Fitting Cows
December 12th, 2024 | by D'Ann Drennan
I’m glad C is confident, but I wish we could raise him somewhere else, in a region where I wouldn’t worry about his safety.
Browsing the "Teenagers!" Category
Talking to Myself
October 25th, 2024 | by Sacha Mardou
Parenting is so different now that my kid is almost 15 years old
The Next Episode
September 17th, 2024 | by Jamie Passaro
I buy a giant black sunhat to protect my aging skin because I saw it on Instagram. My daughters tell me it’s “giving pilgrim.”
The Application
July 30th, 2024 | by Serena Menken
How do I explain, in just a few sentences, our family’s journey into the dark pit of mental illness in a way that you could understand and still believe in my seventeen-year-old daughter’s strength
Better
August 15th, 2023 | by Charise Alexander Adams
She may never fully believe she can depend on me – she has been let down too many times. These things are part of the gulf between us that can never be closed – but it can be bridged
Being a Mom Was Harder than Being a Doula
February 23rd, 2023 | by Sarah Moore
And then there was this big crisis that brought us all to our knees
Mostly Functioning
November 21st, 2022 | by Robin Silbergleid
somehow I have raised a semi-adult person who is EMS-certified and capable of doing a twelve-hour shift on an ambulance but can’t manage to get their used La Croix can into the recycling bin or change their sheets or empty the cat box without being reminded at least sixteen times
Maternal Instincts are Overrated
August 9th, 2022 | by Jane C. Marks
What kind of mom doesn’t notice her kid having partial seizures?
Close Encounters of the Third Base Kind
June 13th, 2022 | by Diana Whitney
We’d already established that he would not take my virginity. Given his chivalry, it was only fair to expect I would do Everything But