12Nov 2023 by Sarah Glenn

The Trials and Tribulations of a Young Mom

Life, Parenting, Relationships, Teens
To understand the trials and tribulations of this young mom, you should read this and this first. Being emancipated at 16 certainly makes you feel like a full-grown adult.  Everything I did was with a responsible thought process, but I certainly wasn’t perfect.  Many times, I would act like a typical teen and just have a boyfriend or hang with my friends, but work, school and sports encompass your whole life and leaves little room for fun.  As adulting does to everyone.  Even learning to drive was taught by my older friends since I didn’t have an adult to guide me, but I managed.  With a bit of scrimping and saving I bought my own $500 car at 16.  It was a necessity, since you really can’t get around on…
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27Oct 2023 by Sarah Glenn

Should I Let Her Go?

Parenting, Teens
My 13-year-old daughter wants to ride her scooter about 2 miles away to meet her friends.  This makes my stomach turn and I struggle with the correct answer to her question. Two miles is a long way riding alone.  On the one hand, I'm happy she wants to get out AND exercise but on the other hand, I don't want her to go alone.  She is my 7th child, so this is not my first rodeo with a teen.  Three years ago, my son was wandering around the neighborhood with and without his friends all the time and still does at 16.  Sure, I worry about his safety, but for reasons unbeknownst to me I trust that he could “take care of himself.”  Even when he was 9-10-11 years old my…
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07Oct 2023 by Sarah Glenn
My Young Teen Years

My Young Teen Years

Life, Parenting, Relationships, Teens
  If you missed My Younger Years, understand that I ended the story with my mother getting remarried when I was 11.  I was completely fine with it but wasn’t aware until they got back from Hawaii.  So… Let me preface this by saying, that I absolutely loved my stepfather.  He was a troubled soul and my mother was extremely preoccupied with saving him.  Unfortunately, it was all I needed to get into trouble.  Skipping school, hanging with the “bad kids” and sneaking out were easy to do when your mom wasn’t watching.  Through it all, I still managed to skip a grade in school due to my grades (went from 7th to 9th) but that didn’t matter.  The more I sought my mothers’ attention the worse trouble I was…
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27Jan 2023 by Sarah Glenn

Chow Time with Kids

Infants, Kids, Life, Parenting, Teens, Toddlers
Chow time with kids can go either way. Every day is a new adventure with the fickle offspring. For a parent, planning and preparing meals is likely a daunting task and can make for tension around mealtimes. Finding what pleases everyone in a family could make you wish for a chef. Kids have a love-hate relationship with food. Have you ever noticed how fast their favorite meal this week is the hated one next week? When you think you've found a mealtime pattern of happiness, those little monsters go switching things up. In our house, a favorite saying is, "Which way is the wind blowing today?" Meaning, do you like bananas (or some other food) or not? I still say this to my 13-year-old-eye roll! I'll be honest here, with…
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13Apr 2020 by Sarah Glenn

Parenting in a Pandemic

Health, Infants, Kids, Life, Parenting, Relationships, Teens, Toddlers
Parenting in a pandemic can be overwhelming, even for the most level headed parents. We are called upon to dig down deep into our hearts and souls and find all the good we can to transfer onto the worried children we are trying to protect- much easier said than done! The majority of the universe has never lived through a pandemic such as this. It's not to say that we haven't had horrible things happen in our lifetime- including other pandemics- but the worst-before now-was in 1918 and most of that generation has left this earth. Not to minimize some of these runner ups: Spanish FluTuberculosisSmall PoxPlagueCholera outbreakSwine FluSARS coronavirusRussian FluHong Kong fluSerum run to Nome (diphtheria)MalariaWest Bank fainting epidemicHIV/AIDS I imagine you may have never heard of some of…
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07Feb 2020 by Sarah Glenn

Middle-School Crisis

Health, Kids, Life, Parenting, Relationships, Teens
This middle-school crisis is a story of corruption, greed, negligence, and power concerning the ramifications on the youth involved. Our school district has been in crisis mode for the past few years (that we are aware of), with the assortment controversies. With the use of free speech, the general public has since learned about dangerous secrets and misrepresentation from past administrations. Forcing the new one to clean up the mayhem. I won't go into all the details involved but think along the lines of the nepotism going on in the most significant administration in the USA-although on a smaller scale. There always seems to be someone with something to gain while others suffer. Our most recent issue has brought about the safety of the people who inhabit a few of…
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