Tweens (Is This A Thing? Yes, It Is): Episode 143
The Mom Hour
Mom Hour Media
4.9 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 13 February 2018
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
Tweens are not just overgrown little kids or mini-adolescents. Caught between the two, they really are in phase worthy of its own discussion–and its own podcast episode! Join Meagan and Sarah as we discuss what makes 8-12-year-olds unique and how to up our parenting game to meet their needs as they grow.
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- Other episodes of The Mom Hour you might enjoy:
- What To Expect From The Middle School Years
- Becoming Screenwise with Devorah Heitner
- Kids & Friendships with Eileen Kennedy-Moore
- Free-Range Parenting – Part 1 and Part 2
- How (And Why) To Spend One-On-One Time With Your Kids
- Positive Parenting Your Tween (from Sarah’s favorite online parenting resource, AhaParenting.com)
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| 0:00.0 | Okay, Sarah, I know we both want to raise caring and kind kids, but it's not always easy to identify ways to help them engage with the world generously. |
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| 1:05.8 | visit give as we grow.org. |
| 1:08.6 | Hi, I'm Megan, and I'm Sarah. |
| 1:11.8 | We're two moms with eight kids between us from preschool to teen. |
| 1:15.5 | This is the show where we help you feel better about the mom you are, and share our own parenting |
| 1:19.6 | tips and personal stories. |
| 1:21.4 | We're not experts. |
| 1:22.4 | We're parents who've been there. We're not experts. We're parents who've been there. We're not |
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