I am chasing a dream, a dream that is bigger than I am qualified for. When the dream of becoming a writer was placed on my heart over three years ago, I put my lifelong learner qualities into action of reading and writing on a daily basis. Through a crazy social media connection, I am blogging for CapitalMOM.
I am a planner. I know what our family is having for supper for the next seven days, what I am buying for Christmas gifts, where we are going on vacation the first week of June and what laundry I will do each day of the week.
If you have a junior in high school, it’s time to start seriously thinking about colleges. Yes, I’m serious. It isn’t like it used to be when we parents were younger and started thinking about what colleges we were interested in around Christmas time of our senior year.
I’m the grandmother of four teenage grandchildren. I’m having a wonderful time watching them explore the ins and outs of high school and college. I feel I still have a great connection with them as I try to keep myself “hip and very with it.”
Recently, I’ve noticed my girls being more and more annoyed (and even sympathetic) for teens who seem to always overshare online, mostly through Twitter and Instagram.
My two teenagers recently received postcards in the mail from our bank. The cards offered special checking accounts with a $50 bonus and trendy debit card designs. Yikes. I still like to keep track of my kids’ Christmas gift checks, and I can’t imagine them carrying around their own checkbooks or debit cards.
About a year ago, my freshman daughter told me that a friend of hers (who happened to be a boy) had invited her over to his house on a Saturday night along with a handful of other freshmen kids to “hang out.”
Just when I’ve convinced myself I’m a real hip grandma — you know — one who listens to modern music, watches all kinds of current movies, works out at the “Y” to stay in shape, I find that I’m just another senior citizen lacking in all social media skills.
As I daydreamed about my kids being completely financially independent, I remembered they are also full-time students. As much as I rant about the importance of grades and activities, working too many hours a week would definitely take away from study time.
Learning to drive is a rite of passage. At some point, everyone takes a turn. I remember the joy of turning 16 and getting my first real driver’s license. It meant that I could officially take our two-tone brown 1976 Granada down to McDonalds for a Coke all by myself.
Christmas was such a fun time when my three kids were little tykes. We did so many wonderful things together as a family during the Christmas season. Watching “A Charlie Brown Christmas” on television, frosting cookies and driving around looking at Christmas lights were favorites.
It’s fall. To some, this season may mean turning leaves, apples and pumpkins. But to a high school girl it means Homecoming, a dress and a dance. To me, a mom of a high school freshman and sophomore, it means grab my wallet and grit my teeth.
Ask a teenager who Taylor Swift’s latest beau is and she can probably answer in a heartbeat, including where they were last photographed in public. Teens can also tell you who the latest YouTube sensation is, when the next Hunger Games movie comes out and who is Denver’s starting quarterback.
I recently read a Facebook post with advice for a mom whose youngest child was starting high school.
School is out for the summer and it’s time to hit the pool and enjoy time with friends. Summer is an exciting time for kids and teens, but it can also be a time where temptation for trouble runs higher, like exploring alcohol and drugs.
When I was young, I was taught to be careful with what I said because my words could come back to haunt me. Today, we have to teach our kids to be mindful of what they type because that can affect their whole future.
TBH your haircut is totes swag. If you have no idea what that sentence means, don’t beat yourself up — it is just everyday teenage lingo. Every generation has its own quirky language.
Times are a-changin’! It is to be expected. Our kids are growing up in a different world than we did. Sometimes that is a good thing … sometimes I’m not so sure. Check out this list and see what you think!
Whoever invented texting should be arrested. Maybe that is a bit extreme, but I can guarantee that he or she didn’t have teenagers.
I met my husband Matt after college while we were both living in Kansas City. During our 16 years of marriage, we have moved to Lincoln and been blessed with three children– Paige (13), Abby (12), and Ben (9). I work part-time as a freelance writer and editor, and full-time as a mom.
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