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I can remember when I received a bag of hand-me-downs from a friend whose little girl had outgrown her size…
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I can remember when I received a bag of hand-me-downs from a friend whose little girl had outgrown her size…
Continue ReadingRecently, I watched from the side as my husband nagged my daughter about putting on more cold-weather gear before soccer…
Continue ReadingTo the mother whispering through gritted teeth to her teenage daughter in the checkout line at Costco . . .…
Continue ReadingIf you are the parent of a teenager, you've probably lectured them a few times about how hard the real…
Continue ReadingI have an adult child. My oldest son walked across the stage a few months ago and received his high…
Continue ReadingI was there the first time you belly laughed. You found something uproariously funny and as that laugh bubbled up…
Continue ReadingThey will say no most of the time. When you ask them to watch a movie on a Friday night.…
Continue ReadingDear daughter, You are now 16, and the long-awaited time has come for you to get your driver’s license. I…
Continue ReadingI look at you, son, standing eye to eye, and I want to say I can’t believe you’re turning 13…
Continue ReadingI remember you all too well. I remember the cheerleader, the girl who couldn’t wait for the winter formal, and…
Continue ReadingParenting teens is hard. But not really in the ways they tell you. The hard stuff isn't the eye-rolling, back-talk,…
Continue ReadingTo my teenager, I’m sorry. I’m sorry for what I said this morning. I’m sorry for the way I said…
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