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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Last week I shared the 6 chores I refuse to pay my kids to do because, by golly, they live here too. That’s not to say I’m running some kind of child sweat shop ’round these parts, but rather, I simply believe that basic everyday chores should be done by each and every person living […]
As much as I try to prepare, protect, and educate my young man, sometimes I wonder if he’s teaching me more than I could ever teach him. As I continue to practice the art of understanding my tween, I thought I’d share these 6 things I didn’t know about tweens until I had one.
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