“He’s very hard on himself,” my 11-year-old’s teacher said during our first-semester conference, “and often this frustration brings him to tears.”
We sat in a weird quiet as my son’s teacher filled the space with an apologetic smile — a small consolation for what felt like my big parenting fail. I sank further down into my kid-sized seat as my brain scrambled to give a valid…
I Thought I Was Ready For Parenting. But This One Thing Only Gets Worse As My Son Grows Up.
March 17, 2025
“I love you!” I shouted out the car window as my son walked into his first day of middle school.
Maybe he didn’t hear me, or maybe it was an early case of “tween embarrassment,” but his usual huge smile back was replaced by the tiniest of smirks. Wow. That was…
