Category: Tweens
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15 Things Your Child Should Know Before Owning a Smartphone
Many parents let kids use their smartphones without considering the actions a child might take, such as accidental pocket dialing, visiting inappropriate websites or dropping the phone into the toilet. Before handing over your phone or buying one for your child, consider whether it’s a need versus a want. Another consideration is whether your child…
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Garden Activities for the Children this Summer
A garden is a place where the grownups work hard the whole day to get some food on the table. Not the most interesting place on the earth right? Although gardening is a serious work, you can also make it fun and exciting for the kids. They are curious and like to play in the…
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How to Talk To Your Tweens or Teens About Tough Topics #FindYourBold #ad
Disclosure: This post was sponsored by Sverve and Ore-Ida®. All opinion are 100% my own. Do you make the time to sit down at the table for dinner? Did you know that families who eat meals together have kids who are happier and feel more secure? I totally get it that most families are pulled…
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Taking Care of Your Child with Asthma
Asthma symptoms and signs usually appear in children before they grow 5 years old. In young children, less than 5 years of age symptoms that are close to asthma, are developed due to various health and medical conditions. However, if the symptoms all indicate they are asthma itself then it is very important to have…
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Kids, Tech, and Safety: Here’s How to Make them Fit Together
There is a certain cuteness when kids put on dad’s shoes, or mom’s clothes and makeup. We get more out of it than a chuckle. We get a feeling of pride that our kids want to be like us when they grow up. But it’s not so cute when they get into the beer fridge…
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Building High-Quality Memories with Your Child
Novelist Peter De Vries once said, “The value of marriage is not that adults produce children, but that children produce adults.” This witty writer maybe didn’t have in mind how we are, as adults, losing touch with our children, but one point reflects the other. In modern day and age, racing between our jobs and daily errands,…
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How to Tackle the Situation if Your Kid is a Video Game Addict
Do you have a kid playing video games non-stop instead of doing homework or socializing with friends? Is his social behavior worsening because of a constant need to sit in front of a computer and dive into his own virtual world? Believe it or not, a lot of parents know exactly what you feel. It…
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HotelSpa® Spectrum 7-color LED Hand Shower Review #hotelspa
Do you struggle getting your kids to bathe? I feel like I am constantly reminding my kids to take a bath or shower. I feel like they would go days without taking a bath if I didn’t remind them. By now you would think my teenagers would have it down, but I am still reminding…
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12 Non-Candy Easter Basket Ideas
I can’t believe that Easter is less than a month away. As I was doing my grocery shopping the last week, I noticed that the stores are already prepared for Easter and have the shelves stocked with chocolate bunnies, jelly beans, and other Easter candy. However, too much candy isn’t good for children or adults.…
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Top Three Things to Consider When Choosing a Drug or Alcohol Treatment Facility for Your Teenager or Family Member
Do you suspect that your teenager is caught up in the wrong crowd and experimenting with drugs or alcohol? As a parent if our children end up getting caught up doing things that we don’t approve of, we automatically wonder what we did wrong and ponder if there was anything else that could have been…