In Defense of the Teenage Years
I have something to admit—I didn’t thrive in the baby stage. In fact, I often felt like I was drowning.…
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God Will See You Through These Teenage Years
To my son, Today you came home upset. You didn’t want to talk about it, so I gave you a…
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By Laura Childers I’m Praying for My Teenager in These Challenging Years
In my mid-40s, I began to long for a baby. We didn’t get much encouragement from friends and family. My…
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By Amy Keyes These Teenage Years Bring Back Memories of My Own
Last week, I did some spring cleaning in the naive hope that it would help prompt the actual season to…
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By Krystal Sieben The Hardest Teens Sometimes Make the Best Adults
Hi, friends. Former middle school and high school teacher here, checking in. Can I let you in on a little…
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As a Mom of Teens, I’m Rounding the Corner on An Empty Nest
I’m reaching the age where friends are becoming empty nesters. I see their heartfelt posts about leaving their youngest child…
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By Her View From Home When Teens Are Hard to Love, You Love Them Harder
I lay face down on the floor, praying. Praying in the loosest sense of the word. Praying in the Romans…
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10 Tips to Banish Teenage FOMO
Do you ever feel like the whole world is having a party—and you weren’t invited Maybe you worry about being…
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By Lori Jones Can I Tell You a Secret? The Teen Years Really Aren’t That Bad.
It seemed the moment the pregnancy test showed a positive result, the loads of advice from well-meaning parents appeared as…
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By Tanya Teichroeb Dear Parent of a Struggling Teen, Her Smile is Not Gone Forever
Hey, mama with the struggling teen, I want to show you something. See the young woman over there? The one…
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What if Our Mother/Daughter Relationship Can’t Weather the Teenage Years?
The grocery store line edges forward and my daughter and I step in synch to the last of the blue…
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By Kristie Reitz She Needs You To Love Her Through These Difficult Tween Years
My 11-year-old daughter came into my room to show me a selfie she just took of herself. I studied the…
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