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News and information concerning tween nutrition, tween exercise, healthy recipes, and hygiene.

How long is a typical menstruation cycle?
The menstruation cycle typically lasts 28 days, but not always.

Healthy Breakfast - Share Your Healthy Breakfast Ideas Here
What do you serve your tween for breakfast? How do you get your preteen energized for a busy day? Share your healthy breakfast ideas here.

Should Tween Girls Use Tampons?
Tween girls may have questions about tampons and menstruation, but should preteens use tampons?

What Girls Need to Know About Menstrual Pads
Girls will have questions about using menstrual pads, here is the information they need.

Healthy Snacks for Kids - What Are Your Favorite Healthy Snac…
Tweens are snackers, but they don't have to reach for the bag of chips every time. Read what healthy snacks other parents can get their kids to eat, and tell us your favorite healthy snacks for kids.

What is the Choking Game?
The choking game is a danger to tweens and teens. Here's what you need to know about this dangerous behavior.

Healthy Snacks for Tweens
These healthy smoothie recipes will satisfy even the pickiest of tweens.

Tween Hygiene Help
Keep track of your tween's hygiene habits with this easy to use chart.

Ideas for Healthy Snacks for Kids (Tweens, too!)
Keep healthy food at the ready, and your tween will learn a lot about healthy snacking.

Tweens and Alcohol
Questions to ask yourself and your tween about underage drinking.

Kid Smoking - Have You Ever Caught Your Kid Smoking?
Have you caught your kid smoking? How did you handle the situation?

Faking Sick - Have You Caught Your Child Faking Sick?
Have you ever caught your child faking sick to get out of school? What did you do about it?

Encouraging Healthy Hygiene in Tweens
Teaching healthy hygiene habits will benefit your child for years to come.

Personal Hygiene Tips for Girls

As your daughter begins to change and develop, hygiene takes a priority. Here's what she should know about personal hygiene, menstruation, and all the other changes of puberty.

Tweens and Eating Disorders
Information on kids and eating disorders.

Health and Wellness for Your Tween
Continue your child's health and wellness as middle school approaches.

What to Expect When You Get Your Ears Pierced
Is your child ready to get her ears pierced? Here's what you both should know.

Should Your Daughter Use Tampons or Pads?
Girls often wonder which is better, tampons or pads?

Is Your Tween Depressed?
Depression can strike the young. Here's what you should know.

Is your tween going to middle school? Here's what he should know about school...
School cafeteria food may not please a picky tween. Here's how to tell if your child should buy or bring.

School Health - A Checklist for Parents of Tweens
A health checklist will help your child begin the school year the right way.

Healthy Packed Lunches
A healthy lunch is key to your child's school day. Here's how to pack a healthy packed lunch.

Hair Care Tips for Tweens
Help your tween learn how to care for her hair with these tips.

How do I Know if Anxiety Symptoms Are Normal or Not?
If your tween is showing anxiety symptoms, how do you know when to intervene? Here are the five criteria psychologists consider when determining whether anxiety symptoms are concerning.

What is Space Monkey
Parents need to know what space monkey is all about.

Help Your Daughter Avoid a Period Emergency
Does your daughter experience irregular menstrual cycles? Here's how to help her avoid a period emergency.

Is Your Tween Too Sick for School?
How do you know if your preteen is too sick for school? Here's your guide.

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