Welcome to Mid-Century Modern Moms

A few months back, Melanie wrote a post about how lost she felt once her eldest son went off to college. The comments from other mothers of teenagers and young adults made several of us realize that we didn't really have a community like other blogging moms. We didn't have a playgroup or a school PTA anymore. Our kids were old and independent and didn't really want to hang out with us much anymore. We needed a spot where we could talk about all the things that make parenting teens so challenging and rewarding. We needed a place to let our hair down and talk about dirty socks and smelly boys and kids that are eating us out of house and home. We needed a place where other moms were going through the college admissions process, and then saying "goodbye" to their precious children as they moved on in their lives.

With great fanfare, we welcome you to that place: Mid-Century Modern Moms. Here we aren't afraid to tell it like it is about living with teenagers. We're not going to soft coat the good, the bad, and the hilarious. We're a group of ten moms, all of whom have teens. Our teens are as diverse as the moms posting. Some have special needs, some are exemplary students, some are athletes, some are artists, and some (ahem) are just damn lazy.

What makes this blog different from all other blogs? No, it isn't unleavened bread. It's that we're all beyond diapers, terrible twos, and entering kindergarten. Way beyond, in fact. We're going to talk about the wonders of high school, with it's bizarre social life and drama. Several of us have teens that are about to start the college admissions process, and we'll be blogging about that for the next year or so. Some of us have kids that may not get to college any time soon, for a variety of reasons. We want to share our experiences with you so that you're prepared for the teen years with your own kids. Or at least as prepared as one can get with children that grow 10" in a year and eat 5 dinners with snacks inbetween.

So we welcome you with open arms and hope that you'll visit often. We can promise that each and every day, something interesting will be here on MCMM.

About our banner

Did you see that gorgeous banner? It is the most excellent work of the blogosphere queen of adorable banners, Secret Agent Josephine . Go and tell her what a great job she did!  SAJ worked with Margalit to create the absolute perfect banner for us.

Comments

[Jeanne Hughes]

Love the concept! I'm preparing to say goodbye to my only child for the summer, as he heads to a job at the beach. I know it will be great for him and time for him to experience more of life...but my mama's heart is already tugging and it is 2 months away. As a widow, we have been through so much together...reality of being all alone is sinking in... However, I won't miss dirty sock piles, my cuticle scissors that disappear, the cordless phone that is found in the couch after it has stopped ringing and the grocery bill for feeding the guys that hang out at our house!

[JaniceNW]

Congrats!!!!!! I wish you great success and some seriously amusing posts. :D

[Emma kw]

Wow! Today I start a new chapter - I'm going back to work FULL TIME after spending the last 20 years at home raising 2 offspring ( and a hubby!!), and I find you guys ( via NE Mamas!!) At last - I was beginning to think Moms of older kids didn't blog!!
I will check you out more after work! OMG, I haven't said " after work for soooo long!!

[kathryn magendie]

I like the look of this blog - the colors and banner, etc...very nice!

My "teen' has long left his teens, he's in his later 20's now- oh, if only I had a site like this to go to back then!

good job with this....

k

[amy]

i do not have older children. in fact, i do not have children at all. but i work with lots of children who will one day be teenagers, and some might even make it to college (fingers crossed for them). also, i was once a teenager and also a college student. also, i have a mom.

and thus i feel totally qualified to be reading and commenting on your fun, well-written blog. yay! yay for moms! and yay! yay for mid-century moms!

congratulations on your new, fabulous mom-net presence. i am sure it will be a big hit.

[Florinda]

I'm one of you! Well, not on the record...:-), but with nearly 24 years of mothering experience and current graduate work in step-parenting (13 YO and 8 YO), I am very glad that you're on the scene. We "advanced" moms really haven't had a place to call our own, so it's about time! I'm looking forward to reading and participating here.

[jen]

The link back to you isn't working with the badge I put on my blog! help!

[Karen Sugarpants]

Congratulations on the new site, ladies! I linked to you from my blog - hope it sends traffic your way. It's a great idea and I hope you're still around in a few years when my oldest starts going through these stages!

[Rachelskirts]

This is a stellar idea! I'm actually the one going off to college and leaving my mother behind, but I think I might finally be able to get her into the realm of blogging with a site like this around. :)

Great job!

[Judy Larsen]

Jen, I think the link problem is a missing "s"--in the code, you'll need to add the letter 's" to the end of the word "mom" in the string "mid-centurymodernmom" add an "s" at the end and see if that works.

[mrsmogul]

I love the banner! Nice buttons and layout!

[Margy]

Kat and Amy! So good to see some Biscuits hanging around here! Thanks for stopping by!

[cursingmama]

Fantastic Idea!
And the Banner & Site are divine!

[Peggaus]

YAY!!! I am so happy to see this! I am one of y'all, too. I certainly enjoy reading all the young moms out there, but that was SO a decade or more ago for me, so it's more nostalgic than anything.

I have two boys, one is 21 and already holding down a fulltime job (still living at home, AAARGH), and the other is 16, newly driving, and already getting tons of college letters in the mail.

Again, I say YAY!!

[Her Bad Mother]

What a great idea - even for moms of younger kids, it's good to be able to get a glimpse of what it is that we have to look forward to... ;)

[Katherine]

While I enjoy the blogs of moms with little kids (I can enjoy the memories, but be glad I'm not dealing with potty training anymore), I'm glad to find a site for what comes next. My elder son is almost a teen (12 next week), so I have many years of teenagers ahead of me.

[Phyllis]

I have posted about you and made html code so folks can put you in their side bar here:

http://scrappynhappy.blogspot.com/2008/03/great-new-site.html

[LVGurl]

I love it! I love the banner, I love the layout (I dig typepad), AND the concept is fantastic! Even though my girls are really young, I know that one day (too soon) I'll be a mid-century mom myself.

[TX Poppet]

Mine are 13 (girl) & 17 (boy) and I am lovin' this site.

[margalit]

Thank you all SO much for the nice complements and the warm welcome. I hope that you all continue to come daily and commiserate with all the posters here. And if you need a voice outside your own blog to talk about your teens, just let us know! We're happy to have guest posters.

[amy]

Beautiful idea! I love it. All the hard work you have been doing is paying off big time. Thanks for doing this for all of us moms with older kids. I can feel that it is truly a labor of love.

[justmylife]

congrats on the new site. I have a 22, a 18 and a 8 year old. I haven't seen a lot of sites dealing with the older ones. I post often of the 18 year old and his troubles. I don't think the few readers I have understand what I am dealing with and I fear I may be scaring them. heh! I will be back.

[Believer in Balance]

What a great idea for a blog! I love the banner too! Thanks for letting me know about this. I'll definitely be back to see what I have to look forward to!

[Penelope]

I found you via BlogHer and this is wonderful! I have a 14 yr old (son) and 12 yr old (daughter - going on 21!) so I feel right at home here :o)
I'm really not very techy so not sure if I can work out links and badges but I'll try for sure!

[Di]

Brilliant! You must read my Thursday Thirteen this week...which was actually written by my friend. It addresses these same thoughts...why the "mommy blogosphere" doesn't grab her. What the "mature" Mom wants to read.

I had exactly the same feedback to our newspaper which is starting a Mom's website. The prototype seemed to skew to moms with small kids. And I pointed out that we moms of tweens/teens didn't have the same natural support groups that we had when you became insta-friends with the other mom at the playground.

I will be reading often!