Teen and Tween Round-up:

The end of the school year is in sight. With it, a time of change for many teens and tweens, as they leave school or move on from primary school. I for one am gearing up for the bulb-fest of the leavers’ assembly as my younger son leaves primary school. No doubt I’ll share that with you next month.

But I’m getting ahead of myself. Here’s what our teens and tweens have been up to this month…

Over at Done Gallivanting, Sarah’s son has just turned 13. It’s brought up some difficult memories for her of her own teen years, but she’s feeling positive about the future for her son.

This must take the record for the shortest post ever featured on the round-up. What is that’s missing, presumed lost? Check out Jodie’s post at A Quirky Kook and have a giggle.

It’s only a couple of weeks since Father’s Day and Best Dad I Can Be is wondering if his sons have turned out anything like him… Have a read and find out!

You can always rely on Suzanne at 3 Children and It to give us both a laugh and a real insight into teenagers. This post on how to identify The Lesser Spotted Teenager ticks all the boxes.

I love this post from Carolyn at Mummy Endeavours about how hard her son has worked for his GCSEs. This a great reassurance to me, because the scrumpled worksheets and the alleged ‘no homework’ are all too familiar round here too!

John at Dad Blog UK has two small daughters, so what’s he doing on the round-up? His teenage nephew is visiting from the USA and John realises he has no idea how to entertain a teenager!

Here’s hoping John’s nephew doesn’t treat the house like a hotel, unlike my own son over at MumofThree World. It seemed that having a French exchange boy staying completely changed the rules at home. But nobody thought to tell mum!

I did say I would stop featuring Izzie Anderton, when her girls turned 20 a few months back, but this post would apply just as much to 18 and 19 year olds as it would to 20 year olds and was too good not to share! The chaos of teenagers coming home from university – just take a look at that conservatory!

As Sonya at Rock ‘n’ Roll Mum prepares to wave her own daughter off to university, this beautiful post reflects on how parenting changes as grown up children leave the nest. Tissues at the ready for this one!

As teenagers finish their GCSEs (and sometimes long before) they may be keen to get a part time job. But what can they do? How much can they earn? How many hours a week can they earn. This handy post from Amelore Blog will tell you all you need to know!

Whether your kids are 14, 24 or even 34, I love this post on Truly Madly Kids – a letter of advice to grown up sons. It’s just the sort of advice I could see myself giving to my own sons in a few years.

That’s about it for this month. If you’d like your post included next month, please tweet me @sarahMo3W or if you can’t wait until then, just add it to the linky below.

Can I just say, this was a ground-breaking edition, and not in a good way? Not a single post on TWEENS! C’mon, tween parents, what do you have to say?

About Sarah Wood

Sarah is mum to a teenage boy and a tween boy and girl. When it comes to primary school stuff, she's got it sussed. But she's realising that as secondary school and puberty hit, she's still got a lot to learn! Between tweeting, blogging and parenting, Sarah is a freelance PR and copywriter, who still finds time to run long distances and eat a lot of chocolate. It doesn't leave much time for housework.

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