By Hannie Chang How I’ve Changed as the Mother of a Teenager
A few months ago at church, two friends asked me how it was going with my daughter, and I didn’t…
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By Whitney Fleming The Secret No One Told Me About the Teenage Years is How Much I’d Love Them
I expected the sighs and the eye-rolls and the closed bedroom doors. After all, I was a teenager once, too,…
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And Then, She’s 15
This is 15. 15 is early mornings at school and late-night studying. 15 is sleeping in any chance she gets…
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By Her View From Home 50 Great Gifts for the Hard-to-Shop-For Tween or Teen Boy
Of all the people on your holiday list, a tween/teen boy could be the hardest. These young men are still…
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By Kara Turner Parenting is Harder Now So I’m Parenting Harder
Being irrelevant to my teenager daughter sounds amusing and inconsequential. Becoming irrelevant is different. It’s heartbreaking. The agonizing process of losing…
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Sometimes All We Can Do is Be There For Our Teens
I slept on my teenage daughter's bedroom floor last night. It wasn't a slumber party. It was just all I…
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She’s 14 and I Already Miss Her
Behold the 14-year-old. Starting to spread her wings. Starting to turn her gaze outward from the walls of this house…
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By Valli Vida Gideons To the Moms of Littles: We’re On the Same Team, Just in Different Seasons
Ok, mommas of littles. As a mother of teens, I want to share something with you. I know it may…
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Don’t Pick Your Battles With Your Teen, Pour Love Instead
Recently, I watched from the side as my husband nagged my daughter about putting on more cold-weather gear before soccer…
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When It Comes To Raising Teens, It’s All Personal
Right before I was married, my mom told me that she read a letter I sent to my college-aged brother…
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By Rachel Gossen All of a Sudden I’m Mothering Men
I was up before the sun again. It is creeping up slower now, as the month is drawing to another…
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As a Mom of Teens, My Job is to Idle Nearby
I wash the dinner pots and pans quietly as I look over at my twin daughters who are high school…
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