Tag Archive: parenting adolescents

An Unbalanced Nest

I have been a parent for half my life. I will always be a mama. But, the sands are shifting under my feet. I have never liked that feeling. My youngest will be 14 next month.  We are going to his high school orientation tonight. I want to rewind time. I look at photo albums…

Where does the time go?

Having Sweet Pea in the house {she turned 3 months old yesterday} has reminded me how fast our children grown up.  I am the mama of three {four including Miss S.} teenagers!  They have less than a decade, most of them less than half of that, left under my roof.  The thought can paralyze this…

Teen/Tween Thursday- Family Time

This week I would like to expand on a post I wrote earlier in the week.  When parenting teens/tweens quality family time can be difficult.  Our kids don’t necessarily want to spend time with us. Let’s face it: we are not cool (at least to our kids ) This week I recognized the importance of…

March Madness Mama Style

Image via Wikipedia I have never been a big basketball fan- football, yes!  Basketball, not so much. That was before I had kids- boys, to be specific.  My two oldest have been playing some type of sport since they were in kindergarten.  Jason settled on soccer and Jared has settled on basketball. ESPN is on…