We Need to Change the Way We Talk About Our Teenage Girls
I was talking with a group of moms recently when we discussed which of our children, our boys or girls,…
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I was talking with a group of moms recently when we discussed which of our children, our boys or girls,…
Continue ReadingThese teen years aren’t what you thought they would be, are they? Everyone warned you about the teen years when…
Continue ReadingDear teenager of mine, there's something you should know. I'm in it for the long haul. I'm not going to…
Continue Reading“Kids are messy.” I remember my mother telling me that, long ago when I was pregnant with my first daughter, and…
Continue Reading14 is sulking shoulders, guttural sighs, melodramatic eye rolls when you can't tell the difference between Josh Dun and Tyler…
Continue ReadingToday started unusually chaotic and rushed. The kids slept in since they’d been up late all week trying to catch…
Continue ReadingTo my teenagers, Be patient with me as I learn to let you go. I know it’s time. I know…
Continue ReadingDear Teenager: I know how you feel. You may think I do not. I am your mother—a relic from another…
Continue ReadingI'm the mom of teenagers, and I thought I'd be better at this by now. I thought I would learn…
Continue ReadingFrom elementary school to high school, Leslie and I were inseparable. In third grade, we sat in the back of…
Continue ReadingLast night at dinner, my three daughters talked about what they would dress up as for Halloween. One was going…
Continue ReadingI was going to sit with the baby this morning but the laundry was piled sky high. I placed her…
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