Preteen and Tween Behavior

The Tween Years: When Parents Become Fallen Heroes Almost every parent reacts unhappily when suddenly confronted with the undeniable signs that their baby is truly growing up. At such moments the road to independence can seem very short and the...

Boy-Friendly Environments Once you understand that an energetic boy problem is really a problem of a boy's inability to adjust to environments and acquire habits that are basically at odds with his nature, finding solutions may seem harder rath...

Puberty can be a sensitive topic, especially for young girls who are starting to see changes in their bodies. Help your daughter feel comfortable and confident with the changes she's experiencing by reading a few of these top books about puberty,...

Your Son's Adolescence Adolescence is a critically important part of healthy human development, but it is rarely simple. Teens have to make sense of several conflicting needs. They want to remain connected to parents and family (although they ...

There may be a developmental reason for what you view as laziness or hostility in your preteen. Find out where your child is really coming from. Take this quiz! ...

Take a safety quiz -- based on real-life situations -- and find out just how much you know. ...

The Pressures on Adolescent Girls Adolescence is marked by an internal struggle between one's true self and a false projection of self, contends Mary Pipher, Ph.D., and author of Reviving Ophelia, Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls (G.P. Put...

Find out what you need to do to keep your child out of harm's way. Take this quiz, based on Gavin de Becker's best-selling book, Protecting the Gift. ...

What's Going on Inside Your Daughter's Adolescent Head? A lot! Here's where the surprises come into the picture. Your adolescent is groping for connectedness and individuality, not separation! Apter's revolutionary study found that your daughte...

Your Rebel Daughter Has a Cause The whole notion of rebelling should be taking on a new light as you read through this chapter. This isn't to say that girls don't rebel against authority, social forces, or their moms. But much of what we loosel...

When Your Child Becomes a Preteen It happens when you least expect it. Boom! Everything changes. One day your little girl looks at you as though you are the embodiment of a goddess, and the next day she tells you your haircut makes you look lik...

Raising Preteens: Realizing How Uncool You Have Become Being the mother of a preteen is not the most ego-gratifying period of a woman's life. If you thought you were clueless about what to do when the baby was brand new, think again—this is th...

Here's how to help your child while she goes through the challenges of pre-adolescence. ...

Prepubescent children often seem to withdraw from the family. Find out what's normal. ...

Inside the Mind of a Tween Tweens see the world in black and white and have great difficulty discerning shades of gray. Accordingly, they consider people nice or mean, situations fair or not, and can easily categorize almost everything else in t...

Mood swings and low self-esteem are common among pre-pubescents. ...

Most pre-adolescents experience cattiness, but there are ways to boost their self-esteem. ...

There are many developmental, emotional, and social reasons why an 11-year-old should not be dating. ...