If you’re a mum of a teen or tween reading this, you’ve probably heard of TikTok, the video app popular with kids today. By kids, I of course mean Gen Z—the cohort of folks born after millennials and the age group into which most of today’s teens and tweens fall. If you’ve heard of TikTok, […]
Although I still have a house full of young ones, my oldest daughter is about to turn 24. She was among those in the beginning of the rise in autism diagnoses. Those charts of autism cases by year? My daughter was right at the beginning of the uphill climb. She was diagnosed later than kids […]
Bet you are relieved that you (barely) survived the “terrible twos” and the even more fun “terrible threes”. And you probably thought you were in the clear after that. Nope. The real fun starts when your kids enter their tweens. The tantrum filled toddler years are actually quite similar to the tween years. Kids want […]
I know I should have arranged some sort of camp thing for my kids this summer months ago, but it seems I hit a tricky spot. On one hand, they are old enough to be fairly independent. On the other hand, they should be out there socializing. On the third hand, I work from home, […]
Now that the Momo and Tide Pod challenges are over, parents can relax, right? Nope. We now have a new viral craze to keep us up at night: the “shell on challenge” which is becoming increasingly popular among teens and tweens on the Snapchat app. To take part, kids of all ages are challenging each other to […]
My mum took my tween daughter on a day trip to New York City during the holidays. They rode the train together, saw the giant tree, ate lunch at a “fancy” restaurant, and saw the Radio City Rockettes. They left at 7:30 a.m. and returned at 7:30 p.m., and my daughter hasn’t stopped talking about […]
When the holidays roll around and it’s time to buy gifts for the teens or tweens in your life, it’s tempting to write a check and call it a day. Teens and tweens are difficult to shop for because they often want trendy items that don’t really make sense to anyone but themselves. And what’s “in” […]
Dear Kids, As I go through my daily life and scramble to check things off the never-ending to do list it’s easy to stop seeing you. There are days I don’t even hear the birds, and I know there are days I don’t see you. Yes, I know you are standing there making a snack […]
We’ve reached a time in parenthood when we need to be hyper-aware of what our kids are doing online. It’s a tough job that many of us don’t really want to do– it’s hard to manage and it’s another thing to worry about. Kids feel social pressure around friendships, academics and sports just as we […]
College was always my end goal. I knew that I would have to work my way through it in order to afford it, and I tried to be smart about what I studied so that I could maximize my future employment opportunities. As a former high school dropout, I was acutely aware of the value […]
With the school bell about to step out from its long summer break, I am starting to panic. Mainly because I have been so used to lovely long mornings of not rushing around, trying to herd children to the car, racing back into the house because I have lost my keys…. You know the drill. […]
There are weeks when I just want to run screaming to the hills.
