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There is some really good advice in this thread Steve. I have a 13 year old and I totally know what you are going through. My daughter now lives 2 states away from me so I don't see her quite as often as I'd like to but when I do see her I try to spend as much time with her as I can
When she was about your daughters age is when I first found the internet and I was a messageboard junkie always online all hours of the day. My daughter got upset with me when every other weekend came around and I'd run off a few times a hour to post at boards (before I got into this industry)
So the one thing I'd tell you to do is just try to find things that she likes to do that you could do with her.. You have a great pool at your place so why not make it a everyday thing to swim with her for 40 min or what not. Do like others said movie nights where you let her pick what she wants to watch and leave your laptop or PC off the whole time.
and one key thing is be there one of these key times of the day.. Be the one that gets her up in the morning and has breakfast with her or be the one that puts her to bed every night and reads a storry if she likes storries before bed. Being there for one of those times will mean the world to her
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