• encouragement,  motherhood,  Parenting

    Parenting Your New Graduate

    You have a new graduate, and you’re so proud! Now buckle up, because some of the hardest parenting is just around the corner. This summer will probably have some terse moments, if you still want to enforce a curfew. Your 18-year-old wants none of that, because….he or she is 18. Practically independent, in their sophisticated opinion. This summer may strain or change your relationship.   Before you panic….. God designed it like this. It is painful, yes….but there is purpose to it. The straining is readying you BOTH for the separation that is coming. The ugliness that rears its rebellious head this last summer in your home will prepare you…