The 3 - 6 - 12

A viral Facebook post, 177 comments, and what they reveal about how we actually think about tweens. A mom named Siti posted something in a Facebook parenting group recently that stopped me in my tracks. Not because it was unusual. Because it was so painfully, universally, pull-up-a-chair usual. “My 12-year-old daughter refuses to clean her room no matter what I try. Rewards, punishment, talking… nothing works. Moms, what actually worked for YOU?” 177 comments later, the inter