Teach Your Kids to Look for the One as the School Year Begins
As school doors open across the country, gates fling wide, and tardy bells toll, let us teach our children to…
Continue Reading
A Gift for Mom! 🤍
Tag
junior high
When Should You Give Your Child a Phone? Here’s What Works for Us.
“Everyone in my grade has a phone. When can I get one?” We started hearing this question on the regular,…
Continue Reading
By Vicki Bahr Aidan’s Dog-Walking Business Got One Customer—And It Was Exactly the Right One
My grandson, Aidan, turned 13 a couple of months ago and is very excited to be an eighth grader, the…
Continue Reading
By Amy Keyes Take it from a 7th Grade Teacher: Your Teen Needs a Break
The consensus these days is that school is hard. Like, way harder than it used to be. I spend all…
Continue Reading
Dear Middle School Son, I Will Follow Your Lead
Am I ready for this? This new season of life will bring changes. Big changes. Ones I’m not so certain…
Continue Reading
By Jen Schreiner God Is There for Middle School Mistakes
No one prepared me for the troubles of having two children going through middle school. I seemed to have forgotten…
Continue Reading
By Debra Caffrey Dear Son, As You Move on from Middle School
When you were almost two years old, we were driving home from the library and a song that used to…
Continue Reading
By Her View From Home Dear Teachers, Thank You for Building Our Kids Up
Teachers, thank you for all you do for our kids and for the ways you build them up. This past…
Continue Reading
By Krystal Sieben Middle School Kids Are Actually Pretty Great
I taught middle school during COVID . . . sounds scary, I know. Much of the year was online, and…
Continue Reading
Middle School Me Would be Prescribed Diet Pills Today and It Makes Me Feel Sick
In middle school, I once opened a letter from the school addressed to my parents. These envelopes usually contained progress…
Continue Reading
By Lindsey Goldstein Dear 6th Grade, Please Be Kind to My Tween
Dear 6th grade, Here’s the thing. Not only is it hard to be a pre-teen, but a pre-teen who just…
Continue Reading
By Lauren Elizabeth Miller Dear Daughter, Here’s How You Avoid Middle School Drama
“Mom, people keep telling me to be ready for the drama in middle school, and I don’t like it.” My…
Continue Reading