For those of you that have been with me since the beginning of modernmami, it may come as a shock to know that my “baby girl” has probably outgrown that moniker since she is officially a tween and about to enter middle school! (Let’s not kid ourselves – she’ll still be my baby girl.) As […]
raising tweens
Gone are the Days of Crayons
As surreal as it seems to me, the reality is that we are about to have a middle schooler next school year. Yes – my sweet baby girl will soon be a 6th grader! While it may seem ridiculous for me to be thinking about this when the current school year began just a couple […]
Gifting a Smartphone to Your Tween This Holiday Season: Is it Right for Your Family?
– Enjoy this guest post on deciding if gifting a smartphone to your tween this holiday season is right for your family! – As we trade in our pumpkins and autumn leaves for candy canes and snow drifts, our children automatically begin dreaming of Christmas. So while we are decking the halls with boughs of […]
50+ Tween Girl Halloween Costume Ideas
Halloween costumes used to be easy for my baby girl, but as she’s entered her tween years, we’ve consistently had a more difficult time finding age-appropriate costumes that she both likes and are in her size. Perhaps the skirt is too short, the top cut too low, or the name of the costume always has […]
7 Tips to Help Prepare Your Tween Daughter for Puberty
My journey as a mom began nearly 11 years ago, which is both exciting and nerve-wracking to say. While I admit that my baby girl is no longer a “baby” by definition, she knows she’ll always be my baby, regardless of what stage of life she’s currently going through. At 10 1/2 years old, we’re […]
