Your nine- to twelve-year old no longer requires the constant supervision and care that a younger child needs, but isn't yet pushing too hard for the freedoms yearned for by teenagers. Happily or ominously, the signs of approaching adolescence are unmistakably there. Issues addressed in The Preteen Years include freedom and responsibility (living with rules; leaving your child at home alone or to babysit); your preteen's social life (peer pressure,...