About a week ago a good friend of mine was telling me about her niece, Kayla. Kayla is in middle school and smack dab in the middle of wanting to still be a child who plays with dolls and cuddles with her mom and being an independent woman who doesn’t need some adult telling her what to do.

As a birthday surprise my friend got tickets for the two of them to see High School Musical 3 on opening night. Kayla had been a big fan of the first two movies and my friend thought this would be a great birthday gift.

Opening night came and my friend and her niece were standing in a very long line waiting to get to the counter for their tickets. Directly behind them were a couple of older girls from Kayla’s school. The older girls were saying things like “look at all these dorks standing in line for High School Musical” and “High School Musical is for babies.” Kayla was mortified.

My friend could tell Kayla was embarrassed and wanted to leave. My friend felt terrible. Here she was doing something she thought her niece would love and instead she may be causing her more embarrassment then fun.

Luckily my friend bought the tickets online so when they got to the ticket window she didn’t have to say anything. She just handed her receipt to the ticket girl and got their tickets. She could see the relief on Kayla’s face.

Turns out there were a lot of kids Kayla’s age in the theater with them. In fact a group of high school kids (both boys and girls) sat directly behind them and the girls signed loudly any time Zac Efron appeared on the screen.

When my friend and her niece were leaving Kayla said, “I love it” and all was good.

It’s hard to balance spending quality time with a teen and their embarrassment of being seen with (1) their parent and (2) doing something uncool. On one hand you just want to tell them, “Who cares what those girls think?” But on the other hand we remember what it was like to be that age too. And you do care what those girls think. You don’t want to be the girl being teased at school for being a baby.

Have you ever had an experience like this with your teen?

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Trying Not To Embarrass the Teen

The official web site is up, trailers are on YouTube, you can even pre-order the High School Musical 3: Senior Year soundtrack. It also seems that every other commercial or music video on Disney Channel is for the new movie.

While doing back-to-school shopping it seems that High School Musical items from backpacks to pencils and everything in between are being sold everywhere you turn.

In my opinion, Disney is taking a huge risk with HSM3 – especially since they are taking it to the big screen. But then again, they have made so much off the first two, they can afford to take the risk.

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High School Musical 3 – The Hype Has Started

According to E! News, production on HSM3 will start in March, with Corbin Bleu, Monique Coleman and Lucas Grabeel also scheduled to return.

High School Musical 3 was originally slated to be a Halloween movie, however the most recent storyline rumors include prom and graduation.

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High School Musical 3 is a Go