Nothing Prepares You For Your Teen’s First Heartbreak
We’ve been here before, I’ve wiped those tear-streaked cheeks multiple times throughout your childhood years and was able to give…
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Those Were the Days—But So Are These
Fingers splayed wide, he placed both palms on the microwave door, which he used as a wall for his standing…
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The Truth About Parenting Teenagers is it Involves a Lot of Hurt
The truth about parenting teenagers, for me at least, is it involves a lot of hurt. Hurt feelings because the…
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Dear Teen, Keep Making Hard Decisions
Friends, we had to have "the talk." I had to break the news. It happened like this: One of my…
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Dear Teen As I Let You Go
Right now you’re hard. You bury yourself away. I know it’s mostly to escape your siblings. It feels like you’re…
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Dear Teen, Sometimes I Say the Wrong Thing
Dear teenager, I know I give you a hard time for being on your phone so much. I know you…
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Your Kids Growing Up Doesn’t Mean it’s All Over
Sometimes I think I pretend it’s not happening . . . but it is. My girls are growing up and…
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I Almost Broke My Strong-Willed Child’s Spirit
This one right here. I almost broke her spirit. So alike that we butt heads like two rams fighting for…
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Trusting a Teenager Takes Time For a Mama’s Heart
I’m not going to lie, I was completely and utterly unprepared for my teenager’s booming social life. I mean, we…
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Dear Teen, Your World Looks Nothing Like We Planned
Dear Daughter, Happy Sweet 16! My sweet girl, you’ve just reached a milestone in the midst of a pandemic and…
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What if Our Mother/Daughter Relationship Can’t Weather the Teenage Years?
The grocery store line edges forward and my daughter and I step in synch to the last of the blue…
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The Shift From Teen To Adult Sneaks Up On You
It was such a small moment. I felt silly for getting emotional. But lately, moments like these are beginning to…
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