By Carole Johnston My Teen’s First Job is a Milestone For Us Both
I bit my lip as I watched my nervous 15-year-old son walk around the outside of the log-cabin-like restaurant, searching…
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By Jenny Rapson New Viral TikTok Challenge Encourages Teens To Post School Vandalism
Because there hasn't really been any news about schools lately (are you picking up my sarcasm??), the teens of TikTok…
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Our Teens Let Go First
For the adolescents in my nest, everything seems too big. There is no context or perspective, only borderless heartache and…
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I’m Not Ready For Her To Grow Up, But She Is
I picked up this baby girl dressed in the pink-and-white-checkered romper with a pink bow on top of her bald…
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By Mehr Piracha Lee You See a Teenage Boy, I See My Baby and Every Moment In Between
I’m a mess in this moment, you guys. You’re probably looking at this picture and just seeing a kid walking…
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By Esther Goetz I’m Not Enough For My Teen Daughter, So I’m Grateful For Her Friends
I could see she was holding back tears as she walked down the steps of the school bus and into…
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By Melissa Neeb You’re Going Off To College and I’m Trying To Let Go
I still smell my son’s head. He is 18 and witty and a homebody and his hair always smells like, well,…
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By Kelsey Scism 14 Feels Like the Beginning of Our Slow Goodbye
My 14-year-old texted me from her break at work, telling me she felt impending doom. You don’t know my daughter,…
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By Kirstyn Wegner Dear Daughter, When You Doubt Yourself
When my daughter was 10, every time I told her she had a beautiful voice, she’d shrug and say, “I…
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By Whitney Fleming She’s Trying On Adulthood and I’m Learning To Let Her Go
My husband bought me a dress for our wedding anniversary, which is the first time in 25 years that he…
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By Jacqueline Miller One Day Your Son Will Be Taller Than You—And You Won’t Be Ready
I read a lot of parenting blogs. And books and magazines. Plus, I follow a ton of writer-moms on social…
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My Teens Are My Favorite
These two teens are my favorite people on the planet. Always were, always will be. I will take them in…
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