Having a teenage daughter = the beginning of many let downs and disappointments. As a young women and mother it's certainly hard to try and pick up your children after being let down and not getting something they really wanted. The most recent one for our family was yesterday. My daughter doesn't have the one special talent that she shines at. She does a lot of thing good but nothing on the level of brilliant. She isn't perfect and she is way more competitive than I would like her to be. She makes use a lot of really great talents she has. She's artistic on many different levels including visual arts, drama and music, she's sporty and the only 13 year old I know to run a half marathon, she's smart even though she struggles with reading, and most important she has a kind gentle beautiful heart. What happens too often in our young girls is they see at an early age... things that hinder them most of their lives....