How to Hug a Porcupine: Negotiating the Prickly Points of the Tween Years Local Author/Illustrator Mira knows she'll always regret

Mira knows she'll always regret it if she doesn't go

the littlest Gratch

Transportation 4-in-a-Box Puzzle Set from Mudpuppy includes 4 puzzles

spontaneous little cartoons

and the child uses it to carry on Grampa's favorite pastimes and traditions

How to Hug a Porcupine: Negotiating the Prickly Points of the Tween Years Local Author/Illustrator Mira knows she'll always regretYou never listen to anything I say! Yesterday, your child was a sweet, well adjusted eight year old. Today, a moody, disrespectful twelve year old. What happened? And more important, how do you handle it? How you respond to these whirlwind changes will not only affect your child's behavior now but will determine how he or she turns out later. Julie A. Ross, executive director of Parenting Horizons, shows you exactly what's going on with your child and