Tweens

When Your Tweens Travel Alone: Tween/Teen Tuesday

Tween Teen Tuesday

Welcome to Tween/Teen Tuesday at OurCrazyBoys.com! I’m doing my best to remind you to laugh a little when it comes to raising those not-so-little and not-so-big kids of yours. Today we’re chatting about the big day when your tweens travel alone – maybe on a school trip or a summer vacation to Grandma’s house! Please [...]

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Tween/Teen Tuesday: Today I’m Sharing Your Posts!

Tween Teen Tuesday

  Welcome to Tween and Teen Tuesdays at OurCrazyBoys.com! I hope you’ll come share your posts about your not-so-little-but-not-so-big kids with me. This week, I’m sharing your posts! ___________________________________________________ Being the mom of tweens and teens is hard sometimes – I’m not going to lie. I joke about the Terrible Tweens being worse than the [...]

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CocoonKids: Safe Internet Browsing For Your Tweens!

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Michael has a smartphone and to be honest, I’m not too thrilled with it. It makes me nervous that he has access to the entire internet and I don’t have much control over what he does. Safe internet browsing for kids isn’t the easiest thing to come by and the programs I have looked into [...]

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See The Blue Man Group In Tucson With Broadway In #Tucson

Blue Man Group In Tucson

Without question, the coolest thing we have ever done in Tucson is see Blue Man Group. I received strange looks from the boys at first when I told them we would be heading to see blue men rather than going to the fair like we usually do. “Blue? They’re blue?” Jack asked. Yes. Blue men. The [...]

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Talking About Tragedy With Tweens and Teens

Talking About Tragedy with Your Tweens

Welcome to Tween and Teen Tuesdays at OurCrazyBoys.com. Today we’re talking about tragedy with tweens and teens – it’s a difficult subject. ___________________________________ I know they’ll come home and have heard about the bombs that went off in Boston today – did I just type that? The bombs that went off in Boston today.  Will [...]

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How Much Monitoring Is Too Much For Your Tweens And Social Media?

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Welcome to Tween and Teen Tuesdays at OurCrazyBoys.com! Today we’re talking about tweens and social media. I hope you’ll come share your posts about your not-so-little-but-not-so-big kids with me. _____________________________________________ Instagram. Facebook. Even Twitter. Tweens and teens are all over these social media sites right now. But do you know there are other sites and [...]

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What To Do With Tweens In Scottsdale, Arizona

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 This post is part of a series sponsored by #ScottsdaleAZ. We had a blast in Scottsdale and I would have blogged the same whether or not it was compensated! A couple weeks ago we headed up to Scottsdale, Arizona for a family weekend! Our original plans were to take the boys on a hot air [...]

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Westin Kierland FlowRider Fun in #ScottsdaleAZ

Westin Kierland Scottsdale

We spent this past weekend in Scottsdale, Arizona – though the weather didn’t cooperate, we made the best of it and had an amazing time! We stayed at the Westin Kierland resort and… wow! We stayed in a casita room near the pool and water amenities – a lazy river, waterslide, children’s play area and [...]

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Moms Of Tweens Unite!

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    Welcome to Tween/Teen Tuesday at OurCrazyBoys.com! I’m doing my best to lighten your load a little when it comes to raising those not-so-little and not-so-big kids of yours. Make sure to link up any tween or teen related blog you know of below in the linky! ___________________ Bloggers with young kids are everywhere. [...]

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