By Amy Keyes Mine Are the Old Kids On The Block Now
Last summer, we hit the jackpot with two new sets of amazing neighbors. Young families with the cutest kids, breathing the…
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I Wasn’t Built for Raising Teens but I Was Made to Be Their Mom
When my kids were little, I was always looking to the next phase—when I’m done nursing, when they sleep through…
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By Charissa Bates Please Be Kind To Teenage Workers
“Thanks for being kind to me,” a teenager tells me at the fast food restaurant window as he hands me…
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By Krystal Sieben The World is Different and So are Our Kids
It’s a sunny Tuesday afternoon, I pull up to the yellow curb and hear the flag jangling against the pole.…
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By Jennifer Kennedy Senior Year Feels Like the Last Chapter of Your Favorite Book
The start of your child’s senior year in high school feels like you’re about to begin the last chapter of…
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By Megan Hollinger I’m Happy He Loves College, But I Miss Him
We dropped our firstborn son off at college two weeks ago. It may as well have been two years ago…
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A Boy Can Grow Up in the Blink of an Eye
This summer, every morning at 6:45 am sharp, my youngest son corralled me out the door so that he would…
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When You Live with a Teen and a Tween
I live with a tween and a teen. The last of their baby canines and molars are falling out faster…
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By Laura Childers My Teen Is Ready to Move Out and I Have to Let Him Go
Kids grow up and move out. But while some people might look forward to an empty nest, I am not…
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By Jenny Albers No One Really Prepares You for Parenting a Teenager
Sometime during my first pregnancy, my doctor handed me a folder containing a wealth of information. In it was a…
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Dear Daughter, The Mirror Doesn’t Reflect the Beauty I See in You
I knew this was coming. From the very first moment the doctor said, "It's a girl!" I knew I'd have…
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All These Years Have Flown By
Today as I walked up my driveway with the daily stack of college flyers that never stop coming, I had…
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