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When Teens Are Hard to Love, You Love Them Harder

Faith, Motherhood, Teen
August 3, 2022
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By Her View From Home

When Teens Are Hard to Love, You Love Them Harder

I lay face down on the floor, praying. Praying in the loosest sense of the word. Praying in the Romans…

Motherhood, Teen, Tween
July 28, 2022
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By Manndi Maphies Wilkins

Dear Sons, as You Become Men

Boys, you are currently 12 and almost 10 years of age. This world in which you find yourselves growing up…

Where Is the Instruction Manual for Parenting Grown Children?

Grown Children, Motherhood, Teen
July 17, 2022
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By Abby Chase

Where Is the Instruction Manual for Parenting Grown Children?

You know what’s really hard? Parenting. You know what’s even harder? Parenting a child who isn’t a child anymore. My…

The Little Boy You Knew is Gone, But What Comes Next is Beautiful Too

Motherhood, Teen, Tween
July 8, 2022
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By Mikala Albertson

The Little Boy You Knew is Gone, But What Comes Next is Beautiful Too

Listen, you guys . . . That thing they always warn you about? It happens. The little boy with the…

Faith, Motherhood, Teen
July 1, 2022
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By Heidi Mosher

10 Tips to Banish Teenage FOMO

Do you ever feel like the whole world is having a party—and you weren’t invited Maybe you worry about being…

Motherhood, Teen, Tween
June 24, 2022
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By Christina Zambrano

I Fight For My Child in Prayer

The sound of the screen door slamming shut inches from my face took my breath away. He hesitated for a…

I Don’t Know How to Be a Mom of Teens, but I’m Learning

Motherhood, Teen
June 21, 2022
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By Carolyn Moore

I Don’t Know How to Be a Mom of Teens, but I’m Learning

I’m a card-carrying baby person. You know the type—the kind of mom who turns into a cooing heap of melty-hearted…

My Kids Are Teens, but I’m Still a Mom—Please Don’t Forget Me

Motherhood, Teen
June 17, 2022
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By Kylee Heuer

My Kids Are Teens, but I’m Still a Mom—Please Don’t Forget Me

My kids are teenagers, but I’m still a mom. There are no more diapers to change or sippy cups to…

Motherhood, Teen, Tween
June 13, 2022
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By Gina Smith

I’ll Take Every Hug I Can Get, My Son

As another school year closes, I’m once again struck by an ethereal sense of being punched in the gut. We…

You Don’t Raise Your Babies to Be Little Forever, but I Thought I’d Have More Time

Kids, Motherhood, Teen, Tween
May 24, 2022
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By Kristie Reitz

You Don’t Raise Your Babies to Be Little Forever, but I Thought I’d Have More Time

I can see the yellow blur of the school bus passing in front of my window. Soon my little boy…

To the Emotional Mom of a High School Senior, Enjoy It

Grown Children, Motherhood, Teen
May 18, 2022
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By Kathy Wetsell

To the Emotional Mom of a High School Senior, Enjoy It

Dear moms of high school seniors, I see your posts on social media, and I sense your excitement, mixed with…

A Mom Never Stops Wondering if She Did Enough

Grown Children, Motherhood, Teen
May 13, 2022
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By Sara Sladoje

A Mom Never Stops Wondering if She Did Enough

Two days before my first child left for college, I swallowed tears passing the chocolate milk in the grocery store.…

Teen

When Teens Are Hard to Love, You Love Them Harder

Dear Sons, as You Become Men

Where Is the Instruction Manual for Parenting Grown Children?

The Little Boy You Knew is Gone, But What Comes Next is Beautiful Too

10 Tips to Banish Teenage FOMO

I Fight For My Child in Prayer

I Don’t Know How to Be a Mom of Teens, but I’m Learning

My Kids Are Teens, but I’m Still a Mom—Please Don’t Forget Me

I’ll Take Every Hug I Can Get, My Son

You Don’t Raise Your Babies to Be Little Forever, but I Thought I’d Have More Time

To the Emotional Mom of a High School Senior, Enjoy It

A Mom Never Stops Wondering if She Did Enough

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