6 Reasons Boy Wonder Thinks He *Deserves* a Summer Vacation

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It’s me, Boy Wonder again. Thanks for reading my last blog on why tweens need cell phones. It made me feel good to have you read it because some people thought I was right.

I’m on summer vacation but it doesn’t feel like I am. My mom has been making my brother and me do worksheets, read, and even do a lot more stuff around the house. I told her that we deserved a summer vacation without having to do all this stuff and she told me that if I wanted to complain that I should write it down.

Take a look at the 6 reasons I think kids deserve a summer vacation.

On Having Kids Far Apart in Age

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It’s not easy parenting kids with a substantial age gap between them. It seems like it should be, but it just isn’t.

 

A 10-Year-Old Gives 10 Reasons Why Every Tween Needs a Cell Phone

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Hi, this is Boy Wonder and I’m 10 years old. My mom is Mommyfriend and I’m writing on her blog to tell parents something very important: kids my age need a cell phone. My parents think kids in elementary school shouldn’t have cell phones unless they really need one. My mom says the only kids […]

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7 Family Vacations Your Tween Will Actually Enjoy. No, Really.

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Tweens and teens are hard to please on family vacations. Why? Because they’d probably rather be anywhere else than stuck in a minivan with their family. Relax friend, I’m just telling it like it is. As a parent who’s dealt with her share of sigh-heavy tween protest on vacations in the name of Griswold-esque family […]

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12 Simple Ways to Gain and Foster Your Tween’s Trust

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Being a tween isn’t easy – just ask them. From 9 to 12 years old our kids begin the physically taxing and emotionally draining metamorphosis of child to adolescent. Not only are our kids facing the wonder, stress, and excitement that come from bodily changes; they’re overcome by something far less tangible and easily understood […]

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13 Summer Jobs for Tweens

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The older my kids get, the more expensive their tastes become. I don’t have to tell you that teaching our kids the value of money from a young age is vitally important. Quite simply, the very best way to teach our kids financial responsibility is to provide them with the opportunity to earn money for […]

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10 Ways Tweens are Just Like Toddlers

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In my scientific opinion, tweens and toddlers aren’t so different. Toddlers are impulsive, emotional, naive, curious, and yes, more than a little bit naughty. And tweens, well, they’re all those things and more. As walking contradictions of childhood, tweens are both young and old. Smart and naive. Responsible and thoughtless. Because tweens embody everything that […]

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13 Teacher-Recommended Ways to Keep Kids Learning This Summer

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Ready or not, school’s just about out for summer! As much as a lazy summer vacation appeals to me, relaxed schedules and casual attitudes toward learning can take their toll on the skills our kids worked so hard to acquire throughout the previous school year. The summer between my son’s 4th and 5th grade school […]

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I’m A Better Mom for Making Mistakes

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Raise your hand if you’re one of those parents who messes up on the regular. Me too. Now raise your hand if you’re one of those parents who messes up on the regular and then beats themselves up over it. Me too! As a mother who’s spent a cool decade replaying her greatest parenting misses on […]

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10 Things I Learned About Kindergarten This Year

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As Kindergarten draws to a close in 10 short school days, I reflect on this momentous school year and how far BooBoo has come. This Kindergarten school year may not have been my first rodeo, but I realize now more than ever just how different every child, teacher, and school year can be. It’s with […]

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