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So your 9-year-old is begging for a phone.  Or maybe your tween is lobbying to start using Snapchat.  Perhaps your child has been on TikTok for as long as you can remember. You have all the worries and concerns anybody would imagine, and it all feels so overwhelming. Where do you start in bringing your …

Helping our kids learn how to be safe, responsible, and eventually independent online could not be more important!  But where do you start? At TDSU we’ve made it easy for you!  We believe there are three main skills kids need to learn in order to be safe, responsible, and eventually independent online. It can be …

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Performance skills are important, but don’t overlook coping skills. Teachable moments come up in many ways. For example, your child makes a mistake, or they recognize that they need support. Mistakes are opportunities for learning. They can give you a window into what skills your child still needs to work on mastering. When your child …

If your tween can explicitly communicate what they are feeling, there is less chance of misunderstandings. Tweens grapple with a lot of big feelings.  It can be confusing for us to witness – one minute our child might be giggling and enjoying themselves and the next they might be furiously storming off to their room …

How to manage  your tween’s time online through the relationship you build with them. By Amanda Craig, PhD, LMFT, Author of Who Are You and What Have You Done with My Kid: Connect with Your Tween While They Are Still Listening Is there a place on earth free of screens? Maybe, but not that most …