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Tweens & Teens: Having “the talk,” even though it scares you to death

09/01/2011 nwamamas

Note from the mamas: We’re re-posting this Tweens & Teens because it’s such an important topic that parents often dread and avoid, for obvious reasons. It originally posted in November of last year, and it […]

Teens & Tweens: Texting and Driving

05/30/2011 nwamamas

Tweeting, blogging, texting. Remember when we just talked to each other? Author Unknown Welcome to the May edition of Teens and Tweens. Before we go further, I’m going to admit something: I have texted while […]

Tweens & Teens: Picking your battles

04/06/2011 nwamamas

“Pick battles big enough to matter but small enough to win” ~ Jonathan Kozol The question of picking your battles is really answered in the first part of this sentence with the word “picking”. That […]

Tweens & Teens: What you need to know about ADHD

02/21/2011 nwamamas

“I was trying to daydream, but my mind kept wandering.” — Steven Wright Hello all and welcome to the February edition of Tweens & Teens. ADHD is a hot topic these days, but, in my […]

Tweens & Teens: Friendships and hardships

01/28/2011 nwamamas

“Don’t walk in front of me; I may not follow. Don’t walk behind me; I may not lead. Just walk beside me and be my friend.” ~ Albert Camus Hello all and welcome to the […]

Tweens & Teens: Having “the sex talk”

11/04/2010 nwamamas

Anybody who believes that the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach flunked geography. ~Robert Byrne Welcome to the March edition of Tweens and Teens. For this month, I’ve been asked to write […]

Tweens & Teens: Trick or Treatment

10/29/2010 nwamamas

“We can never solve a significant problem from the same level of thinking we were at when we created the problem” ~ Albert Einstein Welcome to the Halloween edition of Tweens and Teens. I’ve been […]

Tweens & Teens: Life After Children

09/30/2010 nwamamas

“Close your eyes and tap your heels together three times. And think to yourself, there’s no place like home.” ~ Glinda the Good Witch from The Wizard of Oz Hello all and welcome to the […]

Tweens & Teens: Teaching responsibility

08/26/2010 nwamamas

If you want children to keep their feet on the ground, then you need to put some responsibility on their shoulders ~ Abigail Van Buren (a.k.a. Dear Abby) Hello all and welcome to the August […]

Tweens & Teens: The back-to-school clothes dilemma

07/30/2010 nwamamas

Welcome back to another edition of Tweens & Teens. I hope everyone is having a great summer, and it’s so very hard to believe that school is right around the corner. That means SHOPPING for […]