Your Tween Still Needs You—in Different Ways
Parenting looks different as kids age. The love is the same, but it manifests differently. Parenting a middle schooler can be difficult. There are so…
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I’m So Proud of the Young Man You’re Becoming, My Son
That first day of kindergarten feels like a million years ago when I think of all that you’ve learned since then. And yet to my mama heart it feels…
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He’s a Boy For Just a Little While Longer
A boy sits across the table from me. He is about half-grown, he just recently reached double digits. He looks at me and I see his daddy. He laughs…
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This Middle Part of Childhood Is Just As Good
Hey kids, I love where you’re at right now. Like, right this moment. No, it’s not because both of you are tucked in bed, the sweetness of sleep…
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I Bought Deodorant For My Preteen and Now I’m the One Who’s Sweating
Yes, I should’ve seen . . . or smelled it coming. On a recent shoe shopping adventure, we stood in the aisle and I wondered who I could give a…
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Dear Daughter As You Move On To Middle School
There are a few things I want to share with my daughter about the strangely awesome rollercoaster ride she’s about to take called middle…
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You’ll Be a Teenager Soon, But Today You’re Still My Baby
“I think she is growing up, and so begins to dream dreams, and have hopes and fears and fidgets, without knowing why or being able to explain…
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This is 11
I watch her as she sits on the back porch, laughing with her friends. She pushes her long, dark hair behind her ear and talks excitedly. She smiles…
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Speak Your Mind—And Other Fierce Principles I Want My Preteen Daughter to Embrace
She is quietly fierce, intensely independent, and passionate about her beliefs, but a soft-hearted caregiver who is loyal to the end. My girl. My…
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Why I Will Never Read My Daughter’s Texts
“You’re going to read her texts, right?” other mothers asked, when I bought my daughter Molly a cell phone in fourth grade. I thought back to…
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