Have we gone mad?!  I recently read an article on the increasing number of tweens and teens hiring image consultants.  http://bit.ly/J7iX7 From makeup, to clothing, to overall style, tweens (or more accurately, their parents) are paying a ‘professional’ to tell them how to look.  As I remember it, adolescence was a time of experimentation with personal [...]

Humans need a sense of purpose.  We want to feel that we belong and add value.  Meaningful work gives one a feeling of accomplishment and achievement.  A job well done is satisfying at worst; and more often, it is fulfilling.   Don’t let a tween’s reluctance to complete chores fool you.  Tweens, too, are motivated by [...]

These days my daughter is looking more like a teen than a tween.  She’s catapulted into junior clothes sizing which is essentially the same as a small adult.  Her physical appearnace tricks me into treating her as older than her chronological age. I became acutely aware of this while driving in the car recently.  My daughter [...]