Teenagers

Birds tell us what we need. If only we’d listen. — Father, I wanted to grow rust alongside you but your smooth face didn’t make it far to compare the iron-red beards of greying men. Today, I watched five swallows in a gang swoop on the sea-blue pool for just one sip of water as temperatures climbed into the mountains. Touch…

It’s crazy watching my sweet, young boy develop into an entitled teenager with a foul attitude. Don’t get me wrong; I had my fair share of trial-and-error parenting moments with my oldest. But I was unprepared for my best-behaved child to turn into a moody monster. At one point, everyone…

I started working at 14 years old and continued working on and off into adulthood — I always wanted to work from an early age. I was an overachieving, high-performing student in high school. When I got my first chance to work at the age of 14, I took the chance. …

Ginny Good, Chapter 04, Fifteen Mile on Vimeo Join the web's most supportive community of creators and get high-quality tools for hosting, sharing, and streaming…vimeo.com Donna didn’t think quite so much of herself when I first got to know her. She was a new kid, from a different school. She didn’t live in the same district as the rest of us. No one knew why that was, but we suspected it was something sinister, something…

A formal request to the adults in our lives. — TW: Diet Talk (calories, weight loss) You know how they say the longer you’re in a cult, the harder it is to leave? I see this pretty consistently with adults and diet culture. It’s like there’s a thread between an obsession with weight and anyone alive and conscious in the…

As your child grows into their teenage years, it’s natural for your relationship to evolve and change. Teenagers are navigating the transition from childhood to adulthood, which can be both exciting and challenging for them and for you. However, maintaining a strong bond with your teenager is crucial to help…