By Kerith Mickelson You’re Leaving for College Today
Dear Son, You leave for college today, and I don’t want you to leave without telling you some things I…
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By Carolyn Moore Thanks for Loving My Kids When I Can’t be In the Stands
This weekend, our 15-year-old and 12-year-old played two different sports in two different tournaments at two different locations—at the same…
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By Amanda Mefferd 14 Reasons Your Teen Needs a Part-Time Job
Unpopular opinion: Some days, I wish my boys were older. Before you tell me to enjoy the moment, be present,…
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My Love Will Follow You to College
My son is 18 years old—still a teen and yet headed off to a life at college where he won’t…
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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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