By Stephanie Freybler The Kids Get Bigger and Motherhood Only Gets Better
My daughter is 12 and almost as tall as I am. Tonight, she put her head on my shoulder when…
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By Anastasia Smothers Follow Your Heart But Take Your Brain With You: 20 Rules For Healthy Teen Dating
Dear daughter, I’m writing this far in advance of the day you will start dating, but I’m preparing myself for…
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Dear Kids, I’m Going to Miss Some of Your Games…but It’s Not Because I Don’t Want to Be There
When I was involved in extracurricular activities, I would often look in the crowd for my parents and find that…
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By Tyler Jacobson To the Parents of a Struggling Teen, Give it Time
To the mother whispering through gritted teeth to her teenage daughter in the checkout line at Costco . . . …
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By Mande Saitta Dear Daughter, at 16
My daughter turned 16 recently. It was a big one. THE big one. We spent months planning the long-dreamed-for "Sweet…
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By Jacqueline Miller My House is Usually Full of Other People’s Kids—and I Love it
This week, my husband is traveling, which leaves me home with the kids. In my house, that means a revolving…
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By Whitney Fleming Your Teen Will Break Your Heart—But I Promise, You’ll Survive
I've truly enjoyed raising my kids. Sure, it's been exhausting—the laundry, the cooking meals, the shuttling to all the activities—but…
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By Dana Young I’m Embracing Our Almost-Empty Nest
Three men live in my house now. Once there was just one man and two rowdy little boys, but one…
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By Sandra Samoska To My Pre-Teen, I’m Sorry For Judging You
Dear daughter, I need to apologize. I did something to you the other day that I’ve tried to teach you…
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By Briana Bradley Wilson Dear Daughter at 14
Dear daughter at 14, It seems impossible that you are 14 years old. How did we get here so fast?…
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By Kelli Bachara 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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By Tanya Teichroeb To the Mom of an Anxious Teen
These teen years aren’t what you thought they would be, are they? Everyone warned you about the teen years when…
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