re: The tortoise and hare approach to life

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How much are you enabling your daughter though?

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I don’t know. We live differently than most people. We have a modest house that I built on a fair amount of land. No TV, no video games. She’s always had a horse and she’s a pretty talented musician and has never wanted for decent instruments. Beyond that, I create situations where she can choose the easy way or the hard way and she chooses consequences every time. She doesn’t really want much as far as things go, she mostly wants to be lazy. Part of the problem is I travel for work and am gone about half the time. Her mother doesn’t always follow through so there are lapses in accountability. With kids like her (and me), consistency is key.