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skier, I have tried giving her positive re-enforcement. I've talked to her about a local music station that wants to hear from amateur music enthusiasts, encouraged her to contact restaurants with live music (even though I'm not quite fond of her incessant playing in our room and her boring style). Also, I saved the sewing machine my mother was going to throw away so that my sister could repair it (with the money she got from christmas) so she could start sewing new fashions instead of just drawing stuff on paper and throwing it on the floor.
I continue to encourage her to do these things, but my sister just tells me to stop nagging her and screams curse words.
Also, I don't like doing things with her. She is VERY different from me- is obsessed with clothes and makeup, goes out with at least a dozen guys in a year's time, and has TOTALLY opposite music taste.
My parents have given up on trying to watch her while she's doing her homework. Frankly, I don't have the time/want to try to get her to sit down either (which she probably wouldn't be willing and would just end up cussing me out).
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