By Chelsi Cacciatore Letting You Go Is Still So Hard
Nothing really prepares you for the day your child leaves the house. Last September, my husband and I moved our…
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Behind Every Smiling Graduate Is a Mother Letting Go
Every year, millions of American families send their children off to their freshman year of college. Their pictures dot our…
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8 Truths for the Graduate Still Figuring It Out
Dear Graduate, I know you’re feeling it all right now. Anticipation, trepidation, and then other times, you don’t know what…
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By Deanna Ryan Soon There Will Be No More Breakfasts To Make
T-minus 44 days until a new beginning- Math has never been my strong suit or my favorite subject, but it…
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By Joanne McHugh I’m Going to Tell You the Things Your Mom Should Have Told You
During my oldest daughter’s freshman year of college, I started being haunted by a recurring dream of an old-fashioned suitcase—one…
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By Cat Borg She’s 13 and Figuring Life Out
We’re in the teen years now. The years that were always way off in the future. Those times that seemed…
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By Charissa Bates One Day I’ll Miss These Drives To and From School
I am at the school for the third or fourth time today. I have honestly lost track of how many…
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By Chelsea Drown The Little Girl I Knew Is Becoming a Young Woman
I didn’t realize becoming a teenager would be such a huge step in her life. Now, as we approach another…
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I’m Trusting God with My Teenagers
Last week I cried so long and so hard I ended up with a wicked headache. Some days parenting is…
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By Kristin Johnson We Delayed Giving Our Teen a Phone; It Was Worth It
We made a decision early on not to give our kids phones or smart watches when most of their friends…
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By Claudia Caramiello Signs of Myself
All around the house: Size 10 sneakers, oversized hoodies, half-full water bottles, and blunt little hairs all over the sink.…
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By Stephanie Lee My Mom Disappeared, and It’s the Not Knowing that Haunts Me
I was a teenager when my mom disappeared. One day she was there—and then she wasn’t. No warning. No goodbye.…
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