I dreaded raising 5 teens under one roof. Then they all started becoming people I'd love to hang out with.

The author (not pictured) said she's enjoying parenting during the teen years more than she expected to. RealPeopleGroup/Getty Images Teens and tweens have a bad reputation, and some of it is deserved. But there's another side to parenting teens that people don't often share. I love seeing the people they are becoming and hanging out with kids I truly enjoy being around. Think raising one teenager is difficult? Imagine living with five. That's where I'll be in two years' time when my younge...