As you know, I have four teenagers living under my roof. Two of them are graduating from high school this month. The cost of graduating a child from high school can be measured in the thousands of dollars: books, school fees, homecoming, prom, spring break trips, multiple ACT tests, college application fees, [...]

Last week, something monumental happened in my family. With the celebration of Taylor’s birthday last Monday, we officially became a home with four teenagers living in it. We knew this day would come, but like with any major catastrophe, we just weren’t ready! Michelle and I could feel the wind picking up, [...]

I witnessed a pretty incredible act of courage this week at the middle school that my two youngest children attend. My son, Taylor, wrote a paper on courage where he described what courage is and then gave a couple examples of it. Here’s what he wrote in his final paragraph:
The last example of [...]

“Conflict is unavoidable in any relationship. However, nowhere is conflict more frustrating or magnified than in the relationship between parents and teens.” I wrote these words five years ago before I had any teens in my home, and now that I have three teens under my roof, I have to pat myself on the back. [...]