By Carole Johnston My Teen’s First Job is a Milestone For Us Both
I bit my lip as I watched my nervous 15-year-old son walk around the outside of the log-cabin-like restaurant, searching…
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By Jenny Rapson New Viral TikTok Challenge Encourages Teens To Post School Vandalism
Because there hasn't really been any news about schools lately (are you picking up my sarcasm??), the teens of TikTok…
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Our Teens Let Go First
For the adolescents in my nest, everything seems too big. There is no context or perspective, only borderless heartache and…
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By Claudia Caramiello It’s Going To Be So Hard To Leave My Baby At College
“You need to stop this,” my mother said one evening when I called her in tears. “Join a book club,”…
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By Melissa Neeb My Teens Are My Favorite
These two teens are my favorite people on the planet. Always were, always will be. I will take them in…
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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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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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By Heather Delaney 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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By Brenda Seefeldt Amodea 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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By Amy Tyson 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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By Renee Robinson 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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By Sarah Whitman 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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