By Maralee Bradley Hey Tweens and Teens—You Can Trick-or-Treat at My House
When I was a kid, my parents had a definite cutoff age for trick-or-treating. As we entered the middle school…
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Having Babies and Toddlers Is Exhausting—but So, So Sweet
I took the girls to one of our favorite coffee shops last week and all around me were parents of…
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When You’re a Mom of Teens, You Never Pass up a Chance to Spend Time with Them
When your kids are little, nothing rings more true than the saying that the days are long but the years…
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By Kylee Heuer My Kids Are Teens, but I’m Still a Mom—Please Don’t Forget Me
My kids are teenagers, but I’m still a mom. There are no more diapers to change or sippy cups to…
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By Sarah Trombley Now That My Kids Are Older…What’s Next?
There’s one question that every mother has to ask herself. Usually more than once. What’s next? Mothers face that life-altering…
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My Kids Are Older Now, But I’m Still Tired
I just knew once my kids were older I’d have all sorts of time. I’d read books and watch shows…
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By Laura Costea Raising Kids With a Big Age Gap is the Best
“Mom, it says here in the parenting magazine that by five months, babies should be responding when you call their…
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By Lisa Bonnema These Sacred Middle Years
They tell you it flies by. They tell you to savor it. But in the thick of sleepless nights and…
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I’m Getting Used To the Middle Part of Parenting
One night, my husband was out at a meeting. I cleaned up after dinner, started the dishwasher, swept the floor,…
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Our Teens Let Go First
For the adolescents in my nest, everything seems too big. There is no context or perspective, only borderless heartache and…
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They Need Me Less and I Love Them More
In less than two weeks, my oldest son will be a fifth-grader and my youngest son will excitedly enter the…
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By Jennifer Craven I Finally Made it To the Sweet Spot of Motherhood
Guys, I think I made it. Finally made it to that small window of time I’ve heard parents talk about…
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