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I’m the Mom Who Wants My Teens’ Friends to Come to Me With Anything

My son doesn’t want his friends to come over to our house these days. Apparently his mother embarrasses him so badly he can’t bear it. I guess walking around my own home happily asking my son and his friends if they want cookies and seeing what kind of toppings they want on their pizza is…

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Mama, You Say You’ll Miss Me But I’m Going to Miss You, Too

We’ve all seen a mom (or twenty) of a senior crying at their child’s graduation, their child’s last sporting/music/theatre event, their child’s first day of senior year, and every other last that comes with graduating. My mom has already warned me, as I head into my senior year, that she plans on being “one of…

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What I Want My Teen to Know After They Screw Up

To my child on the heels of your stupid decision, I love you. I love you more than anything. Yes, I am going to start our serious conversation with those three words, because those are the three words which relay to you the notion that you are cared about and that you are important; something…

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Am I The Only Mom Whose Son Pulls Away When He Has A Girlfriend?

My son had his official first girlfriend in 9th grade. After weeks of feeling hurt and puzzled about why he was barely talking to me, why he pulled away when I tried to hug him, and why he told me to stop calling him “babe,” I learned (from my daughter) that he had a girlfriend.…

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The 8 Best Backpacks for College Kids and Teens

Every student needs a good backpack and every parent needs their teen to have a backpack that keeps them organized and that will be durable. We asked our Grown and Flown community for their favorites and here are the most popular backpacks for teens and college students.  Best Backpacks for College or High School Note: We are a…

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Is My Family’s Vacation Destination or Teen’s College Town Safe? New Tool Shows Covid Risk by County

As parents ponder taking their teens back to college or traveling this summer as a family, the risk of Covid-19 by geography becomes paramount. Is the college town in a safer area? Is the beach community high risk? We no longer need to speculate. A Harvard University collaborative launched a new tool today that parents…

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Four Simple Words and Life Is Forever Changed

I entered my daughter’s kitchen wearing her Victoria Secret’s Christmas night shirt with the words OPEN ME embalmed in gold scribbled across my chest. My hair pointed in all directions and dried drool crusted white remained on the side of my mouth. My husband followed mostly dressed, with the exception of his pants, which he…

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Class of 2021: What 315 College Admissions Deans are Looking for This Year

For the high school seniors of the Class of 2021 and their parents, “uncertainty” has been the theme when it comes to the impending college admissions process.  “I have a lot of concerns about what the holistic review process will look like for the Class of 2021,” said Claudine Olsen, the mother of a rising…

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My Summer Mantra Remains the Same: Have Fun, Be Safe, I Love You

Before my kids got on the school bus each morning, I would say  Have fun, be safe, I love you. As they made their way to college and beyond, I sent them off with those same words Have fun, be safe, I love you. 2020 has been a very scary and uncertain place thus far.…

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16 of the Most Important Things Our Teens Might Not Know, But Should

As parents, we experience many palm-to-face moments when we ask ourselves how is it possible that they don’t know how to do THAT???? Parents often tell us that, they are worried that their teens don’t know how to do the mundane, everyday tasks that seem like second nature to us. 16 items that we need…

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