One of the biggest challenges we face as parents is teaching our children, especially our girls, to love themselves and be comfortable in their own skin. As Moms, it is especially challenging when sometimes we are still hung up on body issues ourselves.
The focus of this year’s National Eating Disorders Awareness Week is:
Be comfortable in […]
The news reports are filled with stories of the latest health crisis - childhood obesity. The Seattle Times reports:
Nearly one out of every four Washington eighth-, 10th- and 12th-graders is overweight or obese, according to a new University of Washington report.
And in today’s news, reports of an 8 year who weighs nearly 200 lbs. […]
I knew when I posted “Should We Immunize Teen Girls Against HPV?” that it was an issue that would provoke some very passionate responses. I also know that I do not have all of the information I need to make my own personal judgment about the issue at this time.
I would like to thank everyone […]
In an effort to show that it is in touch with the social networking that today’s tweens and teens are using, Girl Scouts of America has set up a MySpace page for it’s ever popular cookie. Yep, the cookie has its own MySpace page - complete with a blog, a poll of your favorite cookies, […]
Thanks to Lisa of TwoKnives.net for the recommendation of the book, The Great Tween Buying Machine: Capturing Your Share of the Multi-Billion-Dollar Tween Market by David Siegal, Timothy Coffey and Gregory Livingston.
From the Amazon review:
Do tweens have economic power? At 20 million and growing, this group presents a serious opportunity for today’s marketers, influencing as […]
I have been watching the news coverage discussing the relatively new HPV vaccine, but it wasn’t until I saw that the government is trying to mandate this vaccine for all 6th grade girls, that I decided I needed to talk about it.
HPV or genital human papillomavirus is the cause of 70% of cervical […]
One of my closest friends has two tweens who both have birthdays in the next month. We were talking about what she should do for them this year - a simple sleepover party with just a few kids or something out side of the home. Since this is Thursday, I am sharing our tween […]
Thongs for the tween set? How about belly baring shirts, lacy camisoles, and go-go boots? I’ve seen the last three on girls at my children’s school recently.
As of mother of two girls - a tween and soon to be tween, it’s getting harder and harder to filter out the influences. Just last week my youngest […]
How do you know when your tween is ready to stay at home alone? This is the Weary Parent Touchy Subject of the Week. There is no clear cut answer to this question as laws vary from state to state and city to city, not to mention that every child is different.
In our area, the […]
Occasionally it is fun to do a meme - it gives us more insight into the person on the other side of the blog. Aurelia of Parenting My Teen and Aurelia Williams has tagged me in one of the latest memes going around and would like to know Why I Blog. I have […]
Parenting Tweens & Teens. Been there, done that.
Written by Christine Young [email] for b5media.
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