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You’ve mastered the curriculum planning, figured out how your tween prefers to learn, and conquered the math programs. But if you’re like most of us, it’s not the academics keeping you up at night—it’s navigating those intense emotional moments that can derail an entire homeschool day. Your tween hasn’t fully developed emotional regulation skills yet…
Host: Marina JoyEpisode: Tween Talk Voice Notes #018 What You’ll Learn In this episode, Marina tackles the most challenging part of homeschooling: dealing with your tween’s big emotions (and your own!). She shares why the academics are easy compared to the emotional drama, and gives you practical tools to navigate those overwhelming moments. Key Topics…
Originally from Tween Talk: Voice Notes with Marina Joy As we approach September and the start of a new homeschool year, I want to share something important: I don’t believe your homeschool schedule should be packed back-to-back. It’s simply unsustainable. But I also believe in being intentional, because when there’s bare ground in our routines,…
Have you ever watched your tween struggle with a concept and found yourself thinking, “They should know this by now”? This feeling becomes especially intense when homeschooling middle schoolers, who seem caught between childhood and independence. Pre-teens are at such a unique developmental stage — they want to be treated like they’re older, but they…
Ever watch your tween struggle with a concept and think “they should know this by now”? Marina Joy shares a personal story about getting stuck on a jazz piano piece that completely shifted her perspective on how middle schoolers learn — and why explicit teaching matters more than we think. Discover why homeschooling middle schoolers…
Are you exhausted from the emotional ups and downs of parenting tweens? Discover why those challenging phases are actually signs of healthy development—and how to weather them with confidence. Parenting tweens can feel like living through unpredictable weather patterns. One day, your relationship feels sunny and connected. The next, you’re caught in an emotional storm…
From Tween Talk Voice Notes with Marina Joy Parenting tweens can feel like unpredictable weather—sunny one day, stormy the next. In this heartfelt episode, Marina uses the metaphor of rainy seasons to help moms understand why the challenging phases of tween parenting can feel so overwhelming and endless. Drawing from her own experience with daughters…
They walked past the mess again, didn’t they?This episode isn’t about nagging or chore charts. It’s about helping your tween learn how to notice what’s out of place—and why that one small skill can shift the way your home feels. I’ll walk you through how to teach it without a lecture, what to say (and…
Originally shared on Voice Notes with MarinaJoy The real reason your tween’s questions fall flat Often our kids need help. And yet when they ask for help, they’re not actually getting the answer they need to do the thing that they’re trying to do. They don’t know how to formulate the question. And it might…
Worried your tween doesn’t have enough friends? Here’s why that might not be the problem you think it is – and what to focus on instead. I see so many questions in Facebook groups from moms who are worried that their tween doesn’t have any friends. This might be you. I know it’s something I…