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When I was a teenager, I kept a journal. I wrote in it a lot. I sometimes worried about my parents reading it, so I hid it—in various places, to...
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Last week our little town had a kerfuffle (although some would say it was much more than a kerfuffle). Here’s what I’ve been able to piece together. (Please recall that...
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Sigh. I’ve been so anxious for my kids to get older, I forgot to enjoy what I’m now realizing was the sweet spot. The sweet spot occurs between the years...
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My oldest daughter is almost 15. She is not dating yet, but it’s on the not-too-distant horizon. Because Facebook makes teenagers’ lives so visible and public, I feel like I...
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Where is the line between serving your family and loosing yourself in it?
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When my kids were younger, I naively fantasized about how great it would be once they got out of daycare and into school. We’d suddenly have so much more disposable...
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I have a 14-year-old daughter, so I have many opportunities to think about teens, texting, and Facebook. We got her a cell phone between 6th and 7th grade. She had...
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Did you have a birds-and-the-bees talk when you were a kid? Mine occurred in fourth grade the night before they showed the puberty video at school. My dad came up...
