To My Grown Kids, These Are My Promises to You
If I could have known what was to come when you were little, I would have written this then. But…
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When Should You Give Your Child a Phone? Here’s What Works for Us.
“Everyone in my grade has a phone. When can I get one?” We started hearing this question on the regular,…
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By Denise Pollicella A Kid With a Dream Doesn’t Always Need a Plan B
After trying every after-school activity, from soccer to t-ball to tennis, my daughter, Carina, found her passion at 11 years…
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By Vicki Bahr Aidan’s Dog-Walking Business Got One Customer—And It Was Exactly the Right One
My grandson, Aidan, turned 13 a couple of months ago and is very excited to be an eighth grader, the…
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Even When My Teenager Pushes Me Away, I’ll Be Here
When my daughter was little, maybe two or three, she had this way of showing her anger we couldn’t quite…
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By Christine Koehring “Mom, You’re Always My Number One”
I walked into the amusement park with my son, ready for a day of proving myself as a cool mom.…
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By Melissa Kulp Frankenfield While I Was Raising Her, the Lord Was Raising Me
I should remember the doctor’s name, but I don’t. It was such an ordeal. 18 hours of labor sort of…
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I’ll Never Be Ready for the Last Baseball Game
You never know how quickly it will end until you’re sitting in the stands at the final baseball game of…
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By Her View From Home The Cap and Gown are Ready…but Am I?
The cap and gown are hanging in the hall, and suddenly, everything feels like a “last.” The last packed lunch.…
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By Chandni Bansal Adolescence Is Teaching Us Both To Take Our Time
She’s a lot. She’s been a lot of everything since the time she was born. She was an emergency caesarean,…
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Dear Junior Moms, Get Ready for the Year of Letting Go
Light shone down from a cyan sky as we parked the car in the college admissions lot. It was a…
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I’m Not the Mom I Thought I Would Be, but I Am the Mom They Needed
Way before I had kids, I knew what kind of mom I wanted to be. I envisioned a perfectly clean…
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