Being a parent at any stage in life is not easy – especially when you are parenting children who are on the cusp of adulthood. That undescribed, awkward and terrifying place between not quite being an adult, yet no longer being a child. The time when life is both full…
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Goodbye Helicopter Parenting, Hello Mothership Parenting
“Mothership, I have returned!” Those were the words my 17 year-old wise-cracking son uttered as he strode through the door after returning from an outing with his friends. “Mothership”? Seriously? I wasn’t quite sure what to think about Matt’s new nickname or why he bestowed yet another endearing term…