Well as a GRANDMA also raising a family second time around. I must say I am going to let Mitzi live life to its fullest. I want her to experience all she can for her age criteria. Teenagers and puberty and growing up is hard enough on kids ...... much less with CAH. God willing , I will be as liberal as I can without suffocating her independence. My thought is ...what if something happened and I the overbearing Grandma deprived her from doing something she always wanted to experience. Rather it be a slumber party ......pizza party....prom night. The point is , earn your trust with them now and as teenagers hopefully they will feel comfortable sharing there thoughts with you. I KNOW she will experiment with some actions in life,but hopefully she will want to spend most of her time at home as our house will be the center of the action. I enjoyed my teenagers and there friends and amazing as it may seem all I remember is how very much they want an audience and feeling like they belong in the adult world. I found food and entertainment and letting the kids have there friends over seemed to keep the doors of communication open for us. NOT saying it was a walk in the park.......but it is a learning experience for your child and yourself at this time. You think you are a strong person....but YOU KNOW you are after having teenagers. Don’t be there friend and treat them with respect and hopefully it will work out.   Make them responsible children and hopefully they will be responsible adults.

Cherry