To ask what your best advice for surviving the Tweenage years - particularly for girls?

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tweenagedreams · 22/07/2025 15:56

I have twin DDs just about to leave year 6 - very different from each other but both just quite earnest/keen still and not very worldly.
Other Y6 girls have Stanley cups and designer backpacks and have skincare etc - just somehow seem more put together than my DDs.
I am starting to worry that they will be eaten alive when they go to their secondary school...
They listen to pop music but I haven't taken them to gigs or anything yet - how do parents even know how to be a "cool mom" (for a y6/y7 ??

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Kiplingg · 23/07/2025 00:08

TikTok is great for keeping you young and up to speed on trends. If you’re keen to keen an eye on these things could you maybe use TikTok (not your DDs, as I agree that would be a big no no for me!)
I think letting them have the ‘in’ items like Stanley cups and the ‘right’ school shoes etc goes a long way!

snowone · 22/07/2025 21:15

I’m right there with you. My DD starts high school in September too! My DD is trying to keep up with the latest trends etc but I think we are sometimes late to the party mainly because TikTok is banned in this house (the joys of having a mum who is a Safeguarding Lead), and also because I just think that some things (ie Stanley cups) are really not very necessary. I’m trying not to worry myself too much, I know she will find her feet and settle in. I’m sure your DDs will too ☺️

Wolfpa · 22/07/2025 19:24

What are their hobbies?

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