Trouble with Teens?

Parents raising teens will appreciate receiving a new, humorous card designed exclusively for them. Greeting card company Marvelous Mommies has released "Sympathy," a card that mimics traditional sympathy cards, except for the gruff-looking teen glaring out from the card's front.

The inside text reads, "As you adjust to this time of confusion, bizarre hair cuts, mood swings, and indecipherable motivations, our thoughts and prayers are with you. With sympathy on the raising of your teen."

The card is available in through select retailers or online at the Marvelous Mommies site.

According to the card's designer Brenda Brathwaite, "Sympathy" was inspired as much by her own experience as a teen as it was watching her friends and relatives raise their own.

"It's a challenging time for parents and for kids," said Brathwaite, "but it's a funny time, too. As parents, we laugh about stuff as we lean on one another for support. I wanted to create a card that captured that." Artist Sean Wang captured the sentiment.

Marvelous Mommies Greeting Cards offers a full range of cards that celebrate life with children in all its phases from birth to the terrible twos to the teens.