As a Mom of Teens, My Job is to Idle Nearby
I wash the dinner pots and pans quietly as I look over at my twin daughters who are high school…
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I wash the dinner pots and pans quietly as I look over at my twin daughters who are high school…
Continue ReadingIf you are the parent of a teenager, you have most likely heard about teens' rampant use of vaping. Kids…
Continue ReadingI think it was about the age my son turned 10 there became new boundaries: too big for cuddles, tickling…
Continue ReadingDear daughter, Be the girl who reaches behind and pulls the next person up to where you are at in…
Continue ReadingMy grandma smoked her first cigarette when she was 11. Seriously. That sounds shocking to us now, of course. It…
Continue ReadingParents, can I ask a favor? Can we stop pushing the goalposts back for our kids? Can we stop changing…
Continue ReadingIf you are the parent of a teenager, you've probably lectured them a few times about how hard the real…
Continue Reading“My stomach is full of butterflies!” “I feel like I could puke!” “Eeekkk, I’m so nervous!!” “This is scary!” Those…
Continue ReadingI don't have any boys. My house is about as estrogen-charged as one can get with three teenage daughters living…
Continue ReadingYou don't need me for a lot of things, but you're not done needing me yet. You're becoming a man-child…
Continue ReadingI was there the first time you belly laughed. You found something uproariously funny and as that laugh bubbled up…
Continue ReadingThey will say no most of the time. When you ask them to watch a movie on a Friday night.…
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