Live in Virginia? Your Teen Could Be Thrown In Jail for Trick-or-Treating
Last night at dinner, my three daughters talked about what they would dress up as for Halloween. One was going to use her cat costume from last year,…
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Our Babies Grow When We Aren’t Looking
I was going to sit with the baby this morning but the laundry was piled sky high. I placed her in the play pen to watch me fold the towels. I looked…
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Dear Daughter, Hide These Truths in Your Heart as You Become a Woman
I was typing at my computer from the back porch when the sounds of giggles interrupted my thoughts. I looked up to see my daughter jumping on the…
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There’s No Tired Like Mom Tired
My alarm used to go off Monday through Friday at 3:15 a.m. I’d drive the few miles to the TV station where I worked, in the dark of a city…
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I Want to do More Than Just Survive my Teenager
I saw a post on social media the other day that showed a picture of a coffee mug. The mug read, “Teenage daughter survivor.” It was a…
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This North Dakota Homecoming Queen is Capturing Hearts Everywhere
When Paula and Kevin Burckard’s third child was born, she arrived with a little something extra the North Dakota couple never saw coming. …
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Why I Got a Tattoo With My Teenage Daughters
“We should get a tattoo, Mom.” I laughed. I knew it was just my younger daughter, Sarah’s way of getting herself a tattoo—to go along with…
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A Bad Teen Can Become a Good Man
Many of us have heard our child’s grandparents knowingly chuckle as they speak of payback. How it is our turn now . . . Recently, my…
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Parenting is About the Breaths We Take
“OK, now exhale,” the young doctor matter-of-factly stated as I felt the cool metal enter my spine. The nurse laid me down gently and then…
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Why This Teacher Says There’s No Place For Zeros in Today’s Classroom
Recently, an Orlando middle school teacher went viral for posting her goodbye letter to students in dramatic fashion on a whiteboard. She says she…
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