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Middle School Issues in the News
Middle School Issues in the News
Articles Focusing on the Social and/or Emotional Aspects of Middle School Life:
How to Help Teenage Girls Reframe Anxiety and Strengthen Resilience
This is a great article about how difficult social life can be in middle school. There are also some great insights into how adults can help when a middle school student is struggling to fit in.
Raising Girls Who are "Includers" Instead of "Mean Girls"
I love that a 15 year old came up with this great app to help prevent cyber bullying!
This is a very important article about the messages we send to our children (especially our daughters) when we excuse bad behavior.
We Should Never Tell Our Daughters: "He's Only Mean Because He Likes You"
Good tips on teaching your student organization skills:
7 Ways to Teach Your Middle-Schooler Organization Skills
This is a great article about the importance of monitoring your student’s social media use.
Social Media for Kids: What A Parent Should Know But Might Not Want To Hear
Good reminders about keeping your child safe online:
Let’s Keep Our Kids Safe Online
Articles Focusing on other Hot Topics in Middle School:
Article about TeenSafe, an app that lets you monitor your kids phone messages:
Monitoring Teens Messages
This article makes some very good points about the importance of letting kids make mistakes:
Why We Should Let Our Children Fail
Food for thought on pros and cons of technology usage with some interesting statistics:
What You Should Think About Before Giving Your Child a Device
Good insights into the frustrations of parenting a middle school child:
Study Shows Middle School is the Most Stressful Time for Mothers
This is a great article about looking at ADHD in a different way:
ADHD in kids: What many parents and teachers don’t understand but need to know