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Breaking Your Tween’s Obsession with Video Games

by T Akery July 10th, 2014| Behavior, Tweens
Video games are addictive for many Tweens. While they can be fun and entertaining, they are also very time-consuming. This can disrupt the other things that your Tween needs to be doing such as homework, reading, socializing with other friends face-to-face and doing chores. After all, this is the
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Summer School Rules! Vacation Learning for Tweens

by Lori Sciame July 3rd, 2014| School, Tweens
Another school year has ended. No more missed school busses or forgotten sack lunches.  No more misplaced backpacks or last minute homework assignments.  It's almost too good to be true ... well, at least for a week or so.  Just when a parent thinks he or she can relax
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Bring Your Tween to Work Day

by Ronald A. Rowe June 26th, 2014| Social, Tweens
There is no such thing as Official Bring Your Tween to Work Day, but maybe there should be.  Tweens are at a crucial juncture in their journey to adulthood.  Now that school is out and the kids are languishing in the summer doldrums, it is the perfect time to
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Think Twice About…

by Lori Sciame June 19th, 2014| Safety, Tweens
Safety must be a priority...always.  It doesn't matter if your tween thinks he or she is grown up enough to make independent decisions, it's still your right (and responsibility) as a parent to keep your child safe.  While you do not want to be a "helicopter" parent, one that
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Improving Your Tween’s Communication Skills

by T Akery June 12th, 2014| Behavior, Tweens
The art of communication is an essential skill that your Tween has to develop as they grow into adulthood. It is a skill that also affects many aspects of their behavior. It can help them develop their own self-confidence, better communicate their problems, and help them face their peers.
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How About Dress Codes for Parents?

by Tania Cowling June 5th, 2014| School, Tweens
Many schools across the country have dress codes and/or uniforms for their students. In my city, it is mostly for elementary, middle school, and some private school children. Just a few weeks ago, Broward County, Florida made the national news when a school board member addressed the board about
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Twords

by Ronald A. Rowe May 29th, 2014| Social, Tweens
The tween years mark a departure from some of the social customs that have prevailed up until this point. Boys and girls are no longer interchangeable when it comes to party invites and social gatherings. Differences are no longer a point of wonder. It used to be that kids
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Cough Medicine Concerns

by Lori Sciame May 22nd, 2014| Safety, Tweens
Coughs in tweens are no laughing matter.  As a parent, I don't like to watch my child suffer from a violent coughing attack, especially in the middle of the night. In the past, my natural instinct involved finding a way to make the cough stop -- even resorting to
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Helping Your Tween with Test Anxiety

by T Akery May 15th, 2014| Behavior, Tweens
Tests are a source of anxiety for Tweens in school. While the tests are designed to help evaluate your Tween's knowledge, they are also heavily emphasized in schools. So, this extra pressure of trying to know everything for the test and the nerves that can come with taking the
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Bullying in Sports

by Ronald A. Rowe May 14th, 2014| Elementary, Safety
I recently had the opportunity to counsel with a tearful mother whose son was the victim of bullying.  The problems did not rise to the level of physical conflict but her 10-year-old son, we’ll call him “Aaron,” was suffering from continuous and demoralizing taunting from his baseball teammates.  Aaron
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Are School Computers Ergonomically Friendly?

by Tania Cowling May 8th, 2014| School, Tweens
My friend’s Tween came home from middle school complaining of a neck ache and his eyes hurting. We weren’t quite sure what to make of this -- does he need glasses?  Did he pull a muscle? Is this the beginning of a headache syndrome? After cross-examining him with questions,
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From Camper to Counselor

by Ronald A. Rowe May 1st, 2014| Social, Tweens
A funny thing happens sometimes in the space between annual events.  The kids who attended last year’s Vacation Bible School, Easter Egg Hunt, Summer Camp, what have you, may be this year’s assistant teacher, egg wrangler, or counselor.  That one 12-month period -- usually around the 11th or 12th
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