Lisa Endlich's Blog, page 191
June 16, 2020
This Is 14 and It Isn’t Pretty, But You Are Definitely Not Alone as a Parent
My friend sat with her hands between her head. “It’s not supposed to be like this,” she said. “All she does is make TikTok videos, she won’t go anywhere with me, and she argues with everything I say. I could say the sun is yellow and she would crucify me for it.” I agreed with…
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Please Parents, I Beg You to Share This With Your Teen Drivers
My son asked if he could go out for a ride last week. All this stay-at-home time was getting to him, he’d handed in all of his work and cleaned his room like I asked. Aside from working, he hasn’t had a social life in over three months. I didn’t think going for a drive…
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I Learned Everything I Need To Know About Being a Grandparent Watching the Best
If one day I get the chance to be a grandparent, my first order of business will be to imitate some of the best in the business. I’ve learned the ways of great grandparenting from my parents and my husband’s parents, from mom friends who are ahead of me in the game, and from older…
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June 15, 2020
This Prom Dress Is Unlike Anything You’ve Ever Seen
We have all been trying to do our best to get through this season of uncertainty and change. But some of us have risen to that challenge in unbelievably creative ways. For the past four months, Peyton Manker, a high school senior, has been working on a duct tape dress to compete in a contest…
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June 14, 2020
Your Teen May Need Face Masks for School This Fall: Here Are Popular Options
Mask wearing is strongly encouraged in some places and mandatory in others. The CDC has said that the use of face masks can slow the spread of the virus. They have given us guidelines on how to wear masks, how to wash them, and the 5 features a cloth mask should have. 5 things to look…
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June 13, 2020
How to Decorate Your Entire Dorm Room at Target (2020)
Target has always been a one-stop shop for all things college. This year, college may mean your teen lives in a dorm, an apartment, or even studies from home while taking classes remotely. Here are the most-popular Target dorm essentials purchased by Grown and Flown parents. New Target dorm merchandise launches on 6/16 and HERE…
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June 12, 2020
What Parents Told Us About Their Teen’s Remote Learning Experience [Survey Results]
With the close of the spring semester 2020, we wondered how the parents in the Grown and Flown Parents Group felt about their students’ experiences with online-learning. We thought it was important to gauge parent and student satisfaction with remote learning because the upcoming semester looms and the jury is still out on what will…
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June 9, 2020
My Son Didn’t Think He Was Ready for College; Now He Knows He Is
A senior year is full of lasts. As my son started his, I told myself that I was going to absorb all the lasts this year like sunshine warming my face. I would shed some tears, but I didn’t want to grieve time passing. I wanted to celebrate the person my son has become. I thought…
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My Teens Won’t Return To School In the Fall if We Have the Option for Online Learning, Instead
I know many parents have had it with online learning and I certainly get that. Many are hoping for a safe place for their kids to learn that is not their bedroom or the dining room table. I am not a good teacher, and when my kids should be doing their school work and aren’t…
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“Love, Mama,” A Letter to My Daughter Before Freshman Year
My daughter left for college last August. This is the letter I gave her during our last family dinner at home. We laughed…we cried…and surprisingly, we let her go. Dear Daughter, Don’t go. Love, Mama A letter to my daughter before freshman year Dear Daughter, No, of course that’s not my message to you. That…
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