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Why Can't Suri Cruise Play Dress-Up?

April Daniels Hussar | Posted 12.14.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Parenting, Tom Cruise, Katie Holmes, Suri Cruise High Heels, Suri Cruise, Lindsay Lohan, Tween Fashion, Tweens, Celebrity Kids, Entertainment News
April Daniels Hussar

Seriously, people, everyone needs to calm down about Suri's propensity to play dress-up. She just wants to be like her mama. What's so horrible about that?

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The Ever-Changing World of Tween Trends

Sally Miller | Posted 12.03.2009 | Style

Read More: Miley Cyrus, Justin Beiber, Tiger Beat, Tweens, Tween Trends, Tween Styles, Pop Culture, Style News
Sally Miller

We don't want our idols to change or grow up, and if they become sexual, forget about it. We demand the safety for our tweens to explore and feel comfortable in.

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Text Messaging Booms: 80% More Messages Sent In Just 12 Months; 132.5 Billion Texts Sent

New York Times | ALEX MINDLIN | Posted 11.09.2009 | Technology

Read More: Bucket Plans, Text Message Statistics, CTIA Report, Texting Stats, Tweens, Text Message Growth Rates, Teenagers, Cell Phone Carriers, Text Stats, Cell Phone Companies, Phones, Teens, How Many Text Messages Have Been Sent, Per-Message Fees, Cell Phones, Adults, Demographics, Technology News

The number of text messages transmitted in the United States grew by more than 80 percent over the 12 months ended in June, according to a report just...

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The Ever Expanding Umbilical Cord, or Tweens and Independence

Donna Fish | Posted 11.12.2009 | New York

Read More: Independence, School, Peer Pressure, Tweens, Public Transportation, Teen Independence, New York News
Donna Fish

While I might love the extra freedom I am getting from the care and feeding of my kids, some mothers hate it. So we have to acknowledge that the process our kids go through in separating from us.

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A Tweet of Consciousness

Stephen Balkam | Posted 10.17.2009 | Media

Read More: Family Online Safety Institute, Online Safety, Tweens, Twitter, Tweets, Stephen Balkam, Twitscoop, Noosphere, Twitter Stream, Collective Unsciousness, Media News
Stephen Balkam

Where is Henry James when we need him? Or Carl Jung? Or Teilhard de Chardin? I wonder what all three of them would have made of Twitter. My guess is that James would have approved.

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Writers Conference for Teens and Twenties? You bet!

Naazish YarKhan | Posted 09.27.2009 | Books

Read More: Authors, Writers, Writers Conference, Indiana, Agents, Teens, Literary Agents, Twenties, Tweens, Editors, Conference, Books News
Naazish YarKhan

Teens 'N Twenties Writers Conference (TNT) to be held Sept 19 in Indiana, reflects its dynamic abbreviation!

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Spring Healthy Eating

Donna Fish | Posted 05.30.2009 | Living

Read More: Springtime Healthy Eating, Tweens, Models, Teens, Vegetarian, Veggies, Vegetables, Living News
Donna Fish

Here we are the sun is out and we are finally getting to shed our layers! Yeah! Here are some tips to feel fabulous and enjoy the beautiful warmer weather while eating sensibly and feeling good.

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Let's Talk About Privacy, Baby

Tina Wells | Posted 05.23.2009 | Media

Read More: Cell Phones, Sexting, Tweens, Parents, Teens, Media News
Tina Wells

The 20% of our youth who are sexting regularly are depriving themselves of valuable and meaningful relationships.

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Staying Connected to Your Tween

Donna Fish | Posted 05.23.2009 | Living

Read More: Adolescent Girls, Tweens, Connection to Kids, Active Listening, Adolescent Behavior, Texting, Adolescent Development, Living News
Donna Fish

Have you noticed your preteen spending more time away from you when what might feel like a minute ago they were asking you to stay longer at drop off?

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Sasha, Malia Obama Latest Tween Craze

Washington Post | Ellen McCarthy | Posted 05.19.2009 | Style

Read More: Obama Girls, Tweens, Sasha Obama, Obama Daughters, Malia Obama, Obama Daughters Tweens, Style News

The tween girls of the Washington area have transcended differences of race, class and wealth to reach a single, resounding conclusion: They really, r...

