Lip Smackers Live On!

Moms of all tweens and tweens alike, rejoice: Lip Smackers has been brought back from the brink! Last January, Lip Smackers' manufacturer, The Bonne Bell Company, announced that it was closing shop. The scent of the Dr. Pepper Biggy was a constant in my lip gloss rotation from my own tween years, and as a mom I bought these for my own tweens (Lip Smackers make excellent stocking stuffers, Easter Egg fillers, and birthday gift toppers!). 'Twas devastating news to lose this cultural icon. Luckily for tweens and tweens-at-heart everywhere, the Lip Smackers brand has been brought back into production by the new company owner, Markwins International Corp.
Dr. Pepper, the classic "Biggy"s, Cotton Candy, and Bubble Gum, smack on!

(P.S. Sadly the Thin Mint Lip Smackers are discontinued - but maybe we can start a campaign lobby the Girl Scouts to bring them back?
P.P.S. Your eyes do not deceive you: that IS a Swarovski-encrusted Lip Smacker Biggy!)

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Upcoming Book on Parenting Tweens/ Teens Offers Counter-Intuitive Advice

Teacher Tyler Durman has a new book coming out next month that offers some counter-intuitive advice to parents of tween and teens. We've not had a chance to read it as yet, but here is a preview from "Counter-Intuitive: What 4 Million Teenagers Wish We Knew":

• Being your tween's friend is the worst thing you can be
• Welcome disrespect
• Create boundaries that kids will like

In the era of helicopter parenting, this is a refreshing perspective to add to the parenting discussion, and we are eagerly awaiting our copy to review.

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