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    This blog could also be titled: The Rebellious, Demanding, And Extra Energetic Teen because...   Whenever a child wants something more, different, or larger than you, the parent, are ready for, feel comfortable with, or deem is appropriate, the BIG...

    Being the strange kid during the hour long elementary school bus ride looking for angels wasn’t new to me. After all, I was raised Presbyterian attending a Lutheran grade school, so I often heard about angels from the pulpits for years. While the other...

I can't feel my toes. Blisters coming? Why didn't I wear more comfortable shoes? Wait. These are my comfortable shoes!   Soooo many people here. All different kinds. That woman has tinsel in her hair. How do you get tinsel in one's hair? Spray it in? Throw...

  Today was a good day. It began with a morning yoga class. This particular class's structure was holding poses for three minutes each instead of moving from one pose to another in rapid fashion. Today was: follow the teacher's instructions, shift, adjust, and...

        Lizabeth Jenkins-Dale, M.Ed., aka The Middle School Mom Mentor, writes, speaks, and consults to help parents navigate the sometimes nail-biting and nerve-wracking teen years. After nearly 30 years in education, which includes 10 years...