By Her View From Home It Hurts Seeing My Kid as a B-List Friend
Kids everywhere are celebrating, or will be celebrating soon. They will be playing outside, enjoying warm summer days, bike rides…
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By Jessica Scott In Praise of Career and Technical Schools
An open letter to our local career and technical school, as well as all of our students who attend them:…
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As a Mom of Teens, I’m Rounding the Corner on An Empty Nest
I’m reaching the age where friends are becoming empty nesters. I see their heartfelt posts about leaving their youngest child…
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Should Your Teen have a Part-Time Job?
In our extremely busy home, the suggestion that our teen daughter do something “extra” evokes a cacophony of responses. This…
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Ohio Teen Dies after Trying Viral TikTok Benadryl Challenge: What Parents Need to Know
The "Benadryl Challenge" on TikTok is making the rounds again—and it's a deadly trend. The social media challenge first surfaced…
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By Susan Lambert Where Has My Little Boy Gone?
He towered over me, right there in the middle of the kitchen while I was making dinner. I looked up…
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By Michelle Hurst They Leave Us in Little Pieces Long before 18
Recently, someone asked me as the mom of a senior about to graduate, “How are you preparing to let go?”…
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By Kayci Villarreal Dear Daughter, It’s Okay If You Hate Me Right Now
Dear daughter: I've heard it from you a thousand times when you don't get your way. You yell it when…
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By Elizabeth Ascik To My Son at 12
My son, you are 12 years old. You are a young boy in the last days before you become a…
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By Amy Martin I Look at My Teen Son and See All of Our Yesterdays
Looking at my 13-year-old in the car today, I saw what’s become the norm lately. Blonde, alpaca-like hair hanging in…
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By Krystal Sieben Middle School Kids Are Actually Pretty Great
I taught middle school during COVID . . . sounds scary, I know. Much of the year was online, and…
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Middle School Me Would be Prescribed Diet Pills Today and It Makes Me Feel Sick
In middle school, I once opened a letter from the school addressed to my parents. These envelopes usually contained progress…
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