Parenting

How I am Being Raised by Teenagers: *the one residing in my home and the many sitting in my office.* one of the greatest honors is to be let into the inner sanctum of a teen's heart. it often takes so much time to build trust, to be permitted to support and hold space for what they may deem the "bad and scary" parts of themselves. they have grown me up (or I should say are growing me up.) the pandemic was hard on our babes. many learned to soothe themselves from the isolation and fear on steady dose of TikTok, a high sugar diet, vaping and other behaviors that cut them off from themselves (as did many full fledged...