The tween years bring on radical changes in behaviors. Education professor Liza Wilson talks about what exactly is going on with tweens and ways parents can distinguish between behaviors.
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As dropout rates rise in Alabama's schools, and across the country, the Tween years have become more important. Dr. Joyce Stallworth explains why these years are so important in reducing the dropout rates in high school.
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Tweens spend about $43 billion a year and influence the spending of billions of dollars. Dr. Kristy Reynolds talks about how tweens shop and how retailers are creating products just for them.
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Dr. Joyce Stallworth discusses contemporary young adult novels and how it helps tweens not only in improving reading skills, but also with issues they face on a daily basis.
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Teaching financial responsibility is most effective during that time in a young person's life when they are most impressionable. That time is during the tween years.
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Transitioning from elementary school to middle school can be both exciting and terrifying for a tween. Parental involvement is important for a successful move to middle school.
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One of tweens' biggest social concerns is: "will I have friends?" Dr. Natalie Adams offers parents some tips for helping their tween navigate the social scene in middle school.
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