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Visit these websites with your tween for information on how to proceed: stopbullying.gov; National Bullying Prevention Center at pacer.org/bullying; and the Cyberbullying Research Center at cyberbullying.org.

Before COVID, anxiety lay on my chest like an elephant as I worried who my daughter was friends with, whether anyone was being a mean girl, whether her friends’ moms were safe drivers, whether sick kids were showing up in school, whether boys were being too physical during gym, and on. Sheltering in place has moved all these worries offstage.

Congratulations Tabay! This 14-year-old yoga teacher is featured on the cover of Yoga Journal this month. https://www.tabayatkins.com/

What Is Mindfulness, and Why Do Kids Need It? From our earliest moments, mindfulness can help minimize anxiety and increase happiness.

Girls can also develop their true selves through writing, music, drama and the visual arts. Journaling helps girls process complex feelings. So does meditation and time spent in nature. We also suggest that girls make pacts with their friends that help them spend more time in the real worldfor example, a commitment to put down their devices after 9 p.m. or remove social-media apps from their phones during the school week. These agreements let them all be offline at the same timehence, none of the dreaded FOMO (fear of missing out).