On Youth and Teens Today with Vanessa Van Petten

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This weekend I am at the BEA Book Expo America scouting for books to review for my site and looking for a book agent/publisher for my next book! Email me if you are going!
How to Camp with Teens Tips, supplies and how to get a surly teen into the wilderness
How to Be a Sports Family: [...]

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Hopefully no one bookmarked this post and was like: “oh, me! I want to do that!”
This post started because anyone who knows me even a little bit, knows I am a little bit neurotic/OCD/anally organized…all have been used to describe my study and desk habits. I do not wish it upon anyone.
1) Make your [...]

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This is part of my “Operation Oprah” series to start a business on my allowance and tell my story through videos and blog posts. By depicting my comic and sometimes exasperating struggles, successes and tactics to get on Oprah, publish a series of teen-parent books as a teen entrepreneur, I want to prove that teens [...]

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Teen Viral Video of the Week
Breaking News
NYT: Lunch is now a required class
Family Mourns the Murdered Harry Potter Actor
First Mother Daughter Team Climbs Everest
Articles of Interest
BunkOne: Just a cool site that has real pictures of camps for families at home
Scholastic’s List of Summer Reading
5 Media Tips for Parents to Talk to Daughters About Miley and [...]

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