There is a scene in the movie The Passion of Christ where the Virgin Mary has flashbacks of comforting Jesus at certain points during His childhood. When I first watched the movie, it resonated with ...

My son, now 18, survived most of the last two winters in Toronto, Ontario with a fall jacket, worn with a hoodie underneath on cold days. I offered to take him shopping (in-store or online) for a ...

A few weeks ago, I sat in the high school parking lot yelling at my son. The tears were coming hard and fast. I was filled with hopelessness, rage, and my heart hurt. I was about to tear my hair out; ...

Tonight my heart was crushed as my 17-year old daughter confessed to me she had cried not once but twice to two separate family members while we were together at a family birthday gathering. I was ...

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My son used to play every team sport he could. We were constantly running from activity to activity, and he loved it. He wasn’t afraid to try and do things, even if he wasn’t very good at it — he just ...

I love this page…Grown and Flown. I have been following it for several years, since my oldest was still in high school. He is now 21. Each article I read, I think, I could have written that! Wow. We ...

Raising children involves preparing them for what’s to come. Practicing new routines and discussing unfamiliar and potentially challenging scenarios to reassure teens that the unknown isn’t totally ...

Before sending my kids out of the nest, I want them to understand some basic financial principles that will put them in good stead for life. Here are the financial lessons I want my teens to know ...

College is not for everyone, but earning a great living can be. So often, parents and teens fall prey to the myth that the only way to get a well-paying job is with a college degree, and nothing could ...

College moms and college dads, as your student’s first semester on campus draws to a close, I want to share in a little (admittedly one-sided) discussion with you. Think of it as a gentle heads-up ...

Spoiler alert: there’s a lot of cereal in this pile of gifts from Christmas Past. I loved the leisurely time we spend opening gifts on Christmas morning. (Twenty20 @JulieK) We don’t follow any “gift ...