The Perfect Journals for Tween Girls

Have a tween girl in your life that likes to journal? Well you're in luck! Notebook Doodles Peace Love and Music and Dream Big! Guided Journals both hit shelves recently and are both awesome choices. They feature not only plenty of space for creative writing they also have writing prompts and fun pages to doodle when they get "writers block". My daughter is almost 13 and she loved both of these books. She said it was nice not feeling like all she could do in the journal was write all the time. Sometimes she just doodles inside to help unwind. She also likes the writing prompts because she doesn't always have something on her mind to journal but still wants to write.

About the books:

Notebook Doodles Peace Love and Music Guided Journal features inspirational messages and illustrations from popular Notebook Doodles coloring book artist Jess Volinski. Filled with motivational words and whimsical art, it encourages tweens to develop their creative writing skills while they express their thoughts, hopes, and dreams. Writing prompts guide young readers to practice the four basic writing styles taught in school—narrative, compare and contrast, descriptive, and goal setting. The lined page layouts inside Notebook Doodles Peace Love and Music Guided Journal offer plenty of room for expressive writing. Beautifully illustrated and made of the highest quality materials, this sturdy hardcover journal includes beautiful end papers.

Notebook Doodles Dream Big! Guided Journal features inspirational messages and illustrations from popular Notebook Doodles coloring book artist Jess Volinski. Filled with motivational words and whimsical art, it encourages tweens to develop their creative writing skills while they express their thoughts, hopes, and dreams. Writing prompts guide young readers to practice the four basic writing styles taught in school—narrative, compare and contrast, descriptive, and goal setting. The lined page layouts inside Notebook Doodles Fabulous Fashion Guided Journal offer plenty of room for expressive writing. Beautifully illustrated and made of the highest quality materials, this sturdy hardcover journal includes beautiful end papers.

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The Boodle Box: A monthly box for tweens and teens!

The Boodle Box is a monthly subscription box that is geared towards tweens and teens. I have to say however it was quite the debate between my tween daughter and I on a few items who was going to get to keep them. The box shown above was from their December shipment. It contained items seen at Kohl's, Etsy, New York & Co, ScentCo Inc., and Pop-Bar.com. All very unique items that yes you can find other places, but are conveniently provided in one box for teens to enjoy. My daughter of course was super excited about the Frozen Smencil (scented pencil) since Frozen is still all the hype. I on the other hand fell in love with the Faux Fur Cowl Neck Warmer. Oh how soft and fuzzy it was and it kept my neck so warm when I wore it out to shovel. So really I guess this could even be a box for teens to enjoy (and maybe share) with their moms.

To get a Boodle Box you start by selecting your child's age group and then decide how long of a subscription you'd like. As long as you place the order by the 23rd of the month it will arrived the next month.

You can even shop for individual quick gifts from their website if you're looking for something right away and don't want to wait for the next subscription to go out. They have individual items as well as past and specialized Boodle Boxes to choose from.

The Boodle Box makes a great gift too for those hard to buy for teens in your family. Skip the shopping lines and having to worry about boxing it up and shipping it yourself. Let The Boodle Box do all the work for you while you get all the praise for an awesome gift!

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Tips for Helping Your Teen Choose a Career Path

Whether you know it or not, you have a major influence over your child’s career choices. As a parent you are your child’s first teacher and biggest example of what life is and how it should be lived. Naturally, you want your child to gravitate towards the career path that will make them happiest, but they may need a bit of guidance from you to get there.

Your child will likely go through a ton of ideas from the time they’re little. One day it’s a doctor or lawyer, the next it’s a teacher or police officer. However, once your child reaches high school they are coming into themselves and understand more of what their interests are. It is during these years that you can be the most influential in helping them to make the best choices as it pertains to a career path.

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I can remember how much I hated acne when I was a teenager..heck I still hate it now as an adult. It's just not any fun to have at any age. Now that I'm a mom of a teenage son in high school I am feeling that pain for him I felt all those years ago. I actually think it's even worse for kids now days then it was when I was growing up. The kids now days seem to be so much more critical of how you look, and that goes all the way to if you have acne issues. It's almost like they look for a reason to pick on someone and call them names. For my son it's been a struggle to keep blackheads from constantly breaking out across his entire nose. You and I both know this happens and it's a part of life and growing up, but kids will be kids and have been known to tease him saying he doesn't wash his face or has a dirty nose. So when I had the opportunity to participate in the Clearasil Influencer Activation I was very excited to try it out with my son. We received their Clearasil Ultra® Rapid Action Daily Gel Wash and Clearasil® Daily Clear® Oil Free Daily Face Wash to help us out with our breakout problems. Being a boy my son wasn't super excited about having to take another step in his morning routine. He's one of those that sleeps in until the very last minute then hops in and out of the shower in a flash before school. But I gently informed him that really it's not any extra work besides using the Clearasil instead of regular soap or body wash when it comes to his face. He started out with the gel wash and we actually did notice he had less blackheads on his nose as the days passed. But being a teenage boy I fear that he'll quit taking that small extra effort to keep them away. Like most kids he thinks "well they are gone now I can quit using it". Now I just have to convenience him he has to keep using the daily facial wash so they don't creep back in. Only time will tell, but for now he's on his way to having clean and clear skin.

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