Melissa Fischler Hed
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Author Former Managing Editor at Your Teen Media https://t.co/tnuc1OW29d Breathes moonlight. 🪬
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Joined May 2010
I really really really want to read more memoir essays from dads and nontraditional parents (grandparents, aunts, uncles, older siblings, foster parents, guardians, etc.) about raising teens. Where are you???? Email in my bio. #journorequest
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We are temporarily closing our submission window at Your Teen. Unless we have specifically requested something from you, please hold off on your submissions until mid-May. Thank you!
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What does #FathersDay mean to you? Fathers, stepfathers, adopted fathers, grandfathers, uncles, older sibs and cousins who had to step in, whathaveyou, I'm eager for your #essays about parenting teens. #submissions email in my bio. $75 for 650-900 words. Bring the emotions.
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#submissions #essays Parents, are any of you in college at the same time as your teen? What's that like? What are you learning about yourself and your teen? How is this life phase affecting your relationship? Tell us @YourTeenMag 800-1200 words. Email in my bio.
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#submissions #essays Shopping for bathing suits with your teens. Describe the experience. Tell me how you're imparting parenting and life wisdom. Or, maybe your teen is teaching you something about yourself instead? 800-1200 words. @YourTeenMag Email in my bio.
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We need an article (list-ical) about popular | trendy | classic shoes for teens. #submissions We also need an essays about shopping with teens. What do you have for us? Make us emote. 800-1200 words. @yourteenmag email in my bio.
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#submissions #essays We try our utmost to prepare our kids, yet surprises happen. Did your child get their period in elementary school, before they knew what it was? Tell @YourTeenMag about it. What advice do you have for other parents? 800-1200 words. Email in my bio
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#submissions Our kids can be our greatest teachers. Parents, reflect on a time when your teen challenged your long-standing belief or idea. Where did your belief originate? How did you respond? Did your belief change? #Essays 800-1200 words Email in my bio for @YourTeenMag
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“We’re on Day 58 of the strike, with no idea of how much longer this will stretch on. I admit it: I’m terrified and exhausted. I also have never believed in our mission more.” from olivia mcgiff at @hcpunion
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I really love my job. As a book cover designer, I get to read unseen manuscripts and create art to swaddle them in, a visual blanket in which to usher them into the light of day. Working for a majo…
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I'm watching @ParentTestABC and find it so interesting -- but it doesn't exactly apply to me. Parents out there who have kids 18+ living at home (like I do), how do YOU parent your grownup kids? Do you have rules in place for them? My main one is open communication. What's yours?
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#journorequest @YourTeenMag is eager for original articles and essays about styling teen hair. Time and investment in hair, cultural significance, and societal pushback all tell a story. What's yours? 900-1500 words. Submissions at yourteenmag dot com #parenting #teens #hairstyle
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I just wrote an article about whether a dentist will know if your teen #vapes
https://t.co/TwYmgqXUe5 and now I'd like to hear from parents who have a teen that's vaping. How are you handling it? Send me a personal essay ~750 words. Email in my bio. #journorequest #parenting
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Can the dentist tell if you vape? What's the relationship between vaping and teeth? Find out this and more.
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Have you struggled with your #mentalhealth while you're #parenting #teenagers? Tell me a story about something revelatory that happened. Provide some hope, if you can, for families like yours. ~750 word #essays. Email in my bio. #journorequest
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It was snowing here today and that got me thinking about driving in inclement weather. Slip and slide, hydroplane, skid, recover. Send @YourTeenMag your personal #essays about teaching your teens safe driving techniques. ~750 words. Email in my bio. #parenting #journorequests
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I'm eager for solo #parenting #essays about raising tweens and teens @YourTeenMag and want them ASAP. ~800 words, pays $75 upon publication. Please write "Submission: LAST NAME, Essay Title" in the subject line. Email in my bio. #parentingstruggles #journorequest 2/2
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#CallForSubmissions #parenting #Essays Send me your personal stories of solo parenting. Are you a parent widowed or abandoned, or whose partner has gone missing? Are you a grandparent, uncle, auntie, older sibling, or non-relation suddenly responsible for a tween or teen? 1/
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#journorequest inspired by this tweet. Did you ever change your parenting strategy? Why? How did it work out? What did you learn from the experience? Send your ~750 word #essays to @YourTeenMag Email in my bio. #callforsubmissions
I am SO tired of battling my kids over every. single. thing I ask them to do (brush teeth, hair, eat their breakfast, wear a coat, etc) that I decided to just stop. Now I ask them once and when they fight me I just say okay, do whatever you think is best. They are so freaked out
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#CallForSubmissions #Essays Do you have a #parenting story about your teen / tween and their phone? 700-900 words, $75 upon publication. Email in my bio. #journorequest
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#parenting #journorequest #essays Did you ever mail your college kid a care package? Were they homesick or sick sick? Stressed from exams? Or was it just because? Tell me what prompted sending, what items you chose, and why. ~750 words pays $75 upon pub. Email in my bio.
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