Children Growing Up

From Pram to Prom, A Father Looks Back And Gasps

Jim Higley | Posted 05.04.2012

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Jim Higley

In the proverbial blink of an eye, 18 years had zoomed by since I stood gazing at this unfamiliar object in the hospital nursery. That little seven-pound bundle grew up. Nicely.

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Letting Go Of My Son, And Getting Him Back Again

Lisa Belkin | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: Raising Adult Children, Parentry, 21st Birthday, Adult Children, Kids 21 Birthday, St. Patrick's Day Birthday, Kids Growing Up, Parenting, Children Growing Up, Child's Birthday, Parents News
Lisa Belkin

The 21st birthday that seemed impossibly distant back then is now here -- and with its arrival comes my realization that I have been planning for it before you and I had even met.

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The Loneliness of Living Long Enough to Be Lonely

Lorraine Devon Wilke | Posted 10.15.2011

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Lorraine Devon Wilke

I remember the moment I truly understood my mother, a woman I couldn't understand for the life of me ... I saw her loneliness that day. I saw it because, for the first time, I felt glimmers of it in my own life.

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Learning to Parent a Young Adult

Susan Stiffelman | Posted 11.17.2011

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Susan Stiffelman

We don't hear enough about how magical it is to watch that tiny being blossom into the extraordinary person that was curled up inside, waiting to unfold in all its glory.

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