Like any major transition, the letting-go years of motherhood are an opportunity to fix our identity in Christ, live for his glory, and continue investing in the work before us.

Through the ever-changing high school years, we can model to our teens a faith that is imperfect, yet dependent on a perfect Savior.

When we wrestle with our deep care and desire to control outcomes for our older kids, we can put our hope in God—the Care-full Controller of all things.

While it can be difficult to get our kids to open up—especially as they hit the teen years—we can take practical steps now to help facilitate communication and build connection.

The teen years are an opportunity for moms not to fall back in fear, but to press forward with hope as we preach and practice the gospel in each little moment.

Instead of clinging to our children as they grow, we can gradually deliver them from dependence on mom to dependence on Christ.

We all want an A+ grade for our reputation and our kids’ good behavior , don’t we? But the gospel says our kids aren’t projects to ace, but sinners in need of grace.

No parent wants to wade through difficult issues with their kids. But sometimes the unavoidable things are God’s grace to us and our child. Sometimes they are the very things he uses to draw us more to himself.