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    A letter to the stranger in my house
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    Give your tween space and let them learn things for themselves
  • My tween is now a vegetarian

    My tween is now a vegetarian

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Chasing the moon…

August 31, 2015 By 3 Comments

Do you remember where you were when Princess Diana died? When humans first landed on the moon? What you were doing on 9/11? Chances are you can recall exactly and in some detail. And if you are a woman, I guarantee you also remember every circumstance of your menarche*. A girl’s first period is a […]

What do do when your tween makes mistakes

August 19, 2015 By Kim Abbate Leave a Comment

We’ve had a lot going on in our tween house over the past few weeks and the only thing that I know for sure is this: I don’t believe in letting mistakes overwhelm us, because mistakes makes us who we are.  My tween is pretty bloody amazing.  She blows my mind with her quick wit […]

A letter to the stranger in my house

August 12, 2015 By Kim Abbate Leave a Comment

Dear Stranger, It’s hard to write this, because I’m going to be blunt, but things used to be much nicer before you moved in. There used to be a balance in the way the different personalities in our house worked together and the three of us knew when to be together, but more importantly when to leave […]

Let tweens read

Give your tween space and let them learn things for themselves

August 5, 2015 By Kim Abbate Leave a Comment

There are times that I try to connect with my tween, but her headspace is somewhere on a planet far, far away. She’s not interested in engaging with someone in the same room, let alone her *insert dramatic eye roll* mother! And do you know what I do? I leave her be. Sometimes she needs […]

Vegetarian food for my tween

My tween is now a vegetarian

July 29, 2015 By Kim Abbate 2 Comments

Seven months ago my tween announced she was vegetarian. I had two choices – support her decision or make a joke of it in the hope  she would ‘grow out of this phase’. I chose the former. It seems the tween years are fraught with ginormous decisions by little humans. It doesn’t feel like they’re […]

Meet the Life with Tweens team

Meet the Life with Tweens team

Kim, Renee and Caro are parents living with a primary-schooler, a handful of Tweens, the odd Teen, seven dogs, six fish, two cats and a fat rabbit. Each day is an adventure, to say the least.

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