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Keep Loving Your Teen Even When It Hurts

Motherhood, Teen
September 19, 2023
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By Madeleine Rogin

Keep Loving Your Teen Even When It Hurts

When I was 16, my social living teacher at Berkeley High School had us write letters to ourselves. She told…

Motherhood, Teen, Tween
September 17, 2023
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By Amy Keyes

When the Hugs Disappear, I Won’t

There is a time that lives in my heart that feels like it’s straight out of a Star Wars intro.…

Grown Children, Kids, Motherhood, Teen
September 17, 2023
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By Tracy Gerhardt-Cooper

I Am a Mother Evolving

Those who mean well squawk the refrain— “The days are long, but the years are short.” They said I would…

Motherhood, Teen
September 16, 2023
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2 Minute Read

By Leslie Means

15 Is Everything

She used to wear cat shirts and mismatched socks and silly pants. But this is 15. Now she’s up early…

As a Nurse, This Is How I Prepared My Daughter for Her First Period

Kids, Motherhood, Teen, Tween
September 15, 2023
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By Amelie Dobie

As a Nurse, This Is How I Prepared My Daughter for Her First Period

I don't remember my first period, which means my mother had me well prepared. This doesn't mean I was okay…

Motherhood, Tween
September 14, 2023
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By Jennifer Pers

He’s 12 but He’s Still Mine

My son is now 12. No longer little, not yet grown. It’s so hard to imagine that he’s soon becoming…

The Mental Load of Mothering Teens and Tweens Is Exhausting

Motherhood, Teen, Tween
September 12, 2023
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By Carolyn Moore

The Mental Load of Mothering Teens and Tweens Is Exhausting

We stand together silently in the short line at 7:58 a.m. Next to me, my almost-teenage son scuffles his feet…

I’ll Always Be the One Who Loved Them First

Faith, Motherhood, Teen
September 11, 2023
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By Cari Resnick

I’ll Always Be the One Who Loved Them First

I’m no longer the last person he says goodnight to. That’s a hard pill to swallow. Here we are, just…

Your Kids Look For You on the Sidelines—Do Everything You Can to Be There

Kids, Motherhood
September 6, 2023
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By Angela Williams Glenn

Your Kids Look For You on the Sidelines—Do Everything You Can to Be There

After putting in a full busy week, with countless other parents, we flocked to the sidelines to cheer our little…

Grown Children, Motherhood, Teen
September 5, 2023
1.3K Views
4 Minute Read

By Stephanie Janney

Does She Know How Much I Love Her?

I wasn’t prepared for this time in our life together. I wasn’t given enough warning on how I would be…

21 Things I Want My Teen To Know about High School

Motherhood, Teen
August 31, 2023
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6 Minute Read

By Kristin May

21 Things I Want My Teen To Know about High School

A new chapter begins. High school. I know you are feeling a mix of nervousness and excitement. High school is…

I’ll Make Time for My Tweens as Long as They Need Me

Motherhood, Teen, Tween
August 31, 2023
766 Views
3 Minute Read

By Dena Wentz

I’ll Make Time for My Tweens as Long as They Need Me

I’m at this stage of parenting. You know, the one when I hardly catch their faces in photos anymore but…

teens

Keep Loving Your Teen Even When It Hurts

When the Hugs Disappear, I Won’t

I Am a Mother Evolving

15 Is Everything

As a Nurse, This Is How I Prepared My Daughter for Her First Period

He’s 12 but He’s Still Mine

The Mental Load of Mothering Teens and Tweens Is Exhausting

I’ll Always Be the One Who Loved Them First

Your Kids Look For You on the Sidelines—Do Everything You Can to Be There

Does She Know How Much I Love Her?

21 Things I Want My Teen To Know about High School

I’ll Make Time for My Tweens as Long as They Need Me

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