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Topic: Tweens

Portrait of teenager applying facial mask to improving her skin. (Getty Images/RUBEN BONILLA GONZALO)

Why some youth obsess over Sephora

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Young teenage girl reading by the window (Getty Images/praetorianphoto)

Books for hard-to-shop-for kids

Alison Stine
Kit Connor and Joe Locke in "Heartstopper" (Netflix)

Tweens need more than "Heartstopper"

Alison Stine
"Good Enough" by Jen Petro-Roy (Feiwel & Friends/Courtesy of Macmillan)

Why I write "tough" books for kids

Jen Petro-Roy
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Talking about sexual harassment to teens

Caroline Knorr - Common Sense Media
Mark Zuckerberg (Getty/David Ramos)

Facebook reacts to shocking studies

Nicole Karlis
(Getty/AntonioGuillem)

Apps to help track kids online

Christine Elgersma - Common Sense Media
(AP/Richard Vogel)

Watching YouTube with your kid

Caroline Knorr - Common Sense Media
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School's back

Christine Elgersma - Common Sense Media
Kali Rocha in "Liv & Maddie," Beth Littleford in "Dog With a Blog," Leigh-Allyn Baker in "Good Luck Charlie" (Disney Channel)

Disney Channel hates moms

Kim Kankiewicz
(KHOU)

Keep God out of public schools

Mary Elizabeth Williams
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Mary Elizabeth Williams
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Rebecca Ann Sedwick (Reuters)

Should we put bullies in jail?

Mary Elizabeth Williams
(optout.org)

GOP's moronic tween outreach!

Jim Newell
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Keep your baby off Twitter!

Mary Elizabeth Williams

The war on 12-year-old girls

Mary Elizabeth Williams
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HPV vaccines aren't slut shots

Mary Elizabeth Williams
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Mary Elizabeth Williams
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