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" Your 13-year-old daughter&amp;#039;s friend constantly borrows your daughter&amp;#039;s clothes but never returns them. You recently discovered a brand-new pair of jeans missing after her visit. What should you do?  1) Call the girl&amp;#039;s mom and ask for the pants back. 2) Don&amp;#039;t invite the girl over anymore. 3) Give your daughter a limited amount of time to get the pants back. If she doesn&amp;#039;t get them, call the girl&amp;#039;s mother to politely ask for them. The correct answer: (3) Help your daughter work through this situation. Your best bet is to establish a policy on borrowing and lending. Allow no trading or swapping without your permission. It will limit the number of things that disappear from your house and protect your child from peer pressure. Your daughter won&amp;#039;t be perceived as selfish; she just can&amp;#039;t lend or swap anything unless you agree. As for the jeans, tell your daughter to politely ask for them. If they don&amp;#039;t reappear, call the girl&amp;#039;s mother, graciously explain your family policy and request that the jeans be returned. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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