Tweens

Tweens

My Bilingual Child Hates Spanish Class

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by Tracy López for Mamiverse   It’s the worst nightmare of a parent trying to raise a bilingual child. “I hate Spanish class and I have all my foreign language credits now—I don’t want to take it next year. Are you going to make me?”  Those were the words of  my 14 year old son, a… [Read More]

Abuelos' Summer Camp

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Here’s the scene.. The camp director marched out to the playground yelling my name.  Huffing and mumbling under her breath, she grabbed me by the arm and dragged me inside the lunch room.  Lunch had long been over and all of the tables were empty.  Except, there was one person still there staring at the… [Read More]

Parents are KEY to Encouraging STEM Careers

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An interview with Ford Motor Company’s Liz Elser On a recent trip to Kennedy Space Center (full post coming soon), Cristy overheard a tween girl asking her father to “Plllllllllleeeeeeaaasssseeee” buy her an astronaut uniform.  His response, “Those are for boys!”. This scene is exactly why Los Tweens began the Celebrate Education/Educacion #CelebrateEDU series.  … [Read More]

Sharing Passover to Open Tween Minds

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  Our Los Tweens team was invited by our amiga Jeannette Kaplun of Hispana Global to join her for an annual Passover celebration presented by the Latin American committee of the Miami AJC. It is a beautiful celebration of liberty and so many traditions that help retrace the history of freedom from slavery of the… [Read More]

"Unique As You Are/Unico Como Tu" Los Tweens Event Wrap Up

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Our “Unique As You Are/Unico Como Tu” tween and parent event at the Tervis, Cocowalk location was a huge success!  Tweens and parents had a blast decorating their own Tervis tumblers and cupcakes.  The event celebrated the unique identity and culture of tweens and focused on building self-esteem through accepting differences. A tumbler decorating table… [Read More]

Planning Spring Break on a Budget

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by Phillippe Diederich for Mamiverse Spring Break is here again. The kids are off school for a week, and they’re longing to make it a real vacation. But Disney World or the Grand Canyon just aren’t in your budget this year. Don’t worry. Here we present seven ideas to enjoy Spring Break on a budget, and… [Read More]

Gift Ideas for Tween Easter Baskets

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As children go through the tween years – between the ages of 7 and 12 – the Easter bunny’s job gets harder and harder.  Pre-packaged baskets just don’t cut it any more.  They aren’t unique in any way and that’s PRECISELY what a tween is looking for in just about anything.  Everything needs to ‘scream’… [Read More]

St. Patrick's Day Tween Party

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Last year, we put out the challenge to our readers to come up with the name for the fun punch we created – Rockin Shamrock was the winner!  And to celebrate, we hosted a tween friendly St. Patrick’s Day party with the Los Tween’s familias.  We had a lot of fun snapped a ton of… [Read More]

Calling All Tween & Teen Inventors & Innovators

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Do you have an aspiring tween or teen inventor in your home?   Want to encourage a career in science, technology, engineering or math?  In preparation for the release of Iron Man 3, Disney, Discovery Science Center, Broadcom Foundation, Marvel Studios, Visa Signature and the famous El Capital Theatre in Hollywood have teamed up to sponsor a… [Read More]