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3 Things Your Tween Wishes You Didn’t Do

  I have full faith in you and your parenting, yet I want to share what some tweens I met with wished were different.    1) Taking their phone away every time they mess up.  They feel it’s your...
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Keeping Promises in the Time of Conflict

  Your adolescent is angry, and she directs it at you. Before school started last fall, you two agreed that submitting homework on time and holding specific grades in each class would earn her...
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The Truth About Failing

  Failure sounds and feels like defeat and disappointment. Something that we didn't want to happen happened. Yet, its value lies in how we respond to it. I attended a concert where the singer kept...
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Upgrade Your Summer to Easy

  Finally, we had a normal school year, and our hopes for a glorious summer soared. For it to go well, I recommend having a collaborative mindset and chatting about summer's expectations with the...
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Mother’s Day Love to You

  I know you will enjoy the brunches, dinners, accolades, gifts, and flowers that honor you and your motherhood today. You deserve them for your selfless sacrifice and love. It’s lovely for you to...
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Your Tween’s Brain

  Remember when you were young, looking up at your future - the idea of being “grown-up” enchanted you. It ...
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The Worst Kid in Class and Me!

  Sitting together on the couch after dinner, Greg, Aiden's dad, channel surfs, and Aiden, a seventh grader, closes his ...
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That One Class

  Lauren and her 11-year-old son, Jaxon agreed that signing up for band in 6th grade was a great idea ...
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3 Tips to Enhance Your Tween’s Success at School

  School starts soon, so your child won't be grabbing popsicles from the fridge or binge-watching Stanger Things all day long ...
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Simple Ways to Grow Your Tweens’ Strengths 

You and I know school requires more than learning the subject matter. At its heart lies a framework for gaining ...
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Technology is Here to Stay – So Let’s Embrace it

The tipping point when our adolescent knows more than we do about social media, technology trends, and phones will happen ...
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4 ways to Boost Your Mental Health

Now that we can talk about mental health without shame or stigma, it’s time to build ours. Our social and ...
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The Love you Give

Being a mom was easier before the moodiness, shrugs, and slammed doors. We cringed. Being a mom had never felt ...
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