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What to Know for Ages 11-13

What to Know for Ages 11-13

 
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The Guide to Ages 11-13 Check out some books and resources that support the development of your 11- to 13-year-old.
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Thinking & Creativity

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Resources for Advanced Learners: Ages 11-13
by Michelle Anthony, PhD
If your 11- to 13-year-old is looking for a challenge, try these advanced books and activities.
Creative Development in Adolescents
by Michelle Anthony, PhD
Parents can make a difference! Learn how to foster creativity in your pre-teen.
Extracurricular Extras: What Kids Learn From the Arts
Help your kids learn confidence, independence, and responsibility through dance, theater, and visual arts.
Make "Boring" Books Better
Your child's textbook can be a launch pad for innovative, independent learning.

Physical Development

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Parent Guide to a Healthy Lifestyle
Try these recipes and suggestions for raising a healthy family.
10 Ways to Teach Preteen Hygiene
When puberty arrives, it's time for a new look at how to stay healthy and presentable.
Sleepless Everywhere
Keep your kids rested to maximize their learning potential.
It's Brain Food!
Secrets about snacks that can help you succeed.

Social & Emotional Life

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The Power of Defeat: How to Raise a Kid With Grit
by Jennifer Fink
Want to build a kid who has the strength, character, and drive to succeed in school—and in life? Let him fail.
Grandparents and Tweens: A Special Bond
Tweens often enjoy some of their growing independence from parents and siblings in the safe company of grandparents.
10 Activities to Encourage Self-Expression
Help your middle schooler manage the roller-coaster years with let-it-out activities.
Survive Your Middle Schooler's Changing Behavior
Loosen up — but don't let go — when dealing with the whirlwind change of the teenage years.

Speaking & Language

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Study a Foreign Language With Pizzazz
Try these tips for putting some zip into language learning.

Your Child & Technology

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10 Tips for Cell Phone Safety
Try these tips for preteen protection, and make sure you set a good example by following them yourself.
Your Guide to Facebook
Find out what your kids are up to on Facebook without invading their privacy.
21st-Century Cheating
Help your kids learn right from wrong in the face of new and inventive ways to cheat, copy, and steal.
Tweens & Technology
Feeling left out of your tween's tech world? Here's how to cope.

Financial Literacy

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Making $ense of the Economy
Inspire life-long financial responsibility by teaching your child about how money works.
Talking to Your Kids About the News: Money and the Economy
Broach this sensitive topic with an open mind, and ask lots of questions.
Help Your Teen Get a Summer Job
Keep him busy this summer — earning money!
Allowance, Age by Age
Find out everything you need to know before cracking open your wallet.

Global Awareness

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Green Living: A Family Guide to Going Green
There are hundreds of fun ways your kids can work together to protect the planet! Try these activities and books to help your family act green!
Talking to Your Kids About the News: Money and the Economy
Broach this sensitive topic with an open mind, and ask lots of questions.
Communicate With Your Kids About Climate Change
Move past the media mumble, and help your child understand global warming.
How to Talk to Your Kids About the Economy
Wall Street. Main Street. Unemployment. Recession. How do you discuss them with your children — if at all?

More Life & Learning

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The Guide to Ages 11-13
by Michelle Anthony, PhD
Take a peek at some of the major achievements of this age, and get a more in-depth view of the many things that children this age are learning!
Teach Your Kids Table Manners
by Shaun Dreisbach
Our complete guide to good manners dishes up age-by-age advice guaranteed to help you take back your table.

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