Keep Loving Your Teen Even When It Hurts
When I was 16, my social living teacher at Berkeley High School had us write letters to ourselves. She told…
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By Amy Keyes When the Hugs Disappear, I Won’t
There is a time that lives in my heart that feels like it’s straight out of a Star Wars intro.…
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By Leslie Means 15 Is Everything
She used to wear cat shirts and mismatched socks and silly pants. But this is 15. Now she’s up early…
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By Carolyn Moore The Mental Load of Mothering Teens and Tweens Is Exhausting
We stand together silently in the short line at 7:58 a.m. Next to me, my almost-teenage son scuffles his feet…
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By Stephanie Janney Does She Know How Much I Love Her?
I wasn’t prepared for this time in our life together. I wasn’t given enough warning on how I would be…
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By Nickey J Dunn Parenting the Teen in the Passenger Seat
I sat at the bus stop the other day, waiting for my freshman son to come home from school. As…
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By Amy Martin Teens with Bad Attitudes Can Have Good Hearts
There’s a scene in the movie Almost Famous where a writer is staring out the window of a bus contemplating…
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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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The Dressing Room Requires Patience as the Mom of a Teen
My overstuffed mom purse bumps into elbows and racks as I shepherd another dress into the fitting room. Nothing is…
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By Krystal Sieben God Bless the Teenagers (and Their Parents!) Who Impact Our Young Kids
Lucy wears tall riding boots and a helmet that looks like a bonnet when it’s hot out. Her hair is…
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By Debra Caffrey Dear Son, As You Move on from Middle School
When you were almost two years old, we were driving home from the library and a song that used to…
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By Colin Morris 5 Reasons Not to Cry at Graduation
If you are the mom of a high school senior, you probably have mixed feelings about graduation. All the moms…
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