Tag: tweens

Go Be Awesome, But Also Kind and Strong

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Teaching Your Kids to Be the Bigger Person Without Being a Pushover Teaching children important life skills is a vital aspect of parenting. One crucial...

Discover Fun and Make Memories in a Mall Photo Scavenger Hunt

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Do your kids need to put away their phones for a bit and get some exercise? I have an idea for them, and for you,...

The In-Between: Where Tweens and Parents Dwell

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โ€œYou donโ€™t need to ask that question again. You already asked me twice,โ€ my daughter said rudely. Silence from me fills the car. โ€œAre you mad...

Twelve-Teen

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You know when your child is emotionally off. It is built into our "Mom DNA." Moms are like super-computers constantly taking in data and converting...

Tween and Teen Crushes โ€“ They Crush Us but Teach Us!

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Do you like me? Circle yes or no. Did you ever give or receive a similar note? This historical approach was a straightforward path to...

Having the Alcohol Conversation with Tweens and Teens

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Did you know that itโ€™s recommended a parent starts talking with their child about alcohol and underage drinking at age 9? Talking to my tweens...

Bikini, Training Bras, and Training Mom

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โ€œI want to give you a hug,โ€ my youngest daughter offered me. I was wiping my tears away on my hands. I had no tissue...

Summer Reads for Tweens

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After spending the bulk of my career teaching younger kidsย how to read, I spent the past couple of years teaching young teens about story...

Finding Ways to Relate to Your Tween

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The ghost of preteens past takes this mom down memory lane in hopes that she can find ways to break the cycle of mother/daughter...