By Jennifer Vail Dear Teenage Son, I’ll Never Stop Hugging You
I knew the day was coming. Almost every mother of a son I know eventually becomes dwarfed by her baby…
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By Katy Gibbins 7 Things Your Middle School Daughter Needs To Hear From You
Most people only do middle school once. I’m sitting happily in year 15. I spent three years of my young…
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By Angela Williams Glenn All That’s Been Lost Feels Even Bigger To Kids
When you’re a kid everything in life seems so much bigger. They don’t grasp yet how incredibly small everything is…
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By Whitney Fleming Big Kids Need Christmas Magic Now More Than Ever
We drove through a holiday lights display event the other night. I texted my friend to let her know it…
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By Melanie Forstall It’s Not My Job As a Parent To Make Life Easy
I recently saw a young teen publicly thank his parents on social media. It wasn’t a generic, thanks for all…
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By Jenny Rapson Even When You’re My Age, You’ll Still Be My Baby
Yesterday, I sat at my dining room table across from my 16-year-old, watching him wrap a Christmas present. I indulged…
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By Amber Palmer Regret Aims To Steal the Joy of Motherhood
There is one thing I know for sure about motherhood. When my kids are out of the house and on…
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To The Mom of a Teen Boy, You’re (Still) the One He Needs
People prepared me well to parent babies and toddlers. There were lots of books, advice, and frequent check-ins. I couldn’t…
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By Andrea Hope Dear Son, At the 50 Yard Line
You are about to turn nine. That puts you about halfway to the age at which you will leave home…
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Please Don’t Forget the Mothers of Big Kids
Sometimes scrolling social media feels like I’m upstream in an oversaturated sea of moms with young children without a paddle.…
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Dear Daughter, You’ll Never Forget Your First Love
Dear daughter, I hope your first real love writes you letters. I'm talking real, handwritten, spills-his-guts letters. I hope you…
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By Jen Smith Treasure the Lasts Just As Much as the Firsts, Mama
"Mom, can we wake up early tomorrow so you can curl my hair before school?" The night before her first day…
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