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July 6, 2022
5 Universal Truths About Teens ‘Soiling the Nest’ Before They Leave Home
So the soiling of the nest is a real thing. Whereby your newly minted graduate takes a scorched earth approach at home, thereby making it easier for them to leave and assert some independence. Does this sound familiar? I read about this when my eldest was in high school. It’s indeed a weird summer for…
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July 5, 2022
How Becoming a Gramma Helps You ‘See’ Motherhood for the First Time
It’s official. I’ve decided babies — especially grandbabies — are the salve the world needs for healing and transformation. As in looking at them, holding them, and getting lost in their magical presence. Because the way we change the world is by changing ourselves — which happens by divine default around newborns. How becoming a…
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July 3, 2022
Students Don’t Need Rooftop Pools: Why Being Young and Broke in College is a Good Thing
I recently received a mailing from a new apartment complex being constructed near the campus of the college where both of my sons attend. It was a large, shiny (and expensively printed) postcard which featured all the amenities and modern conveniences this new “student focused” living center had, and how my student would find this…
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June 26, 2022
Pottery Barn Teen Dorm: 25 Favorites for College 2022
Pottery Barn Teen has a large selection of items for college students to use in their dorms or apartments. Here are 25 of my dorm room favorites for 2022. They offer free shipping so you can buy and have things shipped straight to your house or your student’s dorm if your purchases total over $99.…
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June 22, 2022
I Hate How Often My Teens Order Out and Eat Out
When I was a kid, we went to McDonald’s as a special treat or as part of a birthday party. We took turns taking pictures next to the life-sized statue of Ronald McDonald and waited weeks to get the grainy, out-of-focus photos back from Kodak. Ok, Boomer. Fast food and eating out were not routine…
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Where Is the Line Between a Teen Quitting and Stopping an Activity?
Following three weeks of practice, the first track meet would run until 8 p.m. That morning, my fourteen-year-old son went to school bleary-eyed after a rough night’s sleep. He texted me toward the end of the school day. I hate trackIt’s rainingI’m tiredIs it too late to quit I frowned at the cold drizzle tapping…
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It’s Graduation Season and Everyone Is Asking, Where Did the Time Go?
It’s graduation season and all over social media mamas and papas in my circle are proudly posting photos of their offspring in their caps and gowns. My oldest completed the first of two graduations and will speak at her high school graduation in just a couple of weeks. And repeatedly the refrain is “where did…
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When Your Teen Stops Telling You Every Detail of Their Life
My son walks in the door from work, and I reach out to him, hugging him as tightly and as long as he’ll let me. It’s not long before he breaks loose and opens the fridge. I ask him how his day was, and I get a grunt. I tell him what’s for dinner and…
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My Daughter Was Sexually Assaulted In High School
Warning: This story contains content about sexual assault and rape. For four years of high school my daughter swam with the young man who sexually assaulted her. At the end of the senior year, he was given the Coaches Award. As a mother, reflecting on this, and so much more, I’m left to ponder “Should…
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June 20, 2022
Here Are The Best 34 Dorm Ideas You’ve Never Thought Of
We asked our Grown and Flown community for their best ideas of dorm supplies and furnishings that their teens used all the time. While you may have covered the shopping basics, here are dorm ideas you might not have ever thought of. They could be game-changers for your college student! Note: We are a reader-supported…
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