Tween Resources

Your tween is not a little kid, but she’s not quite a teenager. She’s still growing physically, emotionally, mentally, and spiritually at her own pace. Now’s the time to encourage her as she goes through so many changes. Focus on the Family can help you hone your gratitude and appreciation of her, so she knows your love will never waver.

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Related Broadcasts

Preparing Your Kids for the Teen Years (Part 1 of 2)

Focus on the Family Vice President of Parenting and Youth Danny Huerta and popular author Jessie Minassian offer parents practical advice for teaching their kids about sex, puberty, and the many changes they’ll experience during their teen years. (Part 1 of 2)

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Helping Children Understand How They Feel

Josh and Christi Straub offer insight on how parents can help their young children to identify and navigate their emotions in a healthy way.

Parenting Your Tweens and Teens With Respect (Part 1 of 2)

Nina Roesner and Debbie Hitchcock offer parents practical advice and encouragement in a discussion based on their book, With All Due Respect: 40 Days to a More Fulfilling Relationship With Your Teens and Tweens. (Part 1 of 2)

Raising Tween Boys in Today’s Culture (Part 1 of 2)

Author Dannah Gresh explains how parents can encourage their tween and teen sons to pursue goodness in a culture that celebrates bad behavior in young people. (Part 1 of 2)

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The Insidious Online World Of Counterfeit Christianity

Are you teaching your kids to recognize false gospels?

6 Ways to Help Your Highly Sensitive Child Thrive

Parenting sensitive children is a tremendous privilege and responsibility. Here are six ways that we can help our highly sensitive child thrive through our parenting.

7 Ways to Improve Mental Health Within Your Family

Discovering how to improve mental health is a family affair. Here are seven ways to improve mental health within your family so that you can better handle any of life’s curveballs.

How to Be a Better Parent By Checking In With Your Kids

Asking for constructive feedback from our children is a great way to become a better parent. Talking with our kids will help us to better see our blind spots and address areas of our parenting that we need to work on.