We argued EVERY SINGLE day that summer. Typically, my mom and I get along really well. But the spring and summer of my high school graduation was filled with daily arguments. We shared a car and so we were thankfully only together most days for about a half an hour when I came home from work and right before she left. Today we laugh about that summer. Looking back though, I realize that we were both coping with high school graduation anxiety. While graduation is a time to celebrate it can also be extremely stressful for both parents and teenagers. [Read more…]