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Tweens & Teens

Tips for parenting modern tweens and teens.

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Tweens & Teens: What’s on our bookshelf right now

06/21/2022 nwamamas

Parenting tweens and teens can feel a little out of control sometimes. Did we say too much? Are we saying enough? So advice from someone who’s navigated these waters before is helpful. That’s why I […]

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Why your teenagers can’t hear you

05/26/2022 nwamamas

Mamas, if you’ve ever wondered WHY it’s so freakin’ hard to get a teenager to listen to what you’re saying, this is for you. All my frustrating questions were answered when I spotted this article […]

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Teen texting abbreviations explained

03/30/2022 nwamamas

If you do safety checks on your teen’s phone from time to time but feel a little lost when trying to understand a text trail with friends, here’s a list that explains what most of […]

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How to get teenagers to listen

02/23/2022 nwamamas

Happy Thursday, mamas! Shannon has one teenager and I have two of them right now. And my third kid is less than a year away from attaining teen status. So we KNOW how difficult it […]

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What if your kid just isn’t all that social?

02/07/2022 nwamamas

Mamas, I related to every word of this article on the website Grown and Flown. I spent way too much time worrying about the fact that my oldest son often preferred to eat lunch at […]

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Freaking out about college stuff? Read this.

10/07/2021 nwamamas

Mamas, when Shannon and I founded this website in 2008, our oldest kids were in Kindergarten. Those sweet babies have now morphed into JUNIORS IN HIGH SCHOOL!!! No one is more surprised than we are […]

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Tweens & Teens: When they get emotionally distant

09/18/2021 nwamamas

Note from Gwen & Shannon: This Tweens & Teens Q&A features real-life answers from NWA mamas. We’ve asked the moms to write anonymously so they can be as brutally honest as possible. One of the […]

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Tweens and Teens: Removing the ‘but’ from your conversations with teens

07/22/2021 nwamamas

Hey, mamas. Whether you have teens or not, this video clip is such an eye-opener. Shannon and I both have teenagers, and this video we saw on the Your Teen magazine website made us realize […]

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Tweens & Teens: Social media’s impact on girls

06/23/2021 nwamamas

Between the two of us, Shannon and I both have multiple teenagers now. So we’re reading everything we can get our hands on about teens and how to navigate those tricky waters. If you have […]

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Is your tween or teenager lonely?

04/02/2021 nwamamas

Mamas, we know the pandemic has been hard on all of us. But there’s no denying it has had a distinct effect on tweens and teenagers. Can you even imagine how your teenage self would’ve […]

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