she doesn't have a choice about it. She says "Goth" just means the clothes you wear, but I'm not so sure about...

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kitty1234 Gothic dress is a form of expressing ones dark side. The gothic look is total black clothing. The make-up and finger nail polish is also black. The gothis mode also has piercing of the eyebrows, ears and lips. It is not a pretty look, but some people do like...

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gypsylady28 @gypsylady28 (945) • United States 26 Sep 07

My 12 year old (who thinks she is 18) is about driving me nuts. I can remember going thru the stages she is when I was about 14-15 years old. Constantly fighting over clothing, makeup, chores, etc. She wants to wear the clothing...

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anuj_3103 yes it's possible for children of her age to behave in this kinnd of manner,but it's not her fault alone.Generally it happens b'cauz of harmonical growths taking place in ur body after the age of 10 or 11,& it's quite natural also.One more reason beyond this...

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gypsylady28 @gypsylady28 (945) • United States 26 Sep 07

My 12 year old (who thinks she is 18) is about driving me nuts. I can remember going thru the stages she is when I was about 14-15 years old. Constantly fighting over clothing, makeup, chores, etc. She wants to wear the clothing...

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soccermom Mine will be 12 next month. I need to hang a sign on her door that says "House of the Perpetual Huff". She doesn't argue much, and is good about her chores, after several reminders and several eye rolls and huffs, but her mouth has been getting her in trouble...

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