My 12-year-old niece accused me of “thinking you’re better than everyone else” just because I didn’t laugh at one of her many riddle jokes at the Christmas table. Then my 15-year-old Allison...

My 14-year-old middle schooler is an active member on the school swim team, a proud cadet with the Civil Air Patrol, and she recently made Honor Roll at school. Sounds...

Let’s face it, the tween years can be tricky. Besides the physical changes of puberty, tweens are establishing their sense of self and who they are as individuals. The pressure of peers and the media influences can make...

  I have dreaded and feared this momenThis week, my daughter and I went shopping for her first bra.   Taking your daughter to buy a bra is one of the first “womanly” experiences a...