Is your teen spending too much time on social media?
Many teens love to scroll endlessly on social media. And hey, I can’t blame them — so do I. The pretty pictures, the life updates from friends, the pop culture …
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Unravelling the mysteries of bad teenage diets
When we transitioned my kid to baby food, everyone told me, “Give her the peas before the peaches. If you give them fruit first, they’ll never eat the veggies.” I …
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How to cope when your teenager leaves home
“One minute I’m crying because he is leaving, and the next minute I’m crying because he doesn’t go for two more weeks.” Kerry said, soon before her eldest son left …
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Mistakes I Made That I Hope My Kids Won’t Repeat
As I watch my kids getting ready to embark on new adventures—one heading to college, the other to high school—I’m being flooded with memories of my own life, and once …
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I Can (ex)Change
If you follow my articles closely, you might notice I sometimes refer to my “kids” and other times refer to my “kid.” So, full disclosure: I have one full-blood daughter. …
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Why Your Teen Should Get a Job
As someone who comes from a solidly blue-collar family, working as a teen wasn’t just encouraged, it was expected. There was no extra money for things like prom dresses or …
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20 Hilarious (& Truthful) Tweets About Parenting a Teen
When every mom and dad who congratulated me on my pregnancy and then later my beautiful infants/toddlers warned, “just wait until they become teens,” I always wondered how bad could …
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Can Anyone Tell Me How to Get My 13-Year-Old to Clean Up?
Here’s just a small smattering of the little treats I find around the house on a daily basis: • A plate containing half a pancake. Precisely half a pancake, carefully …
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We Get Along Great, But We’re Boring the Crap Out of Each Other
It’s not me, it’s them. Who’s them? My family! We’re spending a lot of time together thanks to the whole social distancing, global pandemic, nobody-knows-what’s-safe-thing happening in the world, and …
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How I Realized I’ve Been Standing in My Grown Children’s Way
The Mysteries Only Mom Can Solve The oldest of my three children just had his last first day of school. Along with the obligatory pictures, I couldn’t help feeling a …
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