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Reality Bites: Caught in the Backdraft

Christal Smith | Posted 05.18.2009 | Living

Read More: Reality TV, Ryan Conklin, Army, Military Service Obligation, Don't Stop Believin, Brooklyn, Individual Ready Reserve, War, Journey, Tweens, Iraq, Mtv, Vet, Real World, Irr, Living News
Christal Smith

Ryan's story reminds us what terrible risks our country takes with one of its most priceless resource -- the best and the brightest of our nation's youth.

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Joe Jonas: "Look Me in the Chink-Eyes"

Disgrasian | Posted 04.25.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Jonas Brothers, Jonas Brothers Purity Rings, Miley Cyrus, Disney Channel, Purity Rings, Racist, Tweens, Miley Cyrus Asian Picture, The Jonas Brothers, Joe Jonas Racist Gesture, South Park Jonas Brothers, Joe Jonas, Joe Jonas Asian Picture, Miley Cyrus Racist Gesture, Disney, Racial Slurs, South Park, Asia, Entertainment News
Disgrasian

Why disappoint your fans? Why not stick to doing what you do best, and by that I mean wearing scarves and trimming your bushy eyebrows so they don't grow down into your eyes?

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"No One Ever Died of a Big Butt!"

Donna Fish | Posted 03.06.2009 | Living

Read More: Healthy Eating, Womens Bodies, Women, Healthy Living, The Today Show, Losing Weight, Healthy Lifestyle, Men's Health, Tweens, Teenage Girls, Diet, Weight, Upper Arms, How to Lose Weight, Muscle, Eating Habits, Stomachs, Estrogen, Women's Health, Body Image, Dieting, Health, Today Show, Metabolism, Weight Loss, Living News
Donna Fish

Despite the fact that men and women seem to struggle with weight in fairly equal numbers as adults, women do tend to put weight on in their butts, vs. their stomachs.

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Tip #4 for #44: Upgrade Your Kids' Digs

Emily Main | Posted 02.17.2009 | Green

Read More: Decorating, Organic Mattress, Tweens, Sasha and Malia Obama, Green Living, Green Kids, Barack Obama, Green Furniture, Green News
Emily Main

Kids' rooms can symbolize our collective hopes for a greener future. Herewith, our suggestions for eco-minded, sleepover-friendly bedrooms.

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For Tweens, Entertainment and Tech Dominate This Year's Christmas Wish Lists

Tina Wells | Posted 01.05.2009 | Living

Read More: Tweens, Technology, Entertainment, Wish List, Christmas, Shopping, Living News
Tina Wells

Despite the current economic meltdown occurring during most retailers' premium shopping period, not much has changed for younger generations' Christmas wish lists.

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Pint Size Pundits

Melina Bellows | Posted 11.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: National Geographic Kids, John McCain, Children, Kids, Sarah Palin, Tweens, Election 2008, Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Politics News
Melina Bellows

As the election is reaching fever pitch, it turns out that the newest constituents adding to the din are tweens.

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Mean Girls And Lolitas Are Bad For Business

Tina Wells | Posted 07.15.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Mean Girls, Miley Cyrus, Harpercollins, Teenage Girls, Hannah Montana, Tweens, Lolita Effect, Celebrities, Vanessa Hudgens, Entertainment News
Tina Wells

Every time I read something about the latest Lolita scandal in Hollywood I wonder: "What the heck are they thinking?" No, not the Vanessa Hudgenses and Miley Cyruses of this world -- I mean the adults who run their lives.

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Aloha, Mr. Hand

Kevin Morris and Glenn Altschuler | Posted 06.27.2008 | Media

Read More: Ipod, Neil Postman, Amusing Ourselves to Death, Myspace, The Dumbest Generation, E.D. Hirsch, Tweens, Facebook, Robert Lowell, Teenagers, The Digital Age, Internet, Youtube, American Youth, Mark Bauerlein, Democraticization, Allan Bloom, Harry Potter, Google, Media News
Kevin Morris and Glenn Altschuler

For all his reliance on social science research, in The Dumbest Generation Mark Bauerlein doesn't present any evidence to justify his assertion that this generation is the dumbest in American history.

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How Two Tweens Sitting Poolside In Los Angeles On Sunday Set Out To Save A Farm By Thursday

Stacie Krajchir | Posted 06.19.2008 | Green

Read More: Magnet School, Marketing, Youth, Protest, Farm, Public Relations, Tweens, Animals, Paul Revere School, Activists, Green News
Stacie Krajchir

Some concerned citizen wrote one letter to their school, accusing them of abusing the animals on their farm on campus and these girls are spearheading a full protest.

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