What Your Mother Wants You to Know as You Begin High School
Dear high school freshmen, As you walk into high school on the first day of school, I want you to…
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By Angela Williams Glenn I Knew You’d Grow Up, But I Underestimated How Hard It Would Be to Let Go
I thought five hit me hard. You were going off to kindergarten that year. Each day you became a little…
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Playing Youth Sports Is Important But It’s Not Everything
I recently had coffee with a good friend who I don’t get to see very often. During our hour of…
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By Heather McGuire 6 Ways to Fill Your Empty Nest with Adventure
As we’re ushering our daughters into the pseudo-adulthood of college, I’m a bubbling cauldron of emotions. Our oldest is finishing…
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When Your Kids Are No Longer Little
My kids are heading into middle school and high school in the fall. We are all in on the tween…
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By Nickey J Dunn Parenting the Teen in the Passenger Seat
I sat at the bus stop the other day, waiting for my freshman son to come home from school. As…
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By Stephanie Kramm Today He’s 12 and I Still Have Time
I had this dream. The kind of dream that only mothers have. He was three years older than the age…
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By Lauren Elizabeth Miller I’ve Got Toddlers and Teens and I’m Exhausted In Every Way
I have four kids, so I have felt many levels of exhaustion over the past 13 years since becoming a…
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By Tacie Kerr My Son’s Dream Died Today So a Piece of Mine Did Too
My son’s dream died today. And with that phone call, a piece of me died too. I was at the…
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By Amy Martin Teens with Bad Attitudes Can Have Good Hearts
There’s a scene in the movie Almost Famous where a writer is staring out the window of a bus contemplating…
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By Sarah Nichols Sometimes All You Can Do Is Move the Furniture
I didn’t realize I was a person who struggled with change until I became a parent. I enter each new…
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A Parent’s Guide to Understanding Words Like “Meh” and Other Teen Lingo
Language never stops evolving. And the dictionary never stops expanding. This powerful tool called communication is one we rely on…
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