Tweens and Safe Travel: 3 “Musts” for Your Family
Traveling with children presents special safety concerns. Unlike the familiarity of home, children will be exposed to new situations, lots of unfamiliar people, and to illnesses. As stated by the...
View ArticleLittle Known Safety Hazards- Keep Your Tween Safe
Parents try their best to keep their children out of harm’s way. They strap a newborn into a car seat for her first car ride home, plus they childproof every room in the house – and this is only the...
View ArticleComprehensive Tween Safety Resource
The concept of the “one stop shop” has spread like wildfire across the United States. After all, what’s easier than finding everything you need in one place? As one who writes articles concerning...
View ArticleSafety: Tweens Need to Learn by Doing
The world we live in can seem largely unsafe, especially for children. There are just so many things that can go wrong. Parents worry. They wonder if they are doing enough to protect their tween...
View ArticleContact Safety: Tweens
I know a lot about contacts. I’ve worn them since I was 14 years old, and my three children all began wearing them in middle school. I know how great contacts can be; however, I also realize how...
View ArticleHow to Raise a Safety Conscious Tween
Parents have a lot to worry about when it comes to children. They worry about providing the right nutrition, the right environment for learning, and the right amount of loving discipline. Add...
View Article4 Necessary Safety Rules for Tweens
Parents of tweens know how difficult it can be to care for a child this age. While not yet teenagers, they make sure mom and dad know they aren’t “babies” either. Sometimes tweens will push to be...
View Article3 Issues to Warn Your Tween About
Being a parent is a huge responsibility. Children not only need love, they need proper guidance as well. Part of steering a child on the right course, involves teaching him or her to follow safety...
View ArticleBoating Safety Rules: Tweens
With summer in full swing, tweens will have more opportunities to have fun on the water. Because of this, they should be taught boating safety rules. Why? The Centers for Disease Control and...
View Article4 Steps to Sun Safety: Tweens
The sun’s rays beckon children outside, especially during the summer months. No school, no obligations, no worries…right? Wrong! The summer sun presents several safety issues for tweens, including...
View ArticleBus Safety Rules for Tweens
Considering how many children in the United States ride to and from school on a bus each day, the rate of injuries due to crashes is rather low. That is the good news. Now the bad news: children may...
View Article3 Essential Computer Safety Tips for Tweens
Tweens spend a lot of time on the computer. From playing video games, to participating in social media, to watching Netflix, tweens spend a good portion of their downtime staring at a computer...
View ArticleTweens and Twitter
Twitter is one of the largest and most popular social media sites on the internet. It allows for quick and easy communication between friends but limits posts to 140 characters, so long dissertations...
View ArticleWinter Safety Tips for Tweens
Ahh, the tween years. They’ve developed a sense of independence and retain a good amount of knowledge. However, they also are dealing with a surge of hormones that can often cloud their judgment....
View ArticleHome Alone: A New Experience
Somewhere during the middle school years your child may want to stay home alone. Whether it be while you run a quick trip to the grocery store or for a short period of time between the end of the...
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