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How to Survive Being Housebound with Teens during Coronavirus

March 15, 2020 By Katy 4 Comments

How do you survive the coronavirus pandemic with teens? I’m not talking about the virus itself (check out the CDC for real facts), rather being housebound with teens for three weeks.   Yup, my kids, ages 16 and 13, have no school or activities here in Michigan until at least April 6. They don’t have homework [Read More]

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The Christmas Breaking Point

December 17, 2019 By Katy 6 Comments

“Do you think he’ll like it? I’m really worried he won’t’ like it,” my twelve-year-old daughter asked me from the doorway. I jumped from where I was sitting in front of our family computer. I closed down a window where I had been tracking a gift for her. It was shipped late, and wouldn’t make [Read More]

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Give Your Teen the Gift of an Experience This Holiday Season

December 1, 2019 By Katy 4 Comments

Did you watch Gilligan’s Island growing up like I did? Then you’ll remember Thurston Howell the Third and his wife, Lovey. I was channeling my inner Thurston and Lovey last year when I wrote this holiday post below for Your Teen for Parents. That’s because the site wanted a list of experiences that you can [Read More]

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Just Buy the Team Swag, Moms and Dads

November 3, 2019 By Katy 2 Comments

Whew. That’s me wiping my brow now that the fall sports season is over in our house. My son, 16, played water polo for his high school while my daughter, 12, played volleyball for her middle school. Both of them also played ice hockey a bit, too, as that is a sport that seems to [Read More]

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Take a Walk in Detroit

October 20, 2019 By Katy 2 Comments

My family of four took a walking tour of Detroit last month. It was fun and educational. If you come to Detroit, here’s why you should take a walk, too. More than bad headlines Before the Detroit Youth Choir rocked it’s way to 2nd place on America’s Got Talent this year, you didn’t hear many [Read More]

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I’m the Mom Who Doesn’t Want Summer to End

August 18, 2019 By Katy 4 Comments

It’s that time of year. Social media is flooded with pictures of kids going back to school. And usually there is at least one viral picture or video of a mom dancing gleefully or lounging with a cocktail beside the pool while the kids are off to school. I get it, I do. I’m not [Read More]

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10 Things I Loved about Chaperoning the Middle School Trip to Toronto

June 16, 2019 By Katy 4 Comments

Four years ago I chaperoned my son on his middle school trip to Toronto. It was two jolly days filled with boisterous, obnoxious tween boys who lived life to the fullest every moment and never listened to me (also every moment). So it should come as a complete, total surprise that I decided to chaperone [Read More]

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