For a time, I tutored Middle School students and volunteered as a youth leader for the Middle School ministry at my church while I was in high school. I have been a teenage girl and I will have two teenage girls in a few years. From what my friends who have teenagers tell me (as well as my own mother and father) I should prepare now!
ALL SAHMs have been female teens at one point. We all have that awkward and challenging time in common. We also can relate to living the life of motherhood with all of its challenges.
When parenting through the teen years, there are important points to note:
Keep that in mind. The teen years are not a time for lack of supervision. There is a need to be balanced in allowing a teen to have some freedom while still maintaining a watchful eye.

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