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Your household is a busy place. While it can feel like there’s never enough time (or helping hands) to get it all done, if you’re the proud owner of a tween you can rest a little easier. Kids ages 9 -12 years old are able to help out in productive ways that not only help […]
For all the things the tweenage years bring, increased independence is probably my favorite. Sure, it’s the source of many arguments and personal anxiety-induced breakdowns, but it’s also a time of tremendous discovery for my adolescent. Increased independence provides our tweens with vitally important baby steps into the real world, where decision making and common […]
A new study conducted by the Bradley Hasbro Children’s Research Center has linked later school start times to improved daytime functioning in adolescents. Researchers found that delaying school start times by only 25 minutes led to an average of 29 additional minutes of sleep for students and a 26 percent increase in students receiving eight or […]
It’s Boy Wonder again. I’m back writing because some people thought the last thing I wrote about 10 things I wished I could change my parents was harsh. It wasn’t really a big deal. All my friends want to change things about their parents and besides, I talk to my parents about this stuff all […]
As the mother of tween, I find myself bargaining with Father Time on the regular. In my futile attempt to negotiate the amount of time I have left with my growing boy, the diminishing number of seasons, vacations, and even weekends he has left at home remain at the forefront of my mind. My younger […]
It’s me, Boy Wonder, and I’m on winter break right now which means I’ve been home with my parents a lot lately. Mostly it’s been fine, but there are things they do that bother me a lot. There’s a lot of stuff I want to do that they won’t let me do and things I […]
For all the things that puberty is – scary, exciting, confusing – the one thing it’s not is easy. Ask any adolescent. Heck, ask any parent of an adolescent. From changing bodies to changing minds, our kids are developing into young men and women before our very eyes and if the very thought of these […]
I was sure last year would mark the final Christmas that Boy Wonder believed in Santa. As the lone believer in his 5th grade class last year, he fought hard to convince himself and others that Santa was real. In spite of all the evidence to the contrary and doubtful noise around him, he chose […]
Lately I’ve seen a real change in Boy Wonder and I love it, perhaps even more than he does. Take a look at 10 things my tween loves about himself (that I love too)!
Today is a big day. Boy Wonder is leaving for science camp for four days with his 6th grade class. Gulp. While I knew at least theoretically that his leaving would someday come, I never actually expected it to happen so soon, simply by virtue of the person he is. Boy Wonder’s different than a […]
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