Parenting Tweens and Teens - Page 13

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Top 21 best cars for teens

By Mary Fetzer on Jun 4, 2010

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Cars have become popular high school and college graduation presents. Whether you’re a parent looking for a first car for your teen...
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6 Tips for finding a summer internship

By Ami Burns on May 19, 2010

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Internships have always been a great way for students to gain real-world job experience. But in this economy, when even experienced...
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What parents should know about getting college athletic scholarships

By Sarah W. Caron on May 14, 2010

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Is your child a student athlete? Your child's sport pastime could help pay for college tuition, thanks to college athletic...
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Talking to teens about sexting

By Laura Willard on May 14, 2010

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Sexting. If you are a parent of an older elementary school student, tween or teen and you haven’t heard this term or don’t really...
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Bullying in schools

By Melissa Chapman on May 14, 2010

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The suicide of Phoebe Prince, a 15-year-old Massachusetts high school student, has cast a bright light on the dire -- sometimes...
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Discussing sex and birth control with your teen

By Elizabeth Weiss McGolerick on May 14, 2010

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Reality shows such as 16 and Pregnant and Teen Mom are showing the truth about what can happen to teenagers who don’t know the...
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Is your teen drinking?

By Abbi Perets on May 14, 2010

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"That's life with a teenager." It's easy to justify a lot of behaviors — teens will be teens, right? Most parents fall into that...
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Teach your tween to deal with anger effectively

By Abbi Perets on May 14, 2010

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Anger is frightening emotion -- and even more so when you're confronting it in your child. But it's healthy and normal to feel angry...
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How to tell the family your teen is pregnant

By Tiernan McKay on May 14, 2010

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An unplanned teenage pregnancy can be a difficult situation for parents to handle. Perhaps the hardest part is sharing the news with...
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Helping your teen make positive friendships

By Jen Klein on May 13, 2010

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Adolescents and teens may look more and more like adults, but their judgment and decision making is decidedly not adult. This goes...
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The hidden dangers of blogging

By Abbi Perets on Apr 19, 2010

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When parents blog, do kids get hurt? In your quest for comments and recognition, have you cast off the cloak of anonymity that once...
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Parent-approved alternatives to teen piercings, tattoos and hair dyes

By Melissa Chapman on Apr 15, 2010

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Recently your tween has been dropping not so subtle hints abut her plans to get inked on her 16th birthday. You’ve also heard her...
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Tips for kids' checking & savings accounts

By Jen Klein on Apr 14, 2010

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We teach our kids to say "please" and "thank you" and how to interact socially with the world. We help them with their homework and...
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Social networking safety for teens

By Tiernan McKay on Mar 26, 2010

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Ten years ago, it would have been hard to imagine just how pervasive social networking would be in our lives today. Whether or not...
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7 Tips for Facebook parents

By Monica Vila, The Online Mom on Mar 8, 2010

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If you have a tech-savvy tween in the house, then you've probably heard the question already: 'When can I have a Facebook account?'...
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Normal teen behavior

By Abbi Perets on Mar 3, 2010

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Little children, little problems. Big children, big problems. If you're the parent of a toddler and someone says this to you, you...
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Should kids pay for their college education?

By Abbi Perets on Mar 2, 2010

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The cost of a college education -- hardly a bargain to begin with -- is steadily climbing. Sure, you want your kids to have the best...
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How to keep teens safe without nagging

By Jen Klein on Feb 25, 2010

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Every two years, since the early 1990s, the Center for Disease Control has made available surveys that track risky behaviors by...
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Does your teen have an eating disorder?

By Jen Klein on Feb 24, 2010

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Body image and weight issues for many of us - and teens are no different. Those issues can manifest themselves in numerous ways,...
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Teens and risky behaviors: Violence at school

By Jen Klein on Feb 23, 2010

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Over the last decade and a half, there has been an increase in the percentage of kids who have not gone to school on a given day...

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Articles and information for parents of tweens (ages 11 and 12), teens (ages 13-18) - as well as moms with college-age kids, young adults and adult children! Facts on health, money, allowances, first jobs, getting good grades and more.