The article explores the challenges parents face when their children enter the tween years, specifically ages 10-12, highlighting a significant emotional, physical, and social change. The author reflects on the unexpected intensity of this stage, particularly noting the influence of social media on children, which adds complexity to their evolving behaviors. The shift from childhood to adolescence creates a difficult transition for both the child and parents, and the article emphasizes the rarity of advisories regarding these tumultuous years early on in parenting.
"The years from 10 to 12 are a transition period in the life of a child, where the child undergoes so many physical, emotional, and hormonal changes that both he and his parents find difficult to cope with."
"No one, and I do mean NO ONE, ever warned me about the emotional, angst-ridden, social-media-fueled attitude that is the terrifying tween - and for me, so far, it's worse than all the other stages combined."
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