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Playing Youth Sports Is Important But It’s Not Everything

Motherhood, Teen, Tween
August 17, 2023
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By Dena Wentz

Playing Youth Sports Is Important But It’s Not Everything

I recently had coffee with a good friend who I don’t get to see very often. During our hour of…

Motherhood, Teen, Tween
August 9, 2023
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By Angela Williams Glenn

When Your Kids Are No Longer Little

My kids are heading into middle school and high school in the fall. We are all in on the tween…

Am I Holding On Because It’s Too Hard to Let Go?

Living, Motherhood
August 5, 2023
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By Cari Resnick

Am I Holding On Because It’s Too Hard to Let Go?

A few years ago, I let go of our Mr. Potato Head collection. I asked my boys to play one…

Kids, Motherhood, Teen, Tween
July 31, 2023
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By Stephanie Kramm

Today He’s 12 and I Still Have Time

I had this dream. The kind of dream that only mothers have. He was three years older than the age…

Motherhood, Tween
July 20, 2023
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By Lori Jude

While She’s Still Mine

I touched her hair today. The delicate, fully-formed, angel-baby droplet plucked intentionally off heaven's tree and placed in my belly…

Let Go of Broken Toys and Hang on to the Memories

Motherhood
July 5, 2023
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By Sarah Knutson

Let Go of Broken Toys and Hang on to the Memories

My (almost) 8-year-old daughter came in from tidying the yard and readying it for play to hand me the plastic,…

When Tweens and Teens Want To Talk, Stop Everything and Listen

Motherhood, Teen, Tween
June 16, 2023
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By Erin Leigh

When Tweens and Teens Want To Talk, Stop Everything and Listen

On Friday evenings, my husband and I usually have a date night at home. We put the children to bed,…

Listen to Their Endless Chatter Now So They’ll Talk to You as Tweens and Teens

Child, Kids, Motherhood, Tween
June 14, 2023
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By Sarah Trombley

Listen to Their Endless Chatter Now So They’ll Talk to You as Tweens and Teens

I’m a talker. I’m a spill-the-beans, over-sharing, rambling on about my latest fascination chatterbox. I love words, and so do…

Dear Tween, I Will Try To Remember You Little

Kids, Motherhood, Tween
June 8, 2023
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By Monica Stoltzfus

Dear Tween, I Will Try To Remember You Little

When I hold you, I will try to remember your tiny arms and tiny legs wrapped securely around me. When…

My Tween Is Gaining Independence but He Still Needs Me

Motherhood, Tween
May 7, 2023
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4 Minute Read

By Kelly Bakshi

My Tween Is Gaining Independence but He Still Needs Me

When my tween son asked to go to sleep away camp, I supported his decision and his quest for independence,…

Motherhood, Teen, Tween
May 6, 2023
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By Manndi Maphies

Someday the House Will Be Quiet

Another quiet Saturday morning. The week flew by in a haze of kids’ sports practices, basketball games, last-minute grocery store…

Motherhood, Teen, Tween
April 11, 2023
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By Karri Theis

Dear Daughter, Don’t Rush

Dear daughter, Don't rush. You were born in a brightly lit room, surrounded by a flurry of activity. You were…

tweens

Playing Youth Sports Is Important But It’s Not Everything

When Your Kids Are No Longer Little

Am I Holding On Because It’s Too Hard to Let Go?

Today He’s 12 and I Still Have Time

While She’s Still Mine

Let Go of Broken Toys and Hang on to the Memories

When Tweens and Teens Want To Talk, Stop Everything and Listen

Listen to Their Endless Chatter Now So They’ll Talk to You as Tweens and Teens

Dear Tween, I Will Try To Remember You Little

My Tween Is Gaining Independence but He Still Needs Me

Someday the House Will Be Quiet

Dear Daughter, Don’t Rush

Get It Now

So God Made a Mother