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Mom to School Age

The real-life stories of raising school-age kids as told by the moms who lived them. Get tips on making parenting easier, and read what no one tells you about parenting school-age kids.

Mom to Teens

Real mom stories and practical parenting tips for raising teenagers. Midlife Mom features real advice and honest family stories to support you in dealing with teenage behavior and development.

Mom to Tweens

Midlife Mom shares parenting strategies from moms who know what raising a tween is really like. Lessons learned from parenting tweens and how to navigate the difficult tween years.

The baby and toddler years were tough, but the next years are next level. Midlife Mom shares honest mom stories about parenting elementary school children. This is real parenting support for moms of elementary school kids and real-life motherhood stories.

Car pool: Vital time to connect with your tween

Saralyn Ward -
The weekly ritual of driving car pool was one I assumed I’d come to hate. So imagine my surprise to discover that I actually look forward to car pool days. 

Mom-Chat: How my friends chose our kids names

Jenny Altman -
I learned how my mom friends came up with their kids names. It was interesting to hear from multi cultural moms!

3 Things I learned during the transition to kindergarten

Olivia DeLong -
I thought I was prepared for the transition to Kindergarten, but all the changes took me by surprise. 

5 Life lessons my kid taught me as a toddler

Tonilyn Hornung -
My kid has been my greatest teacher, and continues to be. Here are the 5 things my son taught me when he was a toddler. 

How we became the teenage hangout house (and why you should consider it too)

Amy Morrison -
This mom shares how a simple basement hangout became the neighborhood teen spot, plus the unexpected rewards of hosting constant chaos at home.

How to get your teen ready for college (when she’s not)

Sidonie Goldman -
"How will she manage a budget? Ever since she figured out how to use contactless on her phone, I am 100% sure she’s been under the impression that mobile payments come from some bottomless magical/unicorn cloud fund. As far as she’s concerned, 'budgeting' just means making sure her battery is at least 20%!"-mom of a college bound teen.

10 Mom and Teen-Approved Pimple Patches and Products

Jenny Altman -
One thing your teen will be stealing from you, pimple patches and products. It's not their fault!