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Tweens & Teens

Did you wake up one day and realize that the terrific group of moms who had your back for years has split up and gone their own way? Differents schools, sports, scouts, you name it – it feels like overnight the people who had your back are gone. And in many ways, they are.

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I’m the first to admit that I was, like so many of you, an accidental homeschooler. I had no idea what I was doing, but I found some terrific resources and I took it one step at a time.

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