Tuesday, October 9th, 2012
by Rosalind Wiseman
Teen parenting expert Rosalind Wiseman answers your tough questions.
Q. I’m a 12-year-old girl who doesn’t like her new school. People aren’t open to helping me, there are so few kids to make friends with and I’m getting frustrated. Is there a way to make things better?
A. That’s terrible! You’d hope everyone...
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Friday, August 31st, 2012
by Christina Tynan-Wood
School is in session! We are working out the kinks in the morning routine and homework hour is part of our evening ritual. My family is actually used to the new schedule.One reason it's going well? Technical preparedness.
My son’s laptop is his most-used possession. Before school started, I...
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Tuesday, August 28th, 2012
by Jonna Gallo
When we (the editors of Family Circle) started kicking around the idea of a piece on
homework, I grabbed the reins because it’s a huge issue in my household. To put it bluntly, after a full day of school, my 8-year-old son doesn’t want to...
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Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012
by Rosalind Wiseman
Teen parenting expert Rosalind Wiseman answers your tough questions.
For the last year I've been working with
NBC's
Dateline on their “
My Child Would Never Do That” series. We started with an episode on what your child would do if she...
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Friday, April 13th, 2012
by familycircle
Guest blogger Marian Merritt, member of Family Circle’s Tween/Teen Advisory Board, on her “prom mom” experiences.
The big surprise of
my prom dress shopping trip with M was how much fun we had. She quickly clued me into her taste in gowns; we had...
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