When Parenting a Thirteen Year Old, The Struggle Is Real

I can feel the heat rising in my neck as I log onto my daughter’s email account because I’m afraid at what I might see.

Less than a year ago, I had no reason to check her email. She had a phone and always knew I ‘could’ check it if I wanted to but mostly I only checked it on occasion, just in case. I think teenagers need space and I promised her I wouldn’t intrude unless I thought I needed to.

Lately I’ve thought I needed to more than I wish. She started hanging out with a new friend. A frien...