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Tweens & Teens

Tips for parenting modern tweens and teens.

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Tweens & Teens: Top four reasons why teens misbehave

05/30/2012 nwamamas

By Dr. Billy Jones, psychologist with Mercy Health  A few weeks ago, this website asked a question in an online quiz that went like this: “Which of the following behaviors would bother you most if […]

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Tweens & Teens: Weight Issues

04/16/2012 nwamamas

“You can never, ever, use weight loss to solve problems that are not related to your weight. At your goal weight or not, you still have to live with yourself and deal with your problems. […]

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Tweens & Teens: Teaching teens to manage money

03/15/2012 nwamamas

“Too many people spend money they haven’t earned, to buy things they don’t want, to impress people they don’t like.” – Will Smith Welcome to the March edition of Teens and Tweens. Or as I […]

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Tweens & Teens: Losing my religion

01/26/2012 nwamamas

“Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and if true, is of infinite importance. The only thing it cannot be is moderately important.” ~ C. S. Lewis Welcome to the January 2012 edition of Tweens […]

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Tweens & Teens: Uncomfortable conversations

09/27/2011 nwamamas

“Move out of your comfort zone. You can only grow if you are willing to feel awkward and uncomfortable when you try something new.”  ~ Brian Tracy Welcome to the September edition of Tweens & […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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