I Am the Mom of a Senior and I’m Savoring This Time
I am the mom of a senior in high school. I have read articles that tell me that as a mom of a senior, we should be grieving over lost events such as…
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You Are the Number One Influencer of Your Teen’s Faith
I have been a youth pastor for nearly 40 years. This means I have discipled teens from the 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, and this current decade. And I will…
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Dear Son as You Walk Away
To my son, you’ll never know I cried today as you walked away. Today is your 16th birthday. From the day you were born and even before that, I…
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90s Movies to Watch With Your Tweens & Teens (Because What Else Are You Going to Do?!)
Well, friends, it looks like we are all hunkered down for a while and need to start some serious brainstorming about how we’re going to pass…
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As a Middle School Mom, I’m on the Sidelines—Ready and Waiting
My oldest son is about to turn 13, and while it’s harder to find common ground with him during this phase of life, we have one huge thing in…
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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 ongoing saga of lies that we’ve dealt with over…
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Nothing Feels As Good As When Our Teens Come Back to Us
A couple of weeks ago, my son mentioned to my husband that he most likely would not be coming home for his college spring break. He had so many…
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Watching Your Child Struggle With Mental Illness is Pure Agony
I wish my son had a stomach virus. That’s all I could think of as we sat in the waiting room of the ER watching a toddler run around with a vomit…
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Teacher’s Crazy Viral TikTok is What We All Need Right Now
Brandon Holeman is an 8th grade teacher, which makes him a definite candidate for “hero” in my eyes any darn day of the week (seriously, I do NOT…
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He’s Almost a Man But My Son Still Needs Me
Sometimes my teenager’s 6ft-tall stature and deep voice and shadow of a mustache and size 13 shoes trick me into thinking he might not need me so…
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