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When I was a kid, my parents had a definite cutoff age for trick-or-treating. As we entered the middle school…
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When I was a kid, my parents had a definite cutoff age for trick-or-treating. As we entered the middle school…
Continue Reading“Mom, people keep telling me to be ready for the drama in middle school, and I don’t like it.” My…
Continue ReadingI keep seeing articles about kindergartners heading off to school for the first time, and parents are feeling all the…
Continue ReadingI pulled up to my son’s school one day last week, and he climbed into the car full of his…
Continue ReadingMiddle school can be tough at times. Your body is changing and everything is awkward. You have lots of new…
Continue ReadingSeventh grade is the worst. It was for me, at least, and I feared it would be for my daughter.…
Continue ReadingYou are 9 and 11 years old, and every day I’m in awe of the young women you’re becoming. Still…
Continue ReadingI was 12 the first time I fell in love. His name was Keith. We were in seventh grade together…
Continue ReadingIt was middle school, after all, so we anticipated a few bumps in the road. Thinking back on the early…
Continue ReadingI teach middle school. I know all the current slang, but I can’t pull it off. I know the names…
Continue ReadingMost people only do middle school once. I’m sitting happily in year 15. I spent three years of my young…
Continue ReadingI watched from the driver’s seat my oldest son shut the passenger door and walk toward the high school entrance…
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