Being a mother is hard enough of a job, being a mother of two girls is harder but being the mother of a “pre-teen” is the hardest because they’re not quite old enough to do what everyone else is doing, yet not young enough to sit and snuggle on the couch watching the Wizard of Oz with you.  

I’ve recently began letting Drama Queen get on the computer for more than school work related things.   She’s all into disneychannel.com and the games/features it has keeps her occupied (safely) for hours if I let her.   She also has a BFF (our neighbor girl who is the sweetest thing ever) that is a couple of years older and has began guiding her into “cool” stuff like the right book bag for school and how to straighten her hair (because if you’ve ever seen me I have NO clue when it comes to straight hair!  lol). 

Last night I set Drama Queen up with her own email account so she can email with family and a couple of friends.   You should’ve seen the giddiness in that child, you would’ve thought someone told her she didn’t ever have to go back to school!   lol  There were rules set, of course, no changing her password and I let her know that Mister and I would be checking her account randomly.   Oh and before she asked I told her NO Myspace!  

Sometimes its hard for me to let go of total control and allow her to make her own decisions but she’s ten years old and I know its a matter of time before she asks to go to the mall with her friends (NO!) or starts getting phone calls.  It doesn’t get easier with time, does it?