Fourteen Talks by Age Fourteen

Michelle Icard, NBC parenting commentator and author of 8 Setbacks That Can Make a Child a Success, provides guidance on conducting conversations with adolescents on parent and child relationships, independence, friendship, creativity, self-care, fairness, technology, criticism, hard work, money, sexuality, reputation, impulsivity and helping others.

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Give tweens space, Icard advises. Talk with, not at them. To show your tweens you trust them, withhold advice until they ask for it.