By Carolyn Moore I Don’t Know How to Be a Mom of Teens, but I’m Learning
I’m a card-carrying baby person. You know the type—the kind of mom who turns into a cooing heap of melty-hearted…
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By Angela Williams Glenn She’s 13, and I Can Feel Her Slipping Through My Fingers
I feel like here, on the cusp of becoming a teenager, I can feel you slipping through my fingers as…
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I See the Adult You Are Becoming and I Couldn’t Be Prouder
My son took me out for a Coke on Friday. He’s gotten his learner’s permit, so he drove and navigated…
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By Leslie Means The Magic of Christmas Doesn’t Go Away When Your Kids Are Teens—It Just Gets Better
I’ve been told the holiday magic changes as our kids get older. I suppose this is true. “Santa stops visiting,”…
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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…
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By Kirstyn Wegner Recharging is Good For My Mama Soul
My daughter is 13. It’s a tough age for any child, but her situation is complicated by her ever-shifting feelings…
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By Mehr Piracha Lee You See a Teenage Boy, I See My Baby and Every Moment In Between
I’m a mess in this moment, you guys. You’re probably looking at this picture and just seeing a kid walking…
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By Esther Goetz I’m Not Enough For My Teen Daughter, So I’m Grateful For Her Friends
I could see she was holding back tears as she walked down the steps of the school bus and into…
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She’s Trying On Adulthood and I’m Learning To Let Her Go
My husband bought me a dress for our wedding anniversary, which is the first time in 25 years that he…
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By Heather Delaney Having Teenagers is So Much Fun
We are long past getting up with a hungry baby in the middle of the night. We no longer push…
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By Jennifer Blanke Trusting a Teenager Takes Time For a Mama’s Heart
I’m not going to lie, I was completely and utterly unprepared for my teenager’s booming social life. I mean, we…
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By Elizabeth Dardes Dear Teen, Your World Looks Nothing Like We Planned
Dear Daughter, Happy Sweet 16! My sweet girl, you’ve just reached a milestone in the midst of a pandemic and…
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