By Kirstyn Wegner Recharging is Good For My Mama Soul
My daughter is 13. It’s a tough age for any child, but her situation is complicated by her ever-shifting feelings…
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By Dana Storino I Love Having Teenagers in Our Family
Families, like people, evolve. Nothing stays the same, and I suppose that’s a good thing. It’s nice when change occurs…
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By Rachel Taylor You’ll Miss Them in Your Arms, But You’ll Love Who They Become
For years I was in the trenches of motherhood. My firstborn needed to feel my touch. If he didn't, he…
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Dear Teen, I’m Down To 5 Years Left With You
And then there were five. Five measly years left with you. How could that ever be enough? How could five…
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By Lori Jones Can I Tell You a Secret? The Teen Years Really Aren’t That Bad.
It seemed the moment the pregnancy test showed a positive result, the loads of advice from well-meaning parents appeared as…
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By Carole Johnston My Teen’s First Job is a Milestone For Us Both
I bit my lip as I watched my nervous 15-year-old son walk around the outside of the log-cabin-like restaurant, searching…
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By Kelsey Scism 14 Feels Like the Beginning of Our Slow Goodbye
My 14-year-old texted me from her break at work, telling me she felt impending doom. You don’t know my daughter,…
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By Whitney Fleming She’s Trying On Adulthood and I’m Learning To Let Her Go
My husband bought me a dress for our wedding anniversary, which is the first time in 25 years that he…
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By Melissa Neeb My Teens Are My Favorite
These two teens are my favorite people on the planet. Always were, always will be. I will take them in…
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By Mikala Albertson Parenting Older Kids Can Be Lonely
I’m not sure why no one ever talks about it, but parenting older kids feels lonely sometimes. It’s the weirdest…
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By Jenny Rapson Dr. Laura Berman Fights For Social Media Change After Teen Son’s Overdose Death
My heart broke for OWN TV host Dr. Laura Berman when she lost her 16-year-old son Sammy in February. In…
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By Heather Delaney Having Teenagers is So Much Fun
We are long past getting up with a hungry baby in the middle of the night. We no longer push…
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