"Teenage Daughters" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by American country

Country music

Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

 artist Martina McBride

Martina McBride

Martina McBride is an American country music singer and songwriter. McBride has been called the "Céline Dion of Country Music" for her big-voiced ballads and soprano range....

. It is her first single release for Republic Nashville

Republic Nashville

Republic Nashville is a record label established in 2009 by Universal Republic Records in New York and Big Machine Records in Nashville. It is headquartered on Music Row and utilizes the combined resources of Big Machine Records and Universal Republic Records....

, and served as the lead-off for her eleventh studio album, Eleven

Eleven (Martina McBride album)

Eleven is a studio album by Martina McBride, released through the record label Republic Nashville on October 11, 2011. The title of the album was inspired by the fact that it is McBride's eleventh studio album, it has eleven tracks and its release date. A deluxe edition of the album was also made...

, which was be released on October 11, 2011.

History

McBride wrote the song with The Warren Brothers (Brad and Brett Warren). She told Country Weekly

Country Weekly

Country Weekly is an American tabloid style weekly magazine established in 1994. The magazine focuses on country music stars and events, and regularly features exclusive interviews with recording artists and country music news...

magazine that they decided to write the song after talking with the Warrens about her older daughter, Delaney. She said, "I was just saying how one minute you are everything to them[…]and the next minute it's just a whole different thing." After saying that, she decided that they should write about having a teenage daughter. The song was released to the iTunes Store

ITunes Store

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 the day that McBride's younger daughter, Emma, turned 13.

McBride co-wrote "Teenage Daughters" and seven other songs on the album. She said that after having a top five hit with "Anyway

Anyway (song)

"Anyway" is a song co-written and recorded by American country artist Martina McBride. The song was released in November 2006 following a performance on the 2006 CMA Awards, and served as the lead-off single from her ninth studio album, Waking Up Laughing...

", the first single release that she ever co-wrote, she decided to co-write more frequently.

Critical reception

The song was met with mixed reviews by critics. Matt Bjorke of Roughstock rated it four stars out of five, calling it "a song that any parent[…]can relate to" and saying that it "doesn’t fall into the dramatic melisma

Melisma

Melisma, in music, is the singing of a single syllable of text while moving between several different notes in succession. Music sung in this style is referred to as melismatic, as opposed to syllabic, where each syllable of text is matched to a single note.-History:Music of ancient cultures used...

-filled type of song that was so often sent out to radio over the years." Blake Boldt of The 9513 gave the song a "thumbs down." His review praises the song's lyrics for being "a witty and accurate portrayal of what it means to be a parent," but criticized the "misplaced" production and McBride's "whiny, exaggerated" singing.

Chart performance

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Chart (2011)	Peak position