Friday, August 27, 2010

Tween Stars Headline Arthur Ashe Kids' Day at the U.S. Open August 28

Tween stars the Jonas Brothers and Demi Lovato are headlining Arthur Ashe's Kids' Day at the U.S. Open tomorrow. The concert is sold out, but CBS is airing the entire show on Sunday, August 29th at noon EDT.

Also performing are David Archuleta, Cody Simpson, and The School Gryls, and it should be quite a show. The entire day's events include a tennis skills clinic hosted by the USTA and an autograph session with tennis champions in addition to the concert. Last year's show included performances by Justin Bieber and Honor Society.

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Thursday, August 26, 2010

Hmmm - Perez Hilton to Appear on Nickelodeon's Victorious?

We just wrote about social networking and tweens, and then learned that online gossip maven, Perez Hilton, is going to featured on the new Victorious episode airing this Friday night (Aug 27) - see video below. To be honest, I don't know if our tweens know who Perez Hilton is, but I would prefer that they not read his blog just yet.

What do you think?

Me thinks we have a new topic for the dinner table . . .



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76% of Parents on Facebook Are Online Friends With Their Tween/Teen

A new survey by AOL and the Nielsen Company finds that "76% of parents with kids on Facebook, claim to have "friended" their teens, and 29% of teenagers are ready to "un-friend" their parents given the choice." Moms were more twice as likely to be un-friended than dads - which makes sense given that mothers check in more often than dads in online social networks.

We've written a lot about online networks and tweens ("A Facebook for Tweens? Everloop", "Maintaining Your Tweens Safety on Facebook", "Should Schools Block Social Networks?", "American Girls' Online Club for Tweens", cyber-bullying, "Miley Quits Twitter", and the horrific online smear campaign by boys at Landon School targeting girls), and we required our eldest tween to not only friend-us on Facebook but also to share her Facebook password with us. But, she is allowed to use Facebook and Twitter with these restrictions, and she maintains her own private blog. She also has a mobile phone. So I can't decide: where do we fall on the technology-permissiveness spectrum - too open or too closed?

Does your tween use social networks like Facebook, Twitter or MySpace? What about their own YouTube channel? What rules have you put in place, or not, regarding these social networks?  The AOL/Nielsen survey informed the creation of tools to help keep kids safe online (via parental controls, profile checking across several social networks, etc.) - so readers, what's your take on online safety for tweens - are we there yet?

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Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Tween Toothpaste Line and Alyson Stoner

A new line of toothpaste, tooth brushes and floss has been developed for tweens called ProHealth for ME. Just in time for back to school, Crest and Oral-B had partnered with Alyson Stoner (of CampRock and Step It Up 3D) to launch the line and teach tweens about good oral health. The toothbrushes are sized for smaller mouths (for tweens ages 8 to 12) (and work well with braces!), and the toothpaste flavors are less strong than traditional mint flavors. We haven't tried this new line yet, but post your review here if your tween tries it!

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Friday, August 20, 2010

Part Four of the First Tweens' Summer: Malia and Sasha Obama at Camp and on Vacation

First Tweens Malia and Sasha Obama have spent the last month apart. Malia has been at sleepaway summer camp in New Hampshire for the past four weeks. The name of the camp was not released by the White House, but several New Hampshire newspapers have run articles - since suddenly retracted - that she has been at Camp Wicosuta. Camp Wico is a "traditional", all-girls camp in Hebron, NH.

Meanwhile, Sasha vacationed on the Costa del Sol of Spain and the Florida Gulf Coast with her parents. The month started with a mother-daughter trip to the coastal resort town of Marbella, Spain and included beach time, touring historic Spanish towns, and lunching the King and Queen.

Upon returning to the States, the First Lady brought Sasha and her cousins to the Maryland state capital building in Annapolis, MD to learn about state government. The trip was described as a sort of "First Family Summer School" and included a private tour of the building that is the oldest working state capitol in the country and a statue of Thurgood Marshall, the nation's first African-American Supreme Court Justice. Afterwards they visited the U.S. Naval Academy, which is a beautiful campus on the banks of the Severn River.

Last weekend, the President, First Lady, and Sasha Obama vacationed on the Gulf Coast of Florida. They stayed at the Bay Point Marriott in Panama City, FL, went swimming in the Gulf of Mexico at Alligator Point, ate a lot of Gulf seafood (they visited local favorites Lime's Bayside Bar and Grill and Firefly), played mini-golf at Pirate's Island and ended with a boat ride and dolphin siting. The younger Obama tween is apparently quite the ringer - she scored a hold-in-one on the first hole of the mini-golf course (see a video here).


Malia Obama re-joins her family for a last summer break on Martha's Vineyard (where they vacationed last summer as well) this week. More details to come!

Photos from Getty Images, AP, and the White House.

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Saturday, August 14, 2010

"Diary of a Wimpy Kid" Book Event in D.C. Next Week

"Diary of a Wimpy Kid", a favorite tween series, is gearing up for the launch of the fifth book this November. As part of the launch party, Politics and Prose is hosting the Diary of a Wimpy Kid Summer Reading Ice Cream Truck on Wednesday, August 18.

Starting at noon, tweens can get a free frozen treat and other goodies to celebrate the upcoming publication of book 5. Customers can pre-order the new book at Politics and Prose at a 20% discount. Unfortunately, author Jeff Kinney will NOT be at this event.

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Friday, August 13, 2010

Jonas Brothers at Georgetown Cupcake !

The Jonas Brothers (yes, all of them) paid a visit to Georgetown Cupcake while in town for their concert at Jiffy Lube Live yesterday in Manassas, VA. If you missed them this week, they'll be back again at the end of the month - to Virginia Beach on August 29th.

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Tuesday, August 3, 2010

Best Lip Glosses For Tweens In Honor of the New Clique Book Release Today

"The Clique" book characters *heart* lip gloss, and Glossip Girl is sadly not a real product (if you are new to the series, Glossip Girl is Massie's daily delivery of lip gloss in yummy flavors). In honor of the release of the latest in the best selling tween series, "The Clique" ("My Little Phony" comes out today), here's our list of the best lip glosses for tweens:
  • The Classic: Lip Smackers (great flavors; $2 in most major drugstores)
  • The Funky: Tokidoki lip glosses (in funky colors like blue and green (don't worry, they go on clear); $15 from Sephora)
  • The Retro: the Biggy Dr. Pepper Lip Smacker (the size of 4 regular glosses; $4 in major drugstores)
  • The Free-Spirit: Hard Candy fortune lip gloss (with a fun Magic8-ball in the cap; $6 from Wal-Mart.com)
  • The Sophisticate: Tarte Lip Stain (all natural in shades so pretty, moms may want one too; $24 from Sephora)
  • The Hippie: Lip Shimmer by Burt's Bees (all natural; our favorite is Guava; $5 from WholeFoods)

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New Tween Book in "The Clique" Series Released Today

New York Times Best Selling series "The Clique" newest installment comes out today, August 3: "My Little Phony". The book is #13 in hit tween series, and excerpts from the book have been released on the book's blog.

We haven't heard any word of any book events or author book signings, so please post your update here if you hear of any.

Ms.Twixt and tweens plan to buy our copy along with a bag of sours and gummy worms while catching up on the latest antics of Massie, Claire, Alicia, Dylan and Kristen.

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Monday, August 2, 2010

First Tween Sasha Obama and the President Are WNBA Fans

The President and Sasha Obama attended the WNBA Mystics game this weekend in Washington - check out our article here.

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