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Confident, smart and high-tech, they're
followers of pop culture and know what social networking is all about. They're
tweens, children between the ages of 10 and 12. These young people are no
longer little kids but they are not yet teenagers, because tweens are in a
state of transition (转变).
The tween years are hard
for children. From a social point of view, tweens are dealing with quite a lot.
They have to face changing relationships, middle school and a whole lot of
pressure (压力) to succeed and fit in. They may become angry
over seemingly small things. A bad test grade, an argument with a friend, a bad
day on the ball field, or a request to clean a bedroom might set them off.
Elizabeth
Hartley-Brewer, a parenting expert in London and author of Talking to Tweens, says, "The tween years are when young
people begin to realize the wider world and to see themselves as separate from
their families."
Right now, tweens'
friends are everything to them. It's universal for the age, but they show it in
different ways. For boys, the whole friendship thing is through technology and
sports. Girls like to talk.
Tweens are also a hot
market. What do tweens consider cool? Music is at the top of the cool list,
followed by going to the movies. "Being smart" comes third, tied with
video games, followed by electronics, sports, fashion and protecting the
environment, according to a report.
Undoubtedly, tweens have
great spending power in the United States. It was the tween market that made
Justin Bieber and Harry Potter household names. Retailers(零售商) know tweens are a hot market for clothes, music and
entertainment. Tweens have their own sense of fashion and enjoy their own parts
of popular culture.