What Parents Should Do When Their Teen Lies
My young teenage daughter fibbed to me the other day. It wasn’t a whopper, but it was one in an…
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If You Choose Not to Find Joy in Raising a Teenager, You Will Have Less Joy But the Same Amount of Teenager
Jack and I picked a crisp day to plop ourselves down on the ground in the front yard and plant…
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The Teenage Years Will Break You
The teenage years will break you. It will test your resolve, your patience, your parenting choices. It will make you…
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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…
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The Truth About Parents of Teens is We’re All Faking it
So here’s the thing about parenting teenagers. It sort of makes us into liars. Like when someone asks how our…
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Dear Teenage Daughter, Listen For God’s Voice in Your Life
Thirteen years ago, I gave birth to an old soul. We refer to our middle child as Grandma Lily. She’s…
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Being a Teen is Hard Enough—Go Ahead and Take the Easy Road Once in Awhile
My freshman daughter came home from school yesterday and let me know that her teacher pulled her aside. “She wants…
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No One Told Me Having Teenagers Would Be So Much Fun
I stopped at the neighborhood grocery store for my quick mid-week stock-up. You know, just the essentials to get us…
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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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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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