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What happens when your young adult child is ready to leave home and you haven’t taught him everything he needs to know yet? Probably not the catastrophes you’re imagining. Heather…

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Growing Our Relationships With Our Adult Children: Why I Treasure the Gift of Time

Posted on May 10, 2021May 14, 2021
Robin Dance

As our kids age, our relationship with them enters a new phase. They’re growing up, perhaps moving out, and their need for us is taking on a different shape. Here’s…

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Kid's room with wooden chair and red rocking horse

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Weeping Over Bunk Beds and Legos: Why Watching Kids Grow Up Makes Us Nostalgic

Posted on April 29, 2021August 18, 2021
Tresta Payne

Parenting teens can be bittersweet. We get to watch our kids grow up into the amazing young adults they’re becoming, but there’s also a sense of grief as we mourn…

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