Tween & Teen Articles

15 Kids’ Games for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch

Spring Cleaning with Kids

One of the most challenging aspects of parenthood is balancing it all. How do we take care of little ones and keep a clean home (among other things)? We’ve pooled together some of our favourite tips and...

Our Favourite Tween Bedding

They’ve outgrown that Dora bedspread, and Star Wars is getting a little tired. Time to update your tween’s bedding? Here are some of our favourites.      

Tween Style

Delving into tween fashion may be a tricky time for both parent and child as budding fashionistas and dapper dudes stumble to discover their style sense. While it's true that mom is no longer calling the shots...

Difficult Questions About Sex

You’d think it would be easier for us post-sexual-revolution parents. We have no problem explaining to a three-year-old how babies are born, so shouldn’t we take it in stride when it’s time to...

Sexting and Your Child

What your tween/teenage daughter or son do online may not make tabloid headlines, as is the common case with the Miley’s and Justin’s of the world, but any form of sexting - the sending and receiving...

Online Games: Game vs. Addiction

Playing games is a natural part of growing up. It’s one way that kids learn to socialize and compete. Computer and online games, in most instances, are no more dangerous than other games that kids play. But...

The Mistakes Kids Make Online

On the one hand, today’s technology – particularly the Internet and cell phones – provides kids wonderful opportunities to learn, recreate, and communicate. On the other, it also provides the...

Kids and Music

The Jonas Brothers Joe, Kevin and Nick Jonas are the newest in the boy band genre; these guys actually write their own material. Hits: • Paranoid • Lovebug Also known for Their own TV show...

My Bicycling Teen

It’s 7 a.m. on a frosty winter’s morning when I open up the garage door for my 14 year old son, Andy. He dons his helmet and his “kakashi” mask to keep his face and ears warm, but insists on...

Eight Ways to Deal with Cyberbullies

Like so many other facets of your kids' lives, bullying has now gone online too. If you think your kids haven't experienced bullying in the digital schoolyard-think again. Half of all kids have been bullied in...

5 Best Active Wii Games: We Cheer 2

We Cheer 2 brings the upbeat fun of cheerleading to kids at home with its entertaining adaptation of the challenge and spirit of the competitive sport. Utilizing the Wii Remotes as virtual pom-poms, players...

5 Best Active Wii Games: Wii Fit Plus

Wii Fit Plus combines fun and fitness in one. Expanding on the original Wii Fit software, Wii Fit Plus is packed with every feature from Wii Fit—plus new exercises and tools to personalize your...

5 Best Active Wii Games: Active Life Extreme Challenge

Extreme Challenge kicks ACTIVE LIFE into high gear, featuring extreme themed sports such as base jumping, street luge and rock climbing. Kids...

Online Community Safety Tips for Teens

Unless your teens are total strangers to the Internet, they know about websites like Myspace.com, Facebook.com or Xanga.com.What's the allure of these and hundreds of other free online communities? Teens flock to...