Tweens & Teens

Our friend Rhonda Bramell let her kids go wild recently to create some suitcases for their upcoming summer camp trips. She found these “camp trunks” in the center aisle at Walmart in Springdale for $20. […]

Parenting tweens and teens can feel a little out of control sometimes. Did we say too much? Are we saying enough? So advice from someone who’s navigated these waters before is helpful. That’s why I […]

Hey, mamas. Whether you have teens or not, this video clip is such an eye-opener. Shannon and I both have 14-year-olds right now, and this video we saw on the Your Teen magazine website made […]

Mamas, we are always on the lookout for great articles and posts that help us navigate the teen years. Shannon and I both have 14-year-olds right now, and my middle kid will be 13 soon, […]

Is this guy “the teen whisperer”? We’re not sure about that, but we really do like some of his videos, which make lot of sense to us. Here’s one about what it means when our […]

Mothers of middle-schoolers are the most depressed? Hmm. In a recent article on the website Aeon, researchers claimed that the most challenging period of mothering (and highest levels of depression can be found) during their […]

Shannon and I both have 14-year-olds now, so we’re reading everything we can get our hands on about teens and how to navigate those tricky waters. If you have a teen girl, you may want […]

Dear t(w)een moms, My teenager recently vented about me on Instagram and I happened to see it. When I looked the next day (I was still trying to figure out how to handle it) she […]