Tween & Teen Activities
Looking for ideas for Tween or Teen classes & extracurricular activities? Check the PSP Recommendations section HERE.
And did you know Park Slope Parents has a Tween discussion group? Find out more HERE.
Coney Island - what the kids say!
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- Parent Category: Activities Advice Articles
- Category: Summer Fun, Tween & Teen Activities
Sabrina and Samantha Van Putten had a recent adventure to Coney Island...
Movies Your Kids Should See to Better Understand their Parents!
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- Parent Category: Activities Advice Articles
- Category: Indoor Activities For Yucky Days, Tween & Teen Activities, Book & Movie Lists For Kids, Tweens and Teens
This was based on a thread on the PSP Tweens Group. Movies Your Kids Should See to Better Understand their Parents! (Be sure to also check out our other list, Classic Movies You Want your Tween to See While They Are Tweens)
Best Science Museums, According to PSP Members
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- Parent Category: Activities Advice Articles
- Category: Indoor Activities For Yucky Days, Tween & Teen Activities
The following quesiton was asked to the Park Slope Parents group: "My rising 6th grader has summer homework to “visit a science museum and write a journal entry describing what you saw and what you learned from it”. What’s your favorite Science Museum?"
Here are their votes!
Park Slope Parents Policy for Posting about Tweens/ Teens Looking for Work
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- Parent Category: Help
- Category: Posting Help, Tween & Teen Activities
We’ve updated our policy on Tweens/Teens/College Students looking for work so please read the following.
We encourage parents to help their younger kids to find jobs on the Classifieds.
Post for jobs such as:
Yard Work, leaf raking, snow shoveling, light moving/schlepping
Babysitting
Birthday party/catering help
House/pet sitting, dog walking
Please note we do not allow parents to post for kids regarding higher paying jobs such as tutors or website designers. In addition, if your child is over 22 and looking for babysitting/nanny jobs they need to be recommended by an employer who is a Park Slope Parents member.
If your situation fits our requirements, here are the guidelines:
Post with "Teen/College Student looking for work" in the subject line.
The contact information must be the parent (for safety reasons).
All done? Please resend to
and we will be happy to post.
REMINDERS:
Put YOUR contact information in your post (not the teen’s) so you can vet the inquiry and decide on the safety and legitimacy of the post. While this does not put the full responsibility on the teen, we feel this is the safest way to protect those involved.
It's up to the parent to use a screening method that s/he feels appropriate and pass contact info on.
Best of luck and we hope that your child finds great work!
Life after Harry Potter: Fun Fiction for Tweens & Teens
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- Parent Category: Parents of Tweens
- Category: Tween Book Summaries, Tween & Teen Activities, Book & Movie Lists For Kids, Tweens and Teens
Reading IS fun! Parents share book their kids have enjoyed...
Birthday Party Ideas for a Tween Girl
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- Parent Category: Parents of Tweens
- Category: Tween Advice from Parents, Tween & Teen Activities
Here are some ideas that my daughter (11) put together for her sister's (9) sleepover party. There were 6 girls in all. It was all very fun, and as one mom jokily responded: "have fun not sleeping!"
Tourist Activities for Tweens & Teenagers
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- Parent Category: Parents of Tweens
- Category: Tween & Teen Activities, Activities Advice Articles, Kid Friendly New York
So you have a teenager (or tween) coming to visit or you are looking for something fun to do with your own energetic young adult. What are some fun, slightly more grown up and erm, "cooler" things you can do with them? Here are some suggestions from local moms & dads.
Boardgames You Can Actually Play With Your Kids
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- Parent Category: Parents of Tweens
- Category: Tween & Teen Activities, Indoor Activities For Yucky Days, Activities Advice Articles, Advice - Activities
Park Slope Parents share the favorite boardgames they like to play with their kids.
Visiting Washington DC with Tweens and Teens
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- Parent Category: Parents of Tweens
- Category: Tween & Teen Activities, Travel Ideas
Parents share what to do and see in Washington DC with Tween and Teen kids.
Photo caption: The Air & Space Museum got a lot of thumbs up from PSP parents. Photo courtesy of the Smithsonian Institute
Classic Movies You Want your Tween to See While They Are Tweens
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- Parent Category: Parents of Tweens
- Category: Tween & Teen Activities, Book & Movie Lists For Kids, Tweens and Teens, Indoor Activities For Yucky Days
Movies recommended on the PSP Tween Group.
Where Do You Shop For Clothes For Your Tween?
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- Parent Category: Parents of Tweens
- Category: Tween & Teen Activities, Tween Advice from Parents, Raising Tweens Tips
As one PSP member writes: “My (almost) 11 year-old daughter has officially outgrown the children's section of the places we've been buying clothes for her since she was small (Target, Children's Place, etc.). I think we are now into the "pre-teen" or "teen" section, which is new territory for me. I'm looking for reasonably priced basics (shorts, t-shirts, leggings, etc.), since she will either destroy or outgrow everything she owns in a season. Suggestions?”
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