Just Wait, It Gets Even Better
Just wait, young moms. Just wait until your babies and toddlers and preschoolers and young children grow up and turn into teenagers and young adults.…
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Teen Anxiety and Depression Live Here With Us
Anxiety and depression are quarantined with me. They’ve lived in my home for several years. But now. This pandemic. This virus. This new world of…
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Our Kids Will Remember the Ones Who Kept the World Turning When Life Stopped
They’ll never say, “I’m glad my last orchestra concert was a Zoom meeting instead.” They’ll never say, “A car…
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Siblings Can Be Vastly Different—And Equally Wonderful
Charles Dickens’ words certainly resonated with me this year during last year’s surge of graduations. My oldest son graduated with a BFA…
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Why I Let My Teens Drink Coffee
At age seven, my family moved into a dairy-farm house built in the early 1900s. And, while the house still oozed a certain turn-of-the-century charm,…
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I’ve Never Been Prouder of My Teens Than I Am Right Now
“This town really needs to get a grip on the teenagers who do whatever they want,” the post said. Thank you, Next Door app, for ruining…
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Dear Kids, Someday You’ll Need to Know Exactly What You’re Learning Right Now
Dear kids, Someday you’ll need to know exactly what you’re learning right now. I’m not talking about math or spelling or reading,…
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Commencement Address To the Class of 2020
“If we open a quarrel between past and present, we shall find that we have lost the future.” -Winston Churchill Through no fault of your…
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Here’s To the Kids Missing the Little Things
Here’s to the kids who were supposed to get their braces off after two long years, and now have to wait a few more months. Here’s to the…
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Dear Big Kids, I’m Grateful For This Time But I Wish We Could Go Back To Normal
Dear big kids, I love having you home. But I wish you didn’t have to be here. I wish you could be where you thought you’d be or where you want to…
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