Teenage years. All new 52 “Age 14 (Grade Nine)” articles
OMG, high school! Already? What just happened?
Dad’s toolkit
- Why you should stop watching the nightly news
- Dad, I’m dating (Part 5): Disclosure
- Dad, I’m dating (Part 6): Meet the dad
- Parenting isn’t about the parent (Case study 8): Criticizing your child in front of her friends
- The lonely life of the single-dad of a (dating) teenage-girl (II)
- When in doubt, flat out
- I broke up with my sibling!
- My detour in South Dakota completely sums up my role of fatherhood
- My daughter sets boundaries for me!
- My daughter discovered my kryptonite
Behavior & boundaries
- Fuck, she found out someone slept-over
- Classroom’s outright ban of mobile devices
- You can’t wear that to school!
Learning
- My daughter the activist
- Why she should have a part-time job
- High school academics are waaaay different
- I want to spend my own money
- She likes to make her own money
- Know when to decommit
- Blue sky thinking is great, but not blue sky doing
Social
- Dad, please drive me to school, but don’t get out of the car
- Betcha five bucks you’ll get hit on in Grade 9
- The talent show that nearly wasn’t
- You were a rebound date
- She signed me up for Snapchat
- Is high school really that dramatic?
- High school boys are callous
- Girl alert
- She’s not aloof; she’s just thinking
- When friends aren’t
- How having a daughter killed the paleofeminist in me
- Not all relationships survive
- He She They Them
- The disintegration of the friend group
Emotional
- Leaving her home alone
- Teen stress is real
- The fragility of a teenager’s heart (I)
- The fragility of a teenager’s heart (II)
Physical
- I’m sick, can my boyfriend come over? No!
- How did a conversation on period cramps turn to The Pill?
- It’s your friend who needs a pregnancy test, right?
The ex-wife
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