This is What Happened When I Started Stepping Back From My Teens

A few months ago, my daughter was upstairs in her room and I asked her to come down; we were watching a movie and I wanted her to be with us. She didn’t want to, she needed time alone and I told her I missed her. “We’ve been together so much mom, it’s fine,” she answered.

I did the same thing with my son the following afternoon– my youngest was playing in his room alone and I said, “Jack why don’t you bring your toys downstairs come hang out?” He told me he was too busy.

When I pick up my ki...