Middle School

This Post: When Your Middle Schooler Shuts You Out: A Mother’s Heart and the Courage to Stay Close It’s one of the hardest things about being a mom – watching …

This Post: When Your Teen Hates School: 10 Tips to Motivate Them to Try Written By: Raising Teens Today Community It’s one of the hardest things in the world to …

This Post: Teaching Teens Diversity, Tolerance and Inclusion: There’s More Work to Be Done Written By: Jessica Manning I live in a wonderful community filled with kind, well-meaning people. I …

This Post: Confessions of a Sports Mom: Nothing Brings Out My Crazy More Than Watching My Kid Play Sports Written By: Jessica Manning I could barely speak to my friends …

This Post: Help Your Teen Study Smarter, Not Harder: 8 Proven Study Methods Written By: The Raising Teens Today Community Looking back, there have been dozens of times I’ve watched …

This Post: How to Help Your Teen Transition from Summer to Back To School (Minus the Grumpiness) Written By: Amannda Maphies Ahh, summer… for our kids, it’s a time of …

This Post: 6 Things Every Parent Needs to Know Before Their Kid Starts Middle School Not long ago, I got together with a bunch of moms I’ve known for years. …

This Post: To My Son as He Enters 8th Grade Written By: Amannda Maphies My son is venturing into 8th grade… the precursor to high school, the last year of …

This post: Middle School Kinda Sucks: How to Help Your Child Get Through These Tough Years Written By: Marybeth Bock Hands down, my kids’ middle school years were some of …

This post: What Your Teen Desperately Wants You to Know Before School Starts It was one of those open, honest, eye-opening conversations I had with my kids. We were gathered …