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To the Mom of Teens: One Day They’ll Come Back To You

Motherhood, Teen
August 23, 2022
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By Raiyah Hurt

To the Mom of Teens: One Day They’ll Come Back To You

Mamas of teenagers: you’ll be “cool” again soon, I promise. To young children, it doesn’t get cooler than your mom.…

A Mother Transitions From Living For Her Kids, To Living With Them

Kids, Motherhood, Teen, Tween
May 1, 2022
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By Lacy Jungman

A Mother Transitions From Living For Her Kids, To Living With Them

There’s a pivotal point in our lives as mothers when we realize we are no longer living for our children,…

Raising Teens is Easy, As Long As You Do All of These Things

Motherhood, Teen
November 8, 2021
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By Whitney Fleming

Raising Teens is Easy, As Long As You Do All of These Things

Editor's Note: *This is a tongue-in-cheek post about raising teens because this is hard I have no idea why people…

Sometimes Good Teens Just Make Bad Decisions

Motherhood, Teen, Tween
January 22, 2021
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By Whitney Fleming

Sometimes Good Teens Just Make Bad Decisions

There's a reason parents of big kids shut down when their kids hit the teenage years. There's a reason moms…

Dear Daddy, Your Little Girl Still Needs You in Her Teen Years

Fatherhood
November 16, 2020
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By Ali Flynn

Dear Daddy, Your Little Girl Still Needs You in Her Teen Years

Dear Daddy, Your blessings are bountiful. From the first moment of breath, the very beginning, you have been her daddy.…

Dear Teen Sometimes I Still Wonder: Was I a Good Enough Mom?

Motherhood, Teen, Tween
October 6, 2020
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By Nicole Pilgrim

Dear Teen Sometimes I Still Wonder: Was I a Good Enough Mom?

It always felt like we had so much time ahead of us. Plenty of time to teach them all they…

I Wish Someone Would Have Told Me Raising a Teen Was This Hard—And This Beautiful

Motherhood, Teen
June 24, 2020
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By Whitney Fleming

I Wish Someone Would Have Told Me Raising a Teen Was This Hard—And This Beautiful

I wish someone would have told me what raising a teenager was like. I wish someone told me there would…

Father and Daughter Duo Dress Up to Bring Smiles to Neighbors in Quarantine

Fatherhood, Tough Times
April 13, 2020
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By Jelise Ballon

Father and Daughter Duo Dress Up to Bring Smiles to Neighbors in Quarantine

One father and his teenage daughter are bringing smiles and laughter to their Roanoke, Virginia neighborhood by dressing up in…

The Secret to Parenting Teens? Listen and Repeat.

Motherhood, Teen
February 15, 2020
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By Mikala Albertson

The Secret to Parenting Teens? Listen and Repeat.

Of all the parenting hacks you’ll ever hear, this one is the most important. "LISTEN AND REPEAT." I didn’t make…

My Grandmother Didn’t Get to See How She Saved My Life

Tough Times
February 4, 2020
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By Clint Edwards

My Grandmother Didn’t Get to See How She Saved My Life

When I was 14, I packed my things and left. I was fighting a lot with my mother, and my…

As a Mom of Teens, My Job is to Idle Nearby

Motherhood, Teen
September 15, 2019
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By Whitney Fleming

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…

Grown Children, Motherhood, Teen
November 5, 2018
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By Catherine Gentry

The Mental Load of Mothering a Teen

“Kids are messy.” I remember my mother telling me that, long ago when I was pregnant with my first daughter, and…