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Motherhood
November 8, 2019
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My Nest May Soon Be Empty But I Believe My Life Will Still Be Full

I talked to a neighbor recently who is expecting her first grandchild soon. She excitedly told me about how her daughter was feeling and about the…

Teen
November 7, 2019
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Dear Struggling Teen, Life Gets Better After High School

I grew up in a small town and I still live outside that small town. My high school was not huge, so everyone knew everybody. Everyone knew almost…

Motherhood, Teen
November 1, 2019
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The Secret No One Told Me About the Teenage Years is How Much I’d Love Them

I expected the sighs and the eye-rolls and the closed bedroom doors. After all, I was a teenager once, too, and I remember how I treated my parents.…

Motherhood, Teen, Tween
October 17, 2019
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Parenting is Harder Now So I’m Parenting Harder

Being irrelevant to my teenager daughter sounds amusing and inconsequential. Becoming irrelevant is different. It’s heartbreaking. The…

Teen
October 16, 2019
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Dear Teens: You Need Sleep More Than Your Smartphones

Each school night, somewhere between 8:30 and 9 pm, my three teenagers begrudgingly leave their phones on what I lovingly refer to as my containment…

Motherhood, Teen
October 15, 2019
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Sometimes All We Can Do is Be There For Our Teens

I slept on my teenage daughter’s bedroom floor last night. It wasn’t a slumber party. It was just all I could do. She’d gone to bed…

Gift Guides, Products We Love, Teen, Tween
October 11, 2019
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15 Gifts for Tween and Teen Girls That Won’t Make Them Roll Their Eyes

No one can be as fickle as an adolescent girl, which can make gift-giving tricky. This guide has something for every girl, no matter what she is into…

Friendship, Motherhood, Teen
October 7, 2019
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I Never Knew I Would Be So Lonely Raising Teenagers

I’ve always heard about the loneliness that comes while raising teens. Most days, I don’t understand it. I don’t understand it because my life…

Motherhood, Teen
October 3, 2019
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Don’t Pick Your Battles With Your Teen, Pour Love Instead

Recently, I watched from the side as my husband nagged my daughter about putting on more cold-weather gear before soccer practice. She was frustrated…