Kids Never Outgrow Your Love
It’s 3 a.m. and I’m exhausted but I just can’t sleep. I hung up with my college son about 15…
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5 Ways To Connect With Your Kids Right Now
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Dr. Laura Berman Fights For Social Media Change After Teen Son’s Overdose Death
My heart broke for OWN TV host Dr. Laura Berman when she lost her 16-year-old son Sammy in February. In…
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Having Teenagers is So Much Fun
We are long past getting up with a hungry baby in the middle of the night. We no longer push…
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34 Expectations For Teen Boys That Will Grow Them Into Good Men
I have been a youth pastor for nearly 40 years. This means I have discipled teens from the 1980s, 1990s,…
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Nothing Prepares You For Your Teen’s First Heartbreak
We’ve been here before, I’ve wiped those tear-streaked cheeks multiple times throughout your childhood years and was able to give…
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Those Were the Days—But So Are These
Fingers splayed wide, he placed both palms on the microwave door, which he used as a wall for his standing…
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I Teach Middle School—And These Kids Are Great
I teach middle school. I know all the current slang, but I can’t pull it off. I know the names…
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What Matters in the End is How They Were Loved
If your child isn’t the star athlete with a college scholarship, they’ll be OK. If your child isn’t in the…
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Senior Year is Not a Parenting Final
It's that season again when my social media feed fills with coming-of-age articles like, “Top 10 Things Your Teen Needs…
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The Truth About Parenting Teenagers is it Involves a Lot of Hurt
The truth about parenting teenagers, for me at least, is it involves a lot of hurt. Hurt feelings because the…
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Dear Teen, Keep Making Hard Decisions
Friends, we had to have "the talk." I had to break the news. It happened like this: One of my…
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Dear Teen As I Let You Go
Right now you’re hard. You bury yourself away. I know it’s mostly to escape your siblings. It feels like you’re…
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