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Tweens & Teens

February 23

Nikki Valdez Hindi Nahihiyang Sabihin Strict At Disciplinarian

The actress says she allows her teenage daughter space to enjoy her friends, but reminds her that she can always count on her parents.

If you grew up with strict parents, will you parent your child the same way? For Nikki Valdez, mom to 14-year-old Olivia, the answer is a mix. Nikki calls herself a strict parent but her daughter testifies that she’s quite patient. “I always
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January 22

Bashed Pinay Teen In SG On Lessons From Her Parents

Her parents taught her to value family, work hard, and be proud of who you are.

The teenager who swept social media by storm because of her response to bashers, Zoe Gabriel, shared with Smart Parenting how she was raised by her parents to be grateful and respectful. In a Zoom interview with Zoe, the 17-year-old senior high student
Tweens & Teens

October 12

This 13 Year Old CEO Turned Her K-Pop Fandom Into A Business

She earned her cafe’s capital all on her own through a combination of online selling and monetary gifts received since she was a baby

Most businesses started at a young age are glossed over because people assume seed money was given by parents. But in the case of Given Mendoza, a 13 year old CEO who owns and manages G’s KPop Kilig in Baguio, her parents
Tweens & Teens

September 1

Tips For Parenting Digital Natives And Gen Z Kids

Feel like you're losing to TikTok and YouTube? Here are six steps to remember whenever you feel like social media is your child's number one influence and not you

As they raise digital natives, parents of the Z and Alpha generations sometimes find themselves in a tug-of-war with social media and the internet. No matter how present they seem to be in their children’s lives—especially tweens and teens– they can’t help
Tweens & Teens

August 22

How You Can Prepare Your Teen For F2F Classes

Be ready for a range of emotions and thoughts from your child and remember to take it easy on them.

It's officially back to school season and parents and students will need to prepare for a new style of teaching and learning, that is the HyFlex or Hybrid-Flexible modality. To explain it simply, hyflex learning uses a combination of in-person and online
Tweens & Teens

August 18

These 13-Year-Olds Prove They Can Excel In Studies, Code Games

Their parents reveal that there should be a healthy balance between restricting them, and supporting them.

"Puro ka computer!" "Kaka-computer mo yan!"If you are a parent of a teen, then you must have said these lines at least once, especially during a time when children and teens are restricted to go out due to a global pandemic. But as one
Tweens & Teens

June 26

6 Ways Parents Can Support 13-18 Year Old Teenagers

“We’re so excited for what the future holds for you,” writes Doug in his birthday greeting for his first-born

She’s officially a teenager. Kendra Kramer turned 13 years old on June 25, 2022 and parents Doug and Cheska Kramer are sentimental but also excited.“Seems like just yesterday you were that chubby baby whose personality was larger than life, very loud, unbashful,
Tweens & Teens

June 14

Expect These Changes When Your Child Enters Teenage Years

“Grabe, I can’t believe we’re gonna have a teenager na!” says the dad of three.

There’s something different about the teenage years. Once a child hits the age bracket that ends with the word ‘teen’, parents know that childhood has ended and a new season of parenting is beginning.It looks like Doug Kramer may have felt this
Tweens & Teens

April 30

Masungit O Depressed Na Teenager? Signs To Look Out For

Here are tips to determine if it’s just the hormonal change or something more

I don’t know when or how it started, but I’ve noticed for quite some time now that my teen son easily gets irritated over the simplest of reminders. You can feel from the sound of his voice that he is annoyed about
Tweens & Teens

April 1

Dimples Romana Posts Update About Daughter Living Alone Abroad

Her 18-year-old daughter is in Australia to pursue her dream of becoming a pilot.

Dimples Romana recently posted on Instagram an update on her daughter Callie, who is now living independently in Australia.She posted a screenshot of their videocall, together with her husband Boyet Ahmee.Callie, 18, is seen flexing her first item: a rice cooker!Dimples teased her
Tweens & Teens

March 30

3 Tips To Improve Your Relationship With Your Teenager

'Naging madaldal sila since natuto magsalita and then nung naging teenager na, one-liner nalang kung sumagot'

Adolescence is a difficult phase as it is the age when they start to build their own identity, question their parent's authority, and test boundaries.Since the start of the pandemic, The Philippine Mental Health Association Inc. together with the Department of Education
Tweens & Teens

April 29

7 Expert Ways to Get Your Tween or Teen to Really Talk to You

Most parents get so frustrated that they cannot seem to connect with their child, not knowing he probably feels the same way.

Communication has always been a concern among family members especially when the children become a tween and teen. Often, parents find it difficult to communicate and blame it on generation gap. Most parents get so frustrated that they cannot seem to connect
Tweens & Teens

January 19

Tween Girls Who Are Close to Mom Wait Longer to Have Sex

Yet another reason be your daughter's BFF. Here are five tips to build and sustain your strong bond.

To distribute condom or not? It is the question that has been in the news lately after the Department of Health (DOH) revealed its initiative to distribute condoms to teenage students. Parent groups and Catholic priests are up in arms, arguing such
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April 11

3 Biggest Lessons Teen Queen Kathryn Bernardo Will Never Forget

Here's how the actress, singer, and now book author successfully navigated teenage life.

Teenage life is probably the most difficult stage to handle for both parent and child. For the teen, it's the time of raging hormones, the pressure to belong, and life-altering decisions. For the parents, it is a struggle, too, as our teens
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January 3

Teen with Cancer Gives Up Life for Son

One 18-year-old woman makes the ultimate sacrifice and trades her life so that her son may live.

It’s not uncommon to hear stories about teenage pregnancies, but what makes Jenni’s story unique is that she also was terminally-ill with cancer while pregnant.Sixteen-year-old Jenni Lake, then a sophomore in Idaho, was just like any other regular girl. She had a

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