Making Friends: Tween
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My 12 Year Old Being Bullied at School
Asked by S.P. from Boston
on March 9, 2008
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My 12 year old son came home from school very emotional. He did not want to tell us what happened. He finally did tell us that he was pushed to the ground and hit by 3...
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- Hi S., Well......as a mother of a child who has been bullied...here's my story and some of the things that I did. Since my son was bullied on the "special ed" schoo...
- Bullying is name calling, harrassing, when it gets physical its assault plain and simple. If these boys are assaulting your son they are or will do it to others also. ...
- I find it sad that in this day and age we don't protect our children like our parents did when we were small. I'll bet our parents and grandparents never thought about...
13 Year Old and Boyfriend??
Asked by M.M. from Dallas
on October 28, 2009
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Hello-
Would you let your 13 year old DD have a boyfriend? I remember liking boys and having boyfriends at that age. But it would be like two weeks and then break ...
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- Hello, No I would not let her have a boyfriend, she is too young she doesn't need a boyfriend. Now days kids do things because they are bored, so if they get bored t...
- i dont agree with most of the other mommas.........no way should a 13 yr old have a boyfriend or a girlfriend...why? they cant drive, they dont have money, & mostly t...
- To answer simply....nope. My husband and I have already discussed this with each other and are starting to discuss it with our 11 year old daughter....she will not be ...
Dealing with 12 Year Old Son's Behavior Problems
Asked by L.C. from St. Louis
on March 12, 2008
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Hello, I'm looking for suggestions for disciplining my 12 year old son with ADHD. He's usually a good kid but he's been having problems latly at home and at school. Th...
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- He's 12! It happens to all 12 year olds, male and female alike. It's part of growing up! All you can do is be patient and continue to show him right from wrong. You ca...
- Have the doctor's check his med levels. It's not uncommon for kids--esp. boys--body chemistry to change as they hit puberty. It can effect the benefits of the medici...
- My first advice is to think about what is REALLY important to your son...what he likes, enjoys, and wants to do in his down time. Think about using these as rewards/r...
Supervising Instant Messaging of 12 Year Old Girl
Asked by A.H. from Washington DC
on February 18, 2008
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My 12 year old daughter has been on IM for for a few months. Before this, she was on email, which I told her I was supervising (reading periodically). There were sever...
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- Hi A., what a yucky situation to be in! Our media is sexualizing kids younger and younger these days. It doesn't seem like suspending priveledges is going to lead to...
- Hello, A.. My heart went out to you when you explained what you've been going through with your twelve year old daughter. It can be quite disturbing to find out ...
- Hey A., I am experiencing something similar, not quite that bad, with my stepdaughters. They LIVE on the internet, myspace, IM, etc. I am a friend on their myspac...
13 Year Old Daughter Is Not Making Good Decisions
Asked by A.W. from Kalamazoo
on January 27, 2012
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My 13 year old daughter has become deceitful and manipulative over the past year. I had her talk to a counseler over the summer because of some poor decision making ( ...
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- that seems WAY over the top for a 13yo - i'd speak to a physician asap, her school counselor, private counselor, something - i'd go as far as to looking into some type...
- Oh the teenage years, how I HATED them. I went through some tough times with my son when he was a teen. Bad decision making is one thing this is another story. She has...
- I was very deceitful as a teen too, although I never sent pictures or had sexual conversations. However I did sneak out and was drinking. Guess what mom did? She to...
12 Year Old Boy with No Friends
Asked by J.K. from Memphis
on April 12, 2008
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My 12 year old son has a very hard time talking to people outside our family. He doesn't have anything to be self-conscious about, He has plenty of boys his age that l...
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- Have you tried role playing? Acting out situations when he might wish to respond but become "tongue-tied" or unable to think of an appropriate response?
- he is probably scare of loosing friend by speaking incorrect.
- Oh my gosh, I just saw this on a documentary on t.v. It's a selective muteism kind of thing. It affects children of many ages, as early as 3 and 4 and on up. It tak...
My 10 Year Old Is Having Difficulty Making Friends
Asked by T.M. from New York
on March 24, 2010
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My 10 year old daughter is having alot of difficulty at school making friends. There are two classes in her grade. Out of 29 children there are only nine girls in the...
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- I am having exactly the same problem with my 9 yr old daughter. There are only 11 girls in the entire grade level (the school splits the girls in 2). My daughter does...
- Do you all invite any of the friends over for playdates or to just hang out? That is what we did when our daughter was in a class that she did not know any of the chil...
- I highly highly suggest Michael Gurian's "The Wonder of Girls" for thinking about your daughter and her life. My daughter had a really hard time last year; since I had...
My 12 Year Old Son Having a Hard Time Making Friends
Asked by K.I. from Bellingham
on November 2, 2010
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My 12 year old son is GREAT at home. Socially however, he has a hard time making and keeping friends. It has been this way for his whole school career. He easily get...
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- You son needs one to one counselling. Get it for him right away. Bellingham is loaded with therapists. It even has a Tai Chi master. Tai Chi would be very good for...
- That IS bullying. Can you switch school or homeschool him? I was bullied every day from like 3rd to 8th grade. I BEGGED my parents to let me change schools but they wo...
- I don't have a 12 year old, so this is response is not from experience. Where I live there are quite a few charter schools( they are not like private schools you do no...
12 Year Old
Asked by M.V. from Dallas
on May 9, 2010
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Hello everyone.......I need some advice...I am a single mom ....of a 12 year old son who I have been having problems with. He is a wonderful, loving kid, but for the...
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- Middle school is such a tough time of life. Be firm yet understanding with him. A really good resource is a book called Surviving Middle School. It is written for k...
- I think you have been given some great advice. I would just add a few things, assuming he has no learning or reading problems, but just hates to read. My son also hate...
- Two great book I'd like to suggest is Love and Logic for teens and Bright Minds Poor Grades. Both books concentrate on having the child "own" their problems and encou...
Thought on 12 Year Old Having a Facebook Account
Asked by N.W. from Stockton
on August 23, 2009
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I was wonderring what are your thought about facebook. My 12 year old wants a facebook account mainly because a good friend of moved out of the state and she has a fa...
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- You could give it to her on the condition that you become one of her Facebook friends. Then you can monitor it. She probably won't like it but maybe you can make the...
- My 13-year old has had a Facebook account for about a year. I also have one, and know her password so I can log in to her account any time I want to. I feel fairly s...
- Your daughter can make her account private which means no one can get her information. However! Whoever is on her friends list can see whatever information your daug...
