Tweens in the news

Tweens in the news
Do you know how to call 911? This tween does! A 7-year-old boy who called 911 from a locked bathroom while armed robbers threatened his parents hugged the dispatcher who took his call. The boy, identified only as Carlos, told reporters at a news conference that he remained calm during the ordeal because his mother used to make him pr... - Posted on March 11, 2010
No weeknight TV Obama girls - how about you? President Barack Obama says there's one sure thing parents can do to help their kids learn, regardless of financial means: Forbid them from watching television on school nights. Of his own daughters, Malia, 11, and Sasha, 8, Obama told Essence magazine: "The girls don't watch TV during the... - Posted on February 18, 2010
One tween’s battle against obesity Paris Woods is hardly a poster child for obesity. She's a blend of girlish chunkiness and womanly curves. In street clothes. she blends in with her friends, a fresh-faced, robust-looking All-American girl. However, like nearly one-third of American kids, Paris Woods is overweight. H... - Posted on February 3, 2010
Tween designs a house. Could you do that? TweenTribune reports that the designer of two houses being constructed in Great Britain will have to have her mom drive her to the work site. That's because she is only 12 years old. Jennifer Brook, of Rugby, Great Britain, entered a contest two years ago to design an eco-friendly house. ... - Posted on January 30, 2010
Tween rides in circles to help Haitians A young British schoolboy has raised more than 100,000 pounds ($160,000) Monday for Haiti's relief effort by cycling round his local park. Seven-year-old Charlie Simpson was so upset by the images of Haiti's deadly earthquake that he asked his mother if she could help him set up a sponsore... - Posted on January 26, 2010
Tweens online 24/7. Is that a bad thing? Like many working parents, Beverly Flaxington armed her daughter with a cell phone in fifth grade, when the time came for her to venture out alone. At first, it was a great way to stay in touch. That was then. Now 13, Samantha's grades have slipped drastically and she's obsessed wit... - Posted on January 22, 2010
Wheelie amazing! TweenTribune reports that Aaron Stannage, 14, of Great Britain is really into wheelies. The tween's recent wheelie lasted for more than eight miles and may have set a Guiness World Record! For about an hour, on January 17th, the tween circled round and round and round around a local ind... - Posted on January 19, 2010
Tween raises money so poor kids can dance Ten-year-old Drew Buckley loves ballet so much that she wants other kids to feel the excitement. So she collected $1,700, with the help of her mother, to buy new ballet shoes for the kids at the Metropolitan Ministries Partnership School in Tampa. The students there — some who live in a... - Posted on January 12, 2010
Tweens save drowning man. Could you? Two 8-year-old boys in a young lifeguards training program rescued a man who was struggling in the ocean off Australia's east coast. Jake Satherley told Australian Broadcasting Corp. radio that he and friend Spencer Jeams saw a middle-aged man having trouble Sunday off Northcliffe beach, i... - Posted on January 12, 2010
Do these shirts show disrespect? At least nine Detroit area high school juniors are in trouble for wearing sweat shirts bearing a design that evokes the terrorist attacks that destroyed the World Trade Center's Twin Towers. Dearborn Public Schools spokesman David Mustonen has told The Detroit News and Detroit Free Press t... - Posted on January 6, 2010