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How can we normalize “failing” for our teens? Is there a way for these “failing” teens to feel something other than complete defeat, shame, or humiliation for doing something that every successful ...

My teens are driving me crazy and I don’t even feel like I need to start that sentence with an, “I love my teens but,…” they are just driving me nuts, period. My teens have habits that drive me crazy.

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New Year’s Eve is upon us and as I walk around the stores buying things for my kiddos, the fancy heels and dresses always catch my eye. I think about how it might be fun to pick something shiny and ...

Gifts have been opened, wrapping paper discarded and order restored (well, not really) but maybe soon. Now is the time to pick up great deals on the items you wanted but didn’t get. We are a ...

Every December since becoming a parent I have vowed to do better. I promised to spend more time playing on the floor with my kids. I swore I would volunteer at school more regularly. I pledged to be ...

When my oldest daughter left for college, I was prepared to say goodbye. I had read several pieces of advice from seasoned parents about the significance of the drop-off day, and I had my speech ...

December brings talk of college football playoffs and the start of basketball season. The Thanksgiving holiday might have included a visit home from your college student, and that can be a terrific ...

Laura Hanby Hudgens is a part-time high school teacher and a freelance writer living with her husband and children in the Arkansas Ozarks. Her work has appeared in The Huffington Post, The Washington ...

Whether it happens over fall break, Thanksgiving weekend, or winter vacation, your college student will be returning home — a place that is familiar and often a place of refuge where they can let go ...