No longer a kid but not yet a teenager; How do you deal with tweens?

It is relatively easy to tell apart young people in their late teen/early 20 years from adults or children. You just have to ask a few simple questions and see how quickly you get the response.... Can't

Tweens. Not children, not teenagers, something in between. My oldest is 12, and in the past year she has changed so much. She's gotten taller, her tastes are changing, her very face is changing, but in

She used to feel awful. Not because she never saw her, but because she never had a mother. Could have been anyone, but she just wanted a mother. A proper one though, with lovely, long hair, a beautiful