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I Didn’t Expect My Son’s Sixteenth Birthday To Hit Me So Hard

October 1, 2019 By Christine 2 Comments

Sixteenth birthday

As the waitress slipped the huge piece of chocolate cake across the table, the candle that she’d added illuminated my son’s teenaged face. With a big smile, he listened as we sang “Happy Birthday” to him and he eagerly tucked into the cake when we were finished. He joked that he’d probably need to order […]

Filed Under: Parenting Is Hard Enough Tagged With: teenagers

The “Golden Girls” Taught Me What I Need To Know About Raising Teens

August 14, 2019 By Christine 1 Comment

Golden Girls

In my house, Saturday night prime time television shows were sacred in our house. My brothers and I would put on our pajamas, make popcorn in the air popper and crowd around on the floor while my parents settled in on the couch. I can still feel my teenaged brothers elbowing me to make room […]

Filed Under: Parenting My Way Tagged With: parenting, teenagers

Five Not So Secret Ways To Convince Your Teen To Communicate

August 4, 2019 By Christine 1 Comment

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It’s an age old trope: teens, by nature, don’t communicate and it’s impossible to get them to open up once they turn 13. You hear rumors from other moms that raising a teen means accepting that he or she will clam up for the entirety their teenage years.  When my kids approached their teen years, I […]

Filed Under: Parenting Is Hard Enough Tagged With: teenagers

I’m Just Going To Say It: High School Was Better (and Easier) in the 90s.

July 16, 2019 By Christine 5 Comments

high school

On my way to my bedroom late one night, I saw the familiar sliver of light coming from my son’s room. Burning the midnight oil again, I thought. When I cracked the door open, I found him hunched over his computer, eyes bloodshot and tired, furiously typing on the keyboard. I ruffled his curls and told […]

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My Teen Is Dating And I’m Pretty Sure I’m Embarrassing AF

June 9, 2019 By Christine Leave a Comment

Embarrassing

I knew this day would come but I didn’t think it would happen so fast. It seems like just yesterday my little boy was sitting next to me, in overalls and holding a Thomas train, gazing at me with love and affection. The day he promised to marry me made my heart sink because I […]

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The Day I Realized I Was Too Strict With My Teens Hit Me Hard

May 19, 2019 By Christine 3 Comments

As I dug around in my purse, looking for my keys, I yelled, “Let’s go! We are going to be late!” at the kitchen ceiling. Trying to herd two teenagers out the door to a doctor’s appointment on a day off from school is no easy task. I waited for the familiar sound of stomping […]

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I Parent My Teens Through The Lens of Grieving. And It Sucks.

March 24, 2019 By Christine 1 Comment

Grieving

My teenaged son walked in the door from school and I caught a glimpse of my father. It was fleeting, lasting only milliseconds, but for a tiny moment in time, I could see the way my father’s features had melded with my son’s. And, as it happens during those moments, my heart broke a little […]

Filed Under: Losing My Dad Tagged With: grief, teenagers, teens

The Day I Realized My Teen Daughter Had a Voice (and A Mind) of Her Own

January 27, 2019 By Christine 5 Comments

Teenaged daughter has a voice.

She was the baby who almost wasn’t. When I was seventeen weeks pregnant with her, I was in a devastating head on car accident. The relief my husband and I felt when we saw her heartbeat, wild and strong, at the hospital where I was treated was palpable. Our girl was a fighter. She came […]

Filed Under: Parenting Is Hard Enough Tagged With: badass, teenagers

I Can’t Remember A Time When My Teen Didn’t Wear A Hoodie

January 20, 2019 By Christine 1 Comment

Hoodie sweatshirt

To live with a teenager means you are familiar with the esteem in which they hold their hooded sweatshirts. Just take a walk down any crowded high school hallway and you’ll find that pretty much every teen is wearing some version of a hoodie. In fact, they wear them all day, every day. The fires […]

Filed Under: Parenting My Way Tagged With: teenagers

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