When life gets boring, what’s a mom to do? Once the diapers and bathing and coddling and teaching of baby tricks is gone, what’s left for maternal entertainment? Embarrassing your tweens, that’s what! To help you along, we share 10 no-fail tips for mortifying your soon-to-be teen. Let us know if you think of any more good ones. We’re always looking for ideas!

ABOUT MOMFAZE: Toronto freelance writer/editor Randi Chapnik Myers and social communicator Mara Shapiro blog for momfaze, a no-holds-barred site for parents of teens and tweens. Randi, who also writes for Today’s Parent, More magazine and the Globe & Mail, is proud to be an expert carpooler, a reluctant chef, and a hockey mom at StixandPux. Mara, a Community Manager for Our Kids Media and book reviewer on Be Nice or Leave Thanks, has a hard time wiping the smile off her face while trying to perfect the art of saying No to her three teenagers.

Follow them at www.momfaze.com and on Twitter @momfaze as they stalk their kids online and live to write about it.

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