10 Awesome Audiobooks to Listen to With Your Teens
OK, friends. It’s time to dig deep. We’re in this for the long haul and now it’s time to have a plan on how you’re going to…
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I’m Not Letting My Teens Sleep All Day
I keep seeing posts from parents discussing how their teenagers are staying up all night and sleeping all day while not in school. And if that is…
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9 Things to Do With Bored Teens Beyond Board Games
Quarantining is starting to get a little old for a lot of us, and there’s no end in sight right now. As parents of teens and tweens who are…
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You Are the Number One Influencer of Your Teen’s Faith
I have been a youth pastor for nearly 40 years. This means I have discipled teens from the 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, and this current decade. And I will…
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As a Mom of Teens, I’m Making the Most of Being Forced to Slow Down
I don’t get to see my teenagers much during normal life. If my daughters need to be at school early, and if I’m lucky enough that they…
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Dear Son as You Walk Away
To my son, you’ll never know I cried today as you walked away. Today is your 16th birthday. From the day you were born and even before that, I…
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As a Middle School Mom, I’m on the Sidelines—Ready and Waiting
My oldest son is about to turn 13, and while it’s harder to find common ground with him during this phase of life, we have one huge thing in…
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Watching Your Child Struggle With Mental Illness is Pure Agony
I wish my son had a stomach virus. That’s all I could think of as we sat in the waiting room of the ER watching a toddler run around with a vomit…
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He’s Almost a Man But My Son Still Needs Me
Sometimes my teenager’s 6ft-tall stature and deep voice and shadow of a mustache and size 13 shoes trick me into thinking he might not need me so…
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Here’s to Us, Middle-Aged Moms Just Trying to Keep Up
Do you ever feel like the rotting avocado on your counter? There it is. So promisingly fresh. So deceptively OK. Until it’s taco Tuesday and what…
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