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Posts about Parenting Tweens (2):

How to Help Your Tween Build Emotional Self-Management — Without Doing It for Them

The worry that you're only containing these moments rather than building something is the most common one parents carry out of a month like this. It's also wrong — and there are four specific signs, already happening in your house, that prove it.

What to Do When Your Tween Is Flooded — The Responses That Help and the Ones That Don't

In the thirty seconds after a big feeling arrives, almost every instinct a caring parent has makes it worse. The responses that actually work are smaller, quieter, and feel like doing nothing.

Your Tween's Biggest Emotional Triggers — And What They're Actually About

The outbursts that feel random almost never are. Underneath nearly every one sits one of three hidden triggers — and once you can name hers, you can start seeing it coming.

Why Your Tween Can't Just Calm Down — And What's Actually Happening When They Lose It

The moments your tween falls apart over something small aren't a discipline problem — they're a brain event with a predictable shape you can learn to read.

When a Tween Can Actually Think for Themselves — And How You Got Them There

A tween who can think for themselves doesn't announce it. Learn the quiet signs of real decision-making progress — and how to keep it growing before August.

The One Shift That Turns Everyday Moments Into Decision-Making Practice

One small shift turns everyday moments into real decision-making practice for your tween — and it starts with a single word. Learn what a coaching conversation sounds like before, during, and after a decision.