You need useful strategies to help you and your kids deal with stress. This is a list of calming activities for your tweens and teens.
If you have a tween daughter, you’ve likely experienced an emotional storm or two. Anger, crying jags, or even uncontrolled giggling that makes no sense. What’s a mother to do? I was asked to share for the parenting tweens blog party at Like Minded Musings and I’m so glad I did. I realized that there …
Is there a "tween" or a teenager you know and love? Consider offering to God these twelve prayers for teens.
Dr. Momma discusses tween independence and highlights the need for tweens to perform simple tasks on a daily basis without assistance from parents.
If you want to raise resilient kids, you need to help them develop a growth mindset. Kids need adversity - they need problems. This may sound crazy...
Are you overwhelmed by the amounts of clutter around you? Then this decluttering challenge is for you. Plus there's a cool FREE workbook too!
Looking for good books for boys 9-12? Finding books even a non-reader will like is a challenge. I've compiled a list of books my kids have enjoyed.
These 8 Tips will help you teach your daughter confidence as well as self esteem. Raising a confident daughter is highly important!
When your tween yells at you, it's hard to know what to do and how to respond. But use this one strategy to react in a calm way.
How-to guide for writing a 4-H buyer letter to invite buyers to your 4-H livestock sale. Tips for a better letter marketing your 4-H animal project!
Teens and tweens are under a lot of pressure and their mental health is suffering. Suicide is on the rise. Here is how parents can help.
Parenting a tween: Why it's a challenge and like walking a tightrope. Follow these two simple tips to deal with your moody tween and keep the peace at home.
These simple impulse control activities for teens transform a seemingly impossible task to a straight-forward one. Includes actionable steps for parents.
Parenting a preteen can feel like a battleground, & it kind of is. We understand how difficult parenting a preteen is. Here are 5 things you've got to take a stand on. These fights are worth it.
Parenting styles need to be modified when kids enter into their tween. Here are essential parenting tips for tween and preteens for healthy relationships
So how do you handle giving your growing tween what she needs - regardless of what you know? Here are 4 excellent tips to help you daily....
Finding volunteer opportunities as a middle school or high school student can be difficult. Here are ideas to help your child find volunteer positions this year!
What is VSCO girl tween fashion? Is it okay for tween girls? Moms need to know what this tween fashion trend is. What if your daughter is a VSCO girl?
Conversations with teenagers can be hard, but these 7 conversations you need to have with your teen. It will help them through high school.
Inside: What I learned as a single mother raising sons from elementary school, through teenage years and beyond. My professional advice to single moms parenting boys is guaranteed to make surviving being a single boy mom easier. What Surprised Me from Having a Teenage Son I have learned so much about myself, my sons and
Wondering what your tween should read this summer? How about "Anne of Green Gables'? This wonderful classic will teach your tween a thing or two about grit,
If you've got a moody tween or teen you need to know the surprising reasons for tween moodiness and what you can do to fix it and get your peace back!
Parents know the risks that come with teen cell phone use. These monitoring apps can help your teens use their cell phone responsibly.
My eldest son’s senior year of high school was the hardest year of my parenting career, but it wasn’t just because there was so much to do (get senior pictures taken, plan the graduation party, and make sure the financial aid paperwork is filled out and scholarships are applied for). I started the year
I discovered the difference between joy and happiness and in that discovery, I learned how to survive the tween years with my sanity intact.
Inside: This post is going to explore consequences for disrespectful teenagers and how it can improve your relationship with them, while also preparing them for real life. Logical consequences for teens are the best to prepare them for real life.
Tweens and teens can be very moody and have strong emotions. How can you deal with your tween's bad moods and end the negativity?
Conversations with teenagers can be hard, but these 7 conversations you need to have with your teen. It will help them through high school.
You can maintain a healthy relationship with your teenager by practicing these 10 things teenagers need most from parents.
Time management skills usually don't come easily to kids. Here are a few ways to help kids manage their own time and get things done.
Responsibility is good for our children! There are things your tween/teen should be doing on their own. Raising capable kids is a good thing!
What one mom did when she saw her teenage daughter become seriously involved with an unhealthy relationship. Parenting advice.
It can be easy to place blame on your child for bringing home bad grades on their report card. There are so many reasons for bad grades and positive ways...
Want a GREAT summer, but worried about fighting over chores and schedules with teens? Create a Summer Contract for teens! Plan ahead with your teenager!
Stop saying these 10 things to your teenagers and tweens to help strengthen your relationship with them and build their self esteem.
Tweens and teens can be very moody and have strong emotions. How can you deal with your tween's bad moods and end the negativity?
See my simple 3-step method for teaching kids to do chores. You will also find 8 tips to make that 3-step method effective now and long-term.
Want an emotionally healthy home and teenagers? Start by developing these 10 traits of emotionally healthy families! Create a home that feels good!
Get to know your tween better, strengthen your mother-daughter relationship and become someone she truly trusts, before her friends do! One fun way to do...
Responsibility is good for our children! There are things your tween/teen should be doing on their own. Raising capable kids is a good thing!
This free printable summer planner for teens and tweens is designed to help teens and tweens organize their activities and have a fun and productive summer!
Check out this list of ten things moms of teenage daughters shouldn't do as they parent their girls through the teen years.
Change your toddler's hitting ways in just 2 weeks with this step-by-step approach. Includes how to discipline an aggressive toddler without hitting back.
Teens are more motivated and focused on the future when they connect with their interests. Learn 6 activities to help teens discover their passion!
How to navigate teenage mood swings & meltdowns. 4 steps to see behind the behavior to reach your child's heart.
How to get your child to do their homework? Creating the right environment to study and getting involved yourself are great ways to start.
Here's a collection of screen-free activities that tween boys (ages 9 - 12) will go for! Hobbies, crafts, jobs, games, etc.
Why does my child lack motivation? How can I get my child motivated? Why are my students not completing homework? So many parents have asked my opinion, as an academic coach, on these questions. The key to this is helping students understand the connection between hard work and success. Which brings
(Inside: Prepare your child for middle school. This one thing will help parents and children thrive during the middle school years.) When I was in middle school, my mom came and sat next to me for two class periods to, ahem, "encourage" me to behave. I didn't deal well with the big emotions of those transition years
Teens and tweens are under a lot of pressure and their mental health is suffering. Suicide is on the rise. Here is how parents can help.
