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Helping Your Tween Protect Their Online Reputation

by T Akery August 1st, 2013| Tweens
Your online reputation is a big deal to potential employers, potential opportunity and other things. For your tween, their online reputation is what could make or break their future. While it sounds a little extreme to say that, it is a truth that parents can no longer avoid. Nothing
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Tween Safety on the Road

by Ronald A. Rowe July 19th, 2013| Safety, Tweens
When you travel with a Tween, you enter into a whole new world of anxiety. When the kids were little, it was pretty cut and dried. Keep the kids in sight at all times and trust no one. Easy, at least from a parental decision- making perspective. But
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Summer of Success!

by Lori Sciame July 9th, 2013| Social, Tweens
Being a tween can be awkward to say the least.  Adults expect tweens to act more grown up, but tweens are not yet old enough to fend for themselves.  As a result, it can be a struggle for many tweens to become confident with what their role in the
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Tween Idols

by T Akery July 5th, 2013| Tweens
Tweens are at that age when they idolize celebrities. After all, there is a certain appeal to them. Whether it is in their music or their tweets, it is almost unavoidable. But as with many celebrities, there can be an unpleasant side to them. Fortunately, your tween is at
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Tween Safety: Summer Boredom

by Ronald A. Rowe June 19th, 2013| Tweens
No more homework. No more books. No more teacher's dirty looks. School's out for summer. For some parents, parents of children transitioning into the tween years, this summer is going to bring a whole gamut of new challenges. Up until now your child may have been happy as could
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Tweens Need to be Social

by Lori Sciame June 12th, 2013| Tweens
Tweens will now have plenty of time on their hands since school has ended for the year. How to fill the countless hours that they will be spending at home? That's a question on many parents' minds. If both parents work, then it is even trickier to figure out
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Protecting Your Tween’s Identity Online

by T Akery June 4th, 2013| Tweens
Your tween likely has some sort of social media presence. But there have been scores of cases where a person's identity was stolen for nefarious purposes. Most of these faked social profiles were that of teens. It is even more important now for you and your tween to keep
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Tween Safety: A Case Study

by Ronald A. Rowe May 22nd, 2013| Tweens
The first step in keeping your Tween safe is acknowledging that the dangers are real. I took an interesting call last week from a client -- we’ll call her Katie -- that I will share with her permission because I think it well illustrates the tight rope that we
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Why a Tween May be Having School Trouble

by Lori Sciame May 13th, 2013| School, Tweens
The tween years can be filled with problems that may cause decreased performance at school.  From not getting enough sleep to being unsure about his or her sexuality, a tween may begin to let his or her grades dip. This post explores several of the reasons why a tween
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Your Tween’s Responsibility in the Social Media

by T Akery May 8th, 2013| Tweens
There have been quite a few news stories that have shown the consequences of social media. Your tween is entering the age where social pressures placed on them are enormous and the consequences of one mistake follow your tween for the rest of their lives. Thus, it is important
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Tween Safety Introduction

by Ronald A. Rowe April 26th, 2013| Tweens
Welcome to the newest Your Parenting Info segment, Tween Safety. Here we will take a semi-weekly look at the important safety issues surrounding 10- to 12-year-olds as they emerge from their cocoon of parental protection and take their first fledgling steps toward adulthood.

In the weeks and months to come
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Tweens Love the Library

by Lori Sciame April 15th, 2013| Tweens
This spring, plan to celebrate National Library Week, April 14 - 20, with your tween.  The theme this year is "Communities Matter @ Your Library." Because of this, librarians and support staff across the nation have developed a host of fun activities to draw in all ages of visitors
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