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It's secondary (high) school place allocation day today in the UK, have any of your heard about your tween's school place yet?

The short answer = Yes (with caveats)

Don't be fooled that because your child is almost the same height as you - or perhaps taller - and is looking more and more like an adult with each passing day, that their brains are anything like yours. They're not. As such, you need to be very careful about your expectations. You shouldn't expect tweens to behave, or think, like an adult. If you do, you are setting yourself up for a lot of stress, disappointment and frustration. It's so important to understand what is going on inside your tween's head and to make sure that your expectations of them are age appropriate!

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