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Did you ever play "spin the bottle" and other "pre-sexual" games when you were 12 or 13?

The Horse @TheHorse (238317) • Walnut Creek, California 25 Feb 17

I just read a post and was touched my someone giving a necklace to his 12-year-old niece. That got me to thinking of how things were for me when I was 12, good at sports, afraid of girls (I hadn't been when I was younger), and...

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Gift ideas for tween girls

dorannmwin @dorannmwin (36392) • United States 24 Aug 12

Kathryn has already been invited to her first birthday party of this school year. The little girl whose party she has been invited to has been a friend of her for a couple years as she is one of our neighbors. Well, we went to...

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Facebook Jr

devideddi @devideddi (1435) • United States 31 Jul 11

I think Facebook should make a Facebook Jr for the younger ones, tweens and young teens. My niece is 11 and she wants a facebook so bad. But mom is not quite ready to let her have one. Last I checked you had to be 13 years old....

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What fictional novel would you recommend for this generation of tweens?

hippiemomdiaries @hippiemomdiaries (815) • Philippines 29 Sep 10

Back in the 80s when I was a tweener, I read every single Nancy Drew hardbound book in our school library. Now that I'm a mom to a tweener (my son is 10 years old)who endlessly surfs on YouTube, I hope could also introduce him to...

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The iPad's out...

CraftyCorner @CraftyCorner (5600) • United States 29 Jan 10

I would have thought that the marketing team at Apple would have put a bit more thought into the marketing and naming of this product. This product is apparently aimed at teenagers and tweenies, (and of course the fan boys of...

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Discipling other people's children

PeacefulWmn9 @PeacefulWmn9 (10420) • United States 8 Sep 09

I just read another interesting article on parenting, and it talked of how, in the past, friends, neighbors, and family always worked together to keep an eye on and discipline one another's older children. The...

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Are You A Nosey Parent?

panzerswifey @panzerswifey (314) • United States 7 Feb 09

Why are women more nosey than men? Why is that a man will have their childrens friend's in the car and not question them, The kids will be having fun listening to music, laughing all while the dad is driving. But.....When a...

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Do you still play with your children?Do you understand r children?

panzerswifey @panzerswifey (314) • United States 12 Jan 09

I still play with my children and they play with me. Just yesterday my daughter was chasing me in the house. My husband OMG! plays to much I have to tell them to take it out side they shake the house they play so much. I think...

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Emotional 12 year old..What do I do?

panzerswifey @panzerswifey (314) • United States 11 Jan 09

I have been a mami for 18 yrs, My 18 yr old daughter is away in school now. But noI have a 12 yr old daughter and as any parent knows no child is the same. They all have differebt personalities and can surprise a parent if your...

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Miley's racy photos

Eiregirl2017 @Eiregirl2017 (75) • United States 22 Feb 08

Do you think the media is making too big a deal about this? Personally, I think so. Sure, the photos aren't entirely innocent, but she is acting no different than any other girl her age in today's society. She could have done...

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Embarrasing Moments

cher913 @cher913 (25781) • Canada 1 Jun 07

Face it, everyone has had one...whats yours? i promise not to tell anyone...:-) Have you ever read those embarrasing moments that have been writtin by tweens and teens? i think that must be the most embarrasing time for...

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My tween, a roller coaster of emotion and growing pains.

aquarian9 @aquarian9 (548) • Canada 28 Jan 07

So, you have a tween too? Wow, I wish ours would either stay a kid or become a teen. It makes me feel old to know the rearing days for this one are almost done. I hope we did a satisfactory job at raising our eldest child. Do...

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tweens pairing off in school

angelize55 @angelize55 (17) • United States 20 Dec 06

my daughter is in 7th grade..12 yrs old..came home from school last week and announced she wanted to have a school boyfriend..my natural response was no..followed by why having any boyfriend until possibly high school was not...

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What are you buying your daughter for Christmas?

mommy9699 @mommy9699 (85) • United States 18 Dec 06

I'm mainly looking for responses from parents with daughters that are between the ages of 10-13. What types of things are you buying your daughters for Christmas? What kind of things are they putting on their list? Is your...

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Amazed....

profclark @profclark (512) • United States 13 Dec 06

Postd a few days ago a topic on ethics, but no responses. Are we teaching our teens; tweens anything that will sustain them? More importantly, is this a concern?

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Ethical questions for teens

profclark @profclark (512) • United States 11 Dec 06

I am going to do a workshop with some teens, 6th - 8th graders. I would like to pose some ethical questions that are age appropriate, like what would you do if you saw someone drop some money? Help me think of good questions to...

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