School and Academics
How to Be a Homework Helper
Kids often get frustrated and lose interest in their assignments. You can help: here's an age-by-age guide to being your child's homework coach.
Back to School Book Picks for Middle and High School
Find out what teachers recommend your teens and adolescents read to get them ready for school.
Middle School Summer Reading List
We've searched high and low for new titles to entice even the most reluctant of middle school readers. Here are our list of favorites:
Ready for Middle School?
Hormones are raging. Voices changing. Pimples forming. Bodies growing faster than humanly possible. It's time for middle school, whether you and your child are ready or not!
Social and Emotional
Back-to-School Checklist for Navigating Middle School
Making the transition from grade school to middle school is a huge adjustment, not only for your child, but also for you as a parent. Here's what kids and parents need to know about bullying, sex, and other issues.
Peer Pressure During Back to School Season: How to Deal
Back to school season means prime time for negative peer pressure. Parents can help their teens avoid peer pressure with these three tactics.
Talking to Your Boy About Sex
Regardless of which parent it falls to to explain relationships and sex to your son, it's an important discussion to have that will benefit your family for years to come.
Social Graces: What to Expect From Your Middle Schooler
Education and manners expert Cindy Post Senning says parents play a key role in guiding their children through adolescence to become compassionate and mannerly adults. Post co-authored a book on the subject of teaching manners by age called "The Gift of Good Manners: A Parent’s Guide to Raising ...
Milestones and Development
How to Talk to Your Middle Schooler
Does your middle schooler blame others for her actions? Perhaps she says, "The teacher gave me a D" when she should say, "I didn't check my answers and got a D." Boost your child's sense of responsibility by adding these three words to their daily vocabulary: chose, decide, and pick.
How Your Middle Schooler Thinks
Middle schoolers are officially in the realm of the "young adult." Your once little tot is now beginning to look and talk just like a grown-up. But, although your child does think mostly like an adult, there will be some exceptions. So, what are they?
Sixth Grade Reading and Writing: What to Expect
English Language Arts, the only subject required every single year from kindergarten through twelfth grade, becomes especially important in the middle school years. Elementary teachers typically spend a large part of the day on English, usually integrating it into a wide variety of subjects.
How to Start Thinking about College ... in Middle School!
Believe it or not, middle school lays important foundations for higher education. And whether it's calendars or coursework, there's a lot you can do now to pave the way for high school and college success.
Recent Questions
Our Essential Middle School Gift Guide
Childhood Immunizations
Learn about recommended vaccines and the latest immunization schedules for your child.
Fun Learning Ideas
- Enjoy Winter Sports Indoors!
- Tackling Theme in Literature
- 100 High-Frequency Words for Older