| We forbade internet access except for school (I know how to check where she's been and the computer is mine anyway) and enforced 11 pm bedtime for D#2. Doing this helped her hone her search skills, kept her off Facebook and chat stuff, got her to organize her life so she could do the ECs plus work 2 part-time jobs (required by DH and moi if she's to go to dream school she got into). In turn, I worked with school and GC to be sure accurate transcript and nice recs went out on time, got up at 6 am to drive her for Sunday ACT (we are Sabbath-observant) and listened to revised essays as needed. If that makes me a HELLicoptering mother, my shoulders are broad enough to bear it. |