Growing

I just finished explaining to my 13 year old daughter what the next few years will be like. Basically I said before you start hating the world and everyone in it she needs to choose something at school to be a part of. Band, sports, debate club, anything that will take up a considerable amount of her time after school and some weekends. I give her a bordered reign to make her own decision in life but if she does not get into something next school year I will start making these decisions for her. She seems to understand and she surprises me with her undivided attention when I start explaining feelings, emotions and basic human nature. I steered her toward writing at a young age and she has been getting better at it. It helped open her mind to expressing herself instead of holding it in and be destroyed. She used to get so angry and could not explain why no matter what we tried. Now she can tell me the different emotions she feels when things happen to her. She can understand and relate to things I explain or similar situations I've been in as a teenager. It's really something to see that in a 13 year old. At least compared to my teenage years. I had not found my outlet until my mid twenties. Excited for her future. Now to see how my 5 year old will react.