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Well as you know I have four awesome kids. Well all four are entering into new stages in their lives. Some are taking those stages head on with not many worries, while others are taking change very hard. My oldest ds is having what I have come to understand as placement issues. He is a 13 year old youngman who is in the body of a 16 year old. His body has always matured faster while his mental maturity has always been correct for his actual age. However he is now battling with how he feels about all this. At times he can be extremly mature while other times it seems he wants to regress. But we have decided that with plenty of conversation and more encouragement he will come to accept that while he looks much older he does not have to feel obligated to act or forced to mature to quickly, and instead enjoy his youth and grow with time. My second oldest ds is actually just fine with change and has a very good thought process about it not meaning he has to "grow up" to soon. He however does not have the looking older atribute my oldest has, therefore can embrace it much simpler. Then there is my third and oldest dd who completely sees puberity as pure evil and wants no part of it. However as we all know we can't always choose that. Unfortunetely growing and physical change are just A part of life. So instead of going down the "suck it up Sally " road like I was directed to do. I have decided to help her embrace and cherish this time of coming into ones own by co-journaling the experience with her and encouraging her to see it as a wonderful experience. So we have contacted an artist who does beautiful feminie looking art, which my daughter loved because she's a girlie girl, and to make this experience more special for the both of us , she will be painting something special for us to share. So we are excited! My youngest is still in her I'm the baby so their mode and from what she says has no interest in leaving that place anytime soon. So she is what you would describe as content. Lol! So I will try to post up how our adventure through growing pains goes as new things arrive. Til then blessings and shalom to you all.