teens

  It’s inevitable. No matter how great of a parent you are, as soon as your child hits the teen years they strive for independence and begin to pull away. …

From the moment I laid eyes on you, I fell in love. We didn’t know one another very well… I wasn’t certain if you would have dark wavy hair like …

This Post: Middle School Stepping Out of the Shadow of a Mean Girl Written By: Nancy Reynolds   The weeks leading up to my oldest daughter’s first day of middle …

Written By: The Raising Teens Today Community   Yesterday morning I found myself standing in my driveway in my robe and slippers (holding a very large hot cup of coffee) …

This post: 10 Things Every Parent Should Do When Their Kid Becomes a Teenager / Post updated 2025 As the mother of three teenagers, I’ve come to realize two very …

I got the dreaded call last week… My daughter, who’s a freshman in college, called to tell me she was sick – she had a sore throat, swollen glands, a …

  Updated: November 2018 The most important thing to understand as a parent is that not all vaping is created equal. If you don’t know the difference between an e-cigarette, …

Main image photography credit: David Dewitt @cozycoffee If your teen spends nearly every waking hour on their cell phone checking social media sites, watching videos, playing games and texting their …