Preteens
| Pre-teens... they're too cool to be children, and still haven't quite reached the teen years. Pre-teens are trapped between two worlds, and it can be quite interesting navigating the wilds of pre-teen parenting. Here are tips to stay on course, and have fun on the journey. Pre-teens editor: Jill Berry |  |
Written by Jill Berry
It's supposed to get easier right? Life with little ones is challenging, time-consuming, and exhausting. Surely life with a kid, a preteen, and a teen would be easier? No such luck.
Written by Jill Berry
When children are little, you we set rules about not throwing food or hitting. The rules we set helped our children know what was expected of them. Now that I no longer have little kids, I still make rules for my preteen and teen.
Written by Jill Berry
My oldest -- a teen -- just got her braces off. My tween is now sporting upper and lower braces. As I navigate having a child in braces a second time around, here is my list of what parents and kids need to know/do during the orthodontic process.
Written by Jill Berry
Let's face it - kids love candy. O.K., I know a kid or two who can take or leave candy. My teen regularly throws away all but a few pieces of Halloween, Valentine's, and Easter candy. Who is this kid, anyway? But for my preteen, candy is scrumptious. When she got braces a month ago, I worried about how she would cope with not being able to eat candy.
Written by Jill Berry
Standardized tests are a fact of life for the public school student. Each state administers a test to its students to access their knowledge of the school curriculum. The results of a state's assessments of its students are of great interest to parents, teachers, and school administrators.
Read more: How Can Parents Help Preteens Do Their Best on Standardized Tests
Written by Jill Berry
Written by Jill Berry
As an editor, I rarely, if ever, traveled for work. Once or twice I Metro-ed to Alexandria or D.C. for a class or a conference. As a WAHM editor, I drove between my home and the office more times than I care to consider over a 6-year period. Later as a SAHM, I drove to playdates, the library, and preschool, but never farther away than an hour from my house. So you can imagine the turmoil in my home as I adjusted (still adjusting) to the travel that comes with my new job of blogger.
Read more: How to Help Dad Look after a Preteen While Mom Is Away
Written by Michelle White
One minute we are talking and the next I am calling for an exorscism. She is up and down and extremely nasty to me. The venom starts pouring out and doesn't seem to stop. There's screaming and crying as well.
I feel as though we have entered the second round of “Terrible Twos”, except she is big now with a lot more words.
Written by Jill Berry
For the "most" part we eat well in the Musings from Me home. Fruits. Veggies. Milk. Small amounts of juice. Lean meat. But, it's the word "most" that is the key to the days when we eat on the run...or grab a nonhealthy snack as we are running out to sports practice...or any number of other times when our eating habits could use some improvement. We try to eat healthy, but it is hard.
Read more: Book Review: Red Light. Green Light, Eat Right by Joanna Dolgoff, MD
Written by Jill Berry
The Musings from Me family love weekends. It doesn't matter if we are at a soccer game, or a volleyball tournament, or an all-day swim meet, we enjoy every minute of our weekends. Even though my preteen and teen frequently have homework or projects to do, the weekend isn't over until bedtime on Sunday.
Written by Jill Berry
Christmas is over. It was a great holiday for the Musings from Me family. We celebrated. We ate. We played. We relaxed. Most of all we spent time as a family.
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