It's Tween Tuesday time. Here's Liz Atwood: 

Spring is here and to me it feels like a mad dash to the end of the school year. There are concerts, field days, class trips and parties in the coming weeks. All of these school social events present a minefield for the parents of tweens. It is so easy to say or do the wrong thing and end up embarrassing our thin-skinned kids. Even celebrities are not immune. Reese Witherspoon told Parents magazine that she embarrasses her 9-year-old daughter sometimes.

So far, my boys still tolerate my presence. My older tween asked me to go with him on a field trip. The younger one still likes me to walk him in to school.

How about you? Do your tweens still like to have you around in public places?

Photo: Reese Witherspoon at the premiere of Dreamworks' "Monsters Vs. Aliens." AP photo by Dan Steinberg