Parenting teens Archives - Page 2 of 6

So Much of Parenting Teens is Slowly Letting Go

Motherhood, Teen
January 23, 2025
2.0K Views
5 Minute Read

By Michelle Hurst

So Much of Parenting Teens is Slowly Letting Go

I saw an exhausted mom in front of me at Target the other day. Her cart was loaded with diapers…

Grown Children, Motherhood, Teen
January 8, 2025
1.4K Views
5 Minute Read

By Amy Keyes

These Days the Growing Pains Are Mine

When my boys were younger, I always knew when they were hitting a growth spurt. Aches and pains came out…

Repair Is the Hardest, Most Important Work of Parenting Teens

Motherhood, Teen, Tween
December 27, 2024
1.8K Views
5 Minute Read

By Molly Rubesh

Repair Is the Hardest, Most Important Work of Parenting Teens

Dear fellow moms, I messed up . . . again. I messed up again. I’m not perfect, but this time,…

Take it from a 7th Grade Teacher: Your Teen Needs a Break

Motherhood, Teen, Tween
November 21, 2024
2.5K Views
4 Minute Read

By Amy Keyes

Take it from a 7th Grade Teacher: Your Teen Needs a Break

The consensus these days is that school is hard. Like, way harder than it used to be. I spend all…

Faith, Motherhood, Teen, Tween
November 19, 2024
2.9K Views
4 Minute Read

By Jenny Albers

Dear Daughter at 13, You Are Perfect

The day after my 13-year-old daughter asked to use my makeup to cover the splotches of acne dotting her T-zone,…

I Wasn’t Built for Raising Teens but I Was Made to Be Their Mom

Motherhood, Teen
November 15, 2024
1.7K Views
6 Minute Read

By Cari Resnick

I Wasn’t Built for Raising Teens but I Was Made to Be Their Mom

When my kids were little, I was always looking to the next phase—when I’m done nursing, when they sleep through…

Senior Year Feels Like the Last Chapter of Your Favorite Book

Grown Children, Motherhood, Teen
November 1, 2024
2.2K Views
2 Minute Read

By Jennifer Kennedy

Senior Year Feels Like the Last Chapter of Your Favorite Book

The start of your child’s senior year in high school feels like you’re about to begin the last chapter of…

Motherhood, Teen, Tween
August 23, 2024
1.8K Views
5 Minute Read

By Dena Wentz

When You Live with a Teen and a Tween

I live with a tween and a teen. The last of their baby canines and molars are falling out faster…

I’m Praying for My Teenager in These Challenging Years

Faith, Motherhood, Teen
April 21, 2024
2.5K Views
4 Minute Read

By Laura Childers

I’m Praying for My Teenager in These Challenging Years

In my mid-40s, I began to long for a baby. We didn’t get much encouragement from friends and family. My…

Raising a Teenager Is a Long Walk through a Tunnel

Motherhood, Teen
April 2, 2024
3K Views
5 Minute Read

By Debra Caffrey

Raising a Teenager Is a Long Walk through a Tunnel

So much parenting advice asks us to envision bridges as a metaphor for finding the path forward–bridges we need to…

This Time In the Passenger Seat is Precious

Kids, Motherhood, Teen
March 16, 2024
2.6K Views
4 Minute Read

By Kristin May

This Time In the Passenger Seat is Precious

When you’re parenting preteens and teens, it sometimes feels like you are an unpaid Uber driver. It can be a…

Motherhood, Teen, Tween
December 26, 2023
4K Views
4 Minute Read

By Jen Schreiner

God Is There for Middle School Mistakes

No one prepared me for the troubles of having two children going through middle school. I seemed to have forgotten…

Parenting teens

So Much of Parenting Teens is Slowly Letting Go

These Days the Growing Pains Are Mine

Repair Is the Hardest, Most Important Work of Parenting Teens

Take it from a 7th Grade Teacher: Your Teen Needs a Break

Dear Daughter at 13, You Are Perfect

I Wasn’t Built for Raising Teens but I Was Made to Be Their Mom

Senior Year Feels Like the Last Chapter of Your Favorite Book

When You Live with a Teen and a Tween

I’m Praying for My Teenager in These Challenging Years

Raising a Teenager Is a Long Walk through a Tunnel

This Time In the Passenger Seat is Precious

God Is There for Middle School Mistakes

Get It Now

So God Made a Mother