T.C.
I have a twelve year old daughter also, what a difficult age. One thing that helps me to cope is not ever thinking about the future one day at a time or if I must plan for camp or some other activity I must focus strictly on those events. Keeping my daughter very busy helps me give direction without too much dialog as she doesnt like to be directed. I would send her to a church youth group because there is always some who just LOVES twelve year olds as crazy as that sounds and it does wonders for the attitude and happieness of our kids. Really I feel for you. Tam