Three girls here, one almost 17, one thats 10 and one thats 8. 17 year old thinks she is 35 or so, and is a complete neat freak. She has the little Tide pens that she carries around in her pocketbook everywhere she goes. One little splash of anything and out comes the Tide pen. Her pocketbooks can NEVER EVER EVER touch the floor or ground, they may get dirty! Her shoes have to be spotless, and she has to spend an hour in front of the mirror fixing her hair before walking out of the house for anything, including her chore of mowing the lawn. She makes mostly A's and B's in school, but really has to struggle for them. She is a total mama's girl.
The 10 year old, thinks shes 17ish, can wallow around in the lawn getting dirty and grass stains all over brand new clothes and could care less. She will sit in the garage with me for hours, "helping" me working on or cleaning my motorcycle. Grease and grime don't bother her a bit. Could care less about pocketbooks or being in with the latest fashion. She makes B's and C's in school with an occasional A, and is totally ok with that. She is a complete daddy's girl.
The 8 year old is the brain child. She is in the 2nd grade and reads on or above the 5th grade level. She helps the 10 year old with her homework. She HATES to be even a tiny bit dirty. She is little miss prissy, and has to have everything perfect. If she makes any grade less than 100 (which normally she does not) she gets very upset...even grades like 98 etc. If you ask her, she will tell you that she hates school because it's "boring", and the stuff they do is way too easy. She has never made any grade less than an A, and normally her report cards show her as having between a 105 and 110 score for the class. She can spell words that a vast majority of adults that I work with couldnt even think of spelling correctly. She is a mama's girl AND a daddy's girl, she plays it right up the middle.
Funny how totally different they can be.
JaF