teenagers

An Inside Look At What REALLY Goes On In High School

January 4, 2018
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*This post is sponsored by A+E Networks and “Grown and Flown” My two older dudes have collectively been in three different high schools, so I feel pretty experienced at being a high school mom. One of the schools was an all-boys Catholic high school with very strict, rigid rules. Another school was our local public […]

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10 Benefits To Having Teen Boys

May 21, 2013
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Gone are the days when I was chasing my three active boys around the playground, or wiping their chocolatey mouths or their cute, little butts. Although two of my three boys are now teenagers, my house is still chaotic, dirty and noisy with a large dose of testosterone pulsing through it. Still, there are times […]

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Chauffeuring Teenage Boys And Trying To Be The “Cool” Mom

January 13, 2013
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Even though my boys are involved in lots of activities, we don’t do much carpooling because in our town, everything is very close together so we can travel to the baseball fields and basketball courts within minutes. Middle Dude frequently walks home from school with his buddies and Big Dude takes a bus so we […]

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Teaching You To Drive Is Driving Me Crazy

October 26, 2012

My friends over at Grown and Flown have graciously allowed me to reprint a recent post from their wonderful blog.  When I read it, I knew it was a perfect fit for my “Comparing Notes” series, where I feature a story that highlights differences between raising girls and boys.  Below you will read about the […]

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