http://www.tweenparent.com/categories/view/8 en-us Your Parenting Source for the Pre-Teen Years Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:24:00 +0000 CakePHP http://www.tweenparent.com/articles/view/343 Parenting behaviors communicate so many important messages to children. Many of those messages answer crucial questions for a child about his or her identity. As your children wonder "Who am I?" they... Sat, 01 Sep 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.tweenparent.com/articles/view/343 http://www.tweenparent.com/articles/view/336 FWD: Read this, story of our lives? Several months ago, my cousin emailed me a Wall Street Journal article titled, "Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior". Intrigued, I clicked the link,... Fri, 18 May 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.tweenparent.com/articles/view/336 http://www.tweenparent.com/articles/view/333 The dad of a young baseball player approached me recently to ask what he could do to help his son play with more swagger; to play with a confidence level that matched his ability. "He's so talented,"... Mon, 30 Apr 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.tweenparent.com/articles/view/333 http://www.tweenparent.com/articles/view/334 Your tween might be at the age where they roll their eyes at the idea of outdoor family fun, but if you can get them off the computer (or PlayStation or whatever indoor activity has their attention),... Mon, 30 Apr 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.tweenparent.com/articles/view/334 http://www.tweenparent.com/articles/view/329 Or manor or abbey; as in Downton. They are all rawther the same, I presume. Used to be that dressing for dinner was what the well mannered did. The any old Tuesday evening clothes of yore pretty... Fri, 06 Apr 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.tweenparent.com/articles/view/329 http://www.tweenparent.com/articles/view/327 Before I even go into the importance of "me time", I already know what you are going to say, "I don't have any extra time", "You have no idea what my life is like", etc, etc. I also know that we Moms... Sun, 11 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.tweenparent.com/articles/view/327 http://www.tweenparent.com/articles/view/321 While for some people winter invokes fuzzy images of lazy, cozy days curled up by a fire, for parents it can be a struggle to keep your children occupied during the long and cold winter months. Keeping... Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.tweenparent.com/articles/view/321 http://www.tweenparent.com/articles/view/315 I edited a gift book about adoption based on this idea: Adoption is so epic, so profoundly life-changing, that it is almost too big to talk about. Add in the paradox that this profound act becomes your... Thu, 05 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.tweenparent.com/articles/view/315 http://www.tweenparent.com/articles/view/307 Andy Warhol (famously) said that in the future, everyone would be famous for fifteen minutes. Well, he was wrong: the future seems to be a time when everyone is famous for fifteen seconds. Or less.... Sun, 06 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.tweenparent.com/articles/view/307 http://www.tweenparent.com/articles/view/300 For several years now, critics of our educational system and parenting culture have been saying that at the same time the academic performance and morality of American youth plummet, these same children... Sat, 24 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.tweenparent.com/articles/view/300