October 2021 - THE AWKWARD MOM

Month: October 2021

My Kids’ Dates–and What I Learned from My Dad

Reading Time: 3 minutes

Me with my dad–who’s had my back for a long time.

When I was a junior in high school, a good friend of mine asked me to prom. I was elated. Yet as per our family’s policy, my dad asked to meet him for coffee and bagels. It was his “interview” of sorts before all my dates.

“How will I know which one he is?” Dad asked me. read more

When Change in Your Child is S-l-o-w

October 22, 2021 / Janel Breitenstein / 0 Comments

Reading Time: 5 minutes

I’ve been feeling an unexpected, if not undesired, kinship with my man Moses lately.

Remember when Moses comes down the mountain to the all-out idol-worshipping party of 2 million people (who God just brought out of Egypt and is about to give the Ten Commandments)? Moses loses it and breaks the stone tablets in half. read more