How old qualifies as a “tween”?
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Anonymous
| 9-12 or so. Fourth to sixth grade. |
Anonymous
| I’d say 10-12 |
Anonymous
| 10-12. |
Anonymous
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My personal opinion:
9-11 tween 12-13 preteen 14 teen <-- I know people say 13 is teen, but I equate it with the beginning of high school at 14. |
Anonymous
This depends on where you live. Maybe 1/3 of the country puts 6th grade in junior high/middle school. |
Anonymous
Thirteen literally has teen in the name. |
Anonymous
No. A 13 yo is in middle school and is a teen. That is the “teen” of thirteen. |
Anonymous
+1 |
Anonymous
| No boo it’s 11-12 |
Anonymous
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I always thought it was a play on words. You’re inbeTWEEN being a teen and being a child. And in english we don’t say tenteen, eleventeen, twelveteen. But there are big enough differences of behavior and maturity that 10,11,12 year olds experience, from the kind of things that kids younger than 10 experience, and teenagers experience.
So I’d say 10,11, and 12 year olds are tweens. Strictly-speaking.. however I can definitely see precocious 9 year olds and late-blooming early teenagers having more in common maturity-wise, with tweens. |
Anonymous
| Tween is double digits before 13 so 10 to 12 |
Anonymous
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10-12
I hate when people call 9 year olds “tweens” / stop making our kids older. Let them be children. |
Anonymous
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I remember a book calling 8-12 year olds “pre-teens” in the 80s.
I equate that to “tween.” |
Anonymous
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10-12. Double digits, but not a teen yet.
Mic drop, end of thread. |
Anonymous
So dumb |