Inside: The best 25 journals for teens and tweens, hand-picked for you and your growing kids. Growing up is hard. Just ask any pre-pubescant kid dealing with seesawing hormones, confronting physical changes and overwhelming emotions. When puberty hits, life can seem more than a little confusing, intimidating, and even a bit scary. Journalling can be […]
50 Tween & Teen Books Made Into Movies
Inside: 50 of the best tween and teen books made into movies. Connect your tween or teen with a book they can really identify with, one that resonates with their inner dreams or takes them on the most thrilling adventure, and you’ll have a reader for life. Pairing that book with a movie can help […]
Weaving Ideas for Kids: Yarn Weaving on a Cardboard Loom
Yarn weaving on a cardboard loom may just be the most classic weaving idea of all weaving ideas for kids! I remember trying it in school many, many(!) years ago. Using just a few simple materials, and the tutorial below, this is a great weaving project for tweens to try. And, like our Craft Stick […]
21 Fabulous Graphic Novels for Tweens: Ages 9-12 Year Olds
Inside: Our pick of 21 of the best graphic novels for tweens, ages 9-12 year olds. In the world of kids books, graphic novels are so hot right now. For the unfamiliar, graphic novels are book length stories told with the visual support of a comic strip format. The inclusion of visual elements provides more […]
50 Screen Free Activities for Tweens & Teens
Looking for fun at home, screen free activities for tweens or teens? Look no further! We’ve got 50 boredom busting activity ideas to encourage your tween or teen switch off the TV, stop scrolling and get busy trying something new, re-discovering an activity from their past that they haven’t tried in a while, or learning […]
How Do I Get My Tween or Teen to Do Chores…Without Nagging!
Getting your tween or teen to help with chores can seem like a battle you’d rather not fight right now, but it’s worth it, really it is! Despite their protests, helping around the house is good for them -not only because their help makes getting all of the jobs around your home done but also […]
24 Tween Conversation Starters: Get Your Tween Talking About Their Day!
Inside: 24 tween conversation starters to help tweens (and teens) open up about their day. When she was younger our 14 year old was a chatterbox, eager to share the stories of her day. Nowadays, she would rather get lost in the quiet pages of a good book than talk to me after a busy […]
45 Fun Summer Crafts for Tweens
Looking for ideas for your creative tween? This collection of 45 summer crafts features a heap of fun, creative project ideas that are perfect for keeping your tween creating during the long, sunny days of summer – though they are, of course, perfectly fun all year round as well! And if after all of these […]
5 Tips for Helping Your Tween Navigate Middle School Friendships
The tween years can be tough enough to navigate with your own child but add middle school friendships into the mix and sometimes parenting tweens can feel downright impossible. With our kids sorting out who they as people as the onset of puberty sees hormones running amuck, tween friendships can be volatile at times even […]
Connecting With Tweens & Teens: 5 Everyday Moments That Matter
When my children were small they rarely went anywhere without their father or I. We knew everything they did and everything about them. We were their whole world. As babies they were always close. They were breastfed, worn in a sling and slept beside us. As toddlers the physical connection between us was still strong. […]
