FG Trade/E+/Getty ImagesEvery time someone asks me what it’s like to raise a tween, I tell them the biggest thing I’m learning is how quickly they revert to toddler-like behaviors. And no, I don’t mean tantrums or big emotional outbursts, but how much tweens and teens — despite what society tells us — want us around them. My 11-year-old daughter comes to me while I cook and leans on me at the kitchen counter like she did as a toddler, asks me to sit with her on the couch like she did as a preschooler, and still loves a book before bed.But I was not prepared for how much our teens need us at be...
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