tweenager Archives - CatsKidsChaos https://catskidschaos.com/tag/tweenager/ Cats, kids, coffee and chaos Sun, 30 Aug 2020 09:51:36 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://catskidschaos.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/cropped-cropped-catskidschaos-blog-logo-32x32.png tweenager Archives - CatsKidsChaos https://catskidschaos.com/tag/tweenager/ 32 32 Tween Takeover Tuesday… https://catskidschaos.com/2019/01/15/tween-takeover-tuesday/ Tue, 15 Jan 2019 05:00:59 +0000 https://themadhouseofcatsandbabies.com/?p=18346 The tween isn’t allowed her own social media yet, so she’s hijacked mine. Tuesdays from now on are Tween Takeover Tuesday, when the tween has free rein with a blog post, and a social media take over. You have been warned, I should probably be scared… Here she is in her own words: Hi, Emily […]

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]]> Tweenagers are basically toddlers… https://catskidschaos.com/2018/03/13/tweenagers-are-basically-toddlers/ https://catskidschaos.com/2018/03/13/tweenagers-are-basically-toddlers/#comments Tue, 13 Mar 2018 18:01:48 +0000 https://madhouse.chocolateboxstudios.co.uk/?p=15335  If you are reading this, and you are in the throws of the toddler years and are wondering when it will get easier and saner, this post is not meant to make you despair, but I can tell you, and I tell the parents and families that I work with that, toddler hood is NOT […]

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]]> https://catskidschaos.com/2018/03/13/tweenagers-are-basically-toddlers/feed/ 11 Betty Box – helping tweens and teens with periods https://catskidschaos.com/2018/02/13/betty-box-helping-tweens-and-teens-with-periods/ https://catskidschaos.com/2018/02/13/betty-box-helping-tweens-and-teens-with-periods/#comments Tue, 13 Feb 2018 13:53:42 +0000 https://madhouse.chocolateboxstudios.co.uk/?p=15018 *In the interests of personal disclosure, my tween has agreed to let me write this piece, and she is happy for me to be sharing this information. I would never discuss personal topics concerning her without her consent. She is happy to share and we have agreed what we can and can’t share. She also […]

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]]> https://catskidschaos.com/2018/02/13/betty-box-helping-tweens-and-teens-with-periods/feed/ 2 Please do not tell my child to take their glasses off… https://catskidschaos.com/2017/09/08/please-do-not-tell-my-child-to-take-their-glasses-off/ https://catskidschaos.com/2017/09/08/please-do-not-tell-my-child-to-take-their-glasses-off/#comments Thu, 07 Sep 2017 23:00:25 +0000 https://madhouse.chocolateboxstudios.co.uk/?p=13812 Please do not tell my child to take their glasses off… This is a rant. Aimed at no doubt the thoughtless amongst us. My child wears glasses. She has inherited not only my short-sighted vision, but also astigmatism and a genetic eyelid condition that means that she will, for the rest of her life, either […]

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]]> https://catskidschaos.com/2017/09/08/please-do-not-tell-my-child-to-take-their-glasses-off/feed/ 21 Why we allowed our tweenager to choose not to do a school entrance exam… https://catskidschaos.com/2017/06/13/why-we-allowed-our-tweenager-to-choose-not-to-do-a-school-entrance-exam/ https://catskidschaos.com/2017/06/13/why-we-allowed-our-tweenager-to-choose-not-to-do-a-school-entrance-exam/#comments Tue, 13 Jun 2017 15:43:56 +0000 https://madhouse.chocolateboxstudios.co.uk/?p=13281 Our tweenager is reaching the age where we need to start thinking about secondary schools. We’ve already had a look at one or two, and have a couple more to go, before we decide. When we say “we”, we mean the husband, myself and her, making the decision. She has to be involved because it’s […]

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]]> https://catskidschaos.com/2017/06/13/why-we-allowed-our-tweenager-to-choose-not-to-do-a-school-entrance-exam/feed/ 6 Privacy as a parent – hey kiddo, you aren’t a toddler anymore, I would like to pee alone, thanks… https://catskidschaos.com/2017/05/31/privacy-as-a-parent-hey-kiddo-you-arent-a-toddler-anymore-i-would-like-to-pee-alone-thanks/ https://catskidschaos.com/2017/05/31/privacy-as-a-parent-hey-kiddo-you-arent-a-toddler-anymore-i-would-like-to-pee-alone-thanks/#comments Wed, 31 May 2017 20:22:44 +0000 https://madhouse.chocolateboxstudios.co.uk/?p=13194 The time has come. My kids are over ten and seven years old. We have taught them about privacy for themselves, and respecting their bodies and their right to space. My tweenager now locks the bathroom door, doesn’t want anyone coming into her room without knocking, doesn’t want her mum in the changing room in […]

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