As school starts up again across the country, tweens and teens are beginning the arduous adventure that is middle school. And thanks to pretty much all of pop culture—and many adults who have gone ...

As a child, middle school completely overwhelmed me. There were higher academic expectations, new interests and extracurriculars, a much wider and more intimidating social landscape, physical and ...

We revisit host Deepa Fernandes' August 2023 conversation with school counselor Phyllis Fagell about Fagell's book "Middle School Superpowers: Raising Resilient Tweens in Turbulent Times." It gives ...

Sign up for Raising Resilient Children, Russell Shaw’s eight-week guide to parenting with more happiness and less worry. For the nine years that I was a middle ...

Child psychologist and former school psychologist Dr. Emily W. King has some advice for middle and high school students and their parents as the first day of school approaches. King, a graduate of the ...

Here are some steps to make the middle school transition easier: --Don't create unnecessary stress about the transition. Successful students need to know that the same practices that made them ...

Changing bodies, more rigorous academics and new social challenges can make middle school tough for students. For children entering this environment, it's normal to be uneasy about entering a new ...

At the start of a new school year, educators often marvel at the transformations that students made over the summer. At no other developmental phase is this more evident than early adolescence—the ...