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Teen, Tween
March 25, 2020
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9 Things to Do With Bored Teens Beyond Board Games

Quarantining is starting to get a little old for a lot of us, and there’s no end in sight right now. As parents of teens and tweens who are…

Motherhood, Teen
March 10, 2020
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What Parents Should Do When Their Teen Lies

My young teenage daughter fibbed to me the other day. It wasn’t a whopper, but it was one in an ongoing saga of lies that we’ve dealt with over…

Teen
March 5, 2020
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Nothing Feels As Good As When Our Teens Come Back to Us

A couple of weeks ago, my son mentioned to my husband that he most likely would not be coming home for his college spring break. He had so many…

Teen
March 4, 2020
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If You Choose Not to Find Joy in Raising a Teenager, You Will Have Less Joy But the Same Amount of Teenager

Jack and I picked a crisp day to plop ourselves down on the ground in the front yard and plant some hyacinths for early spring. I could sense his…

Kids
March 3, 2020
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Youth Sports Parents: Instead of Raising Star Athletes, Let’s Raise Team Players

My daughter just finished her junior year of basketball. Number of varsity minutes played all year: very few. Number of varsity points scored: 0. But…

Kids
February 19, 2020
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The ‘Skull Breaker’ Challenge is Spreading on Social Media—And Kids Are Getting Hurt

A viral challenge called the “Skull Breaker Challenge” that originated on TikTok is landing more and more kids in the hospital with…

Motherhood
February 15, 2020
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Here’s to Us, Middle-Aged Moms Just Trying to Keep Up

Do you ever feel like the rotting avocado on your counter? There it is. So promisingly fresh. So deceptively OK. Until it’s taco Tuesday and what…

Motherhood, Teen
February 15, 2020
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The Secret to Parenting Teens? Listen and Repeat.

Of all the parenting hacks you’ll ever hear, this one is the most important. “LISTEN AND REPEAT.” I didn’t make it up. I read it…

Products We Love, Teen, Tween
February 14, 2020
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12 Books For Navigating the Lonely World of Parenting Tweens and Teens

When I found out I was pregnant and for a few years after, I devoured every parenting book I could find. I liked knowing what was going to happen and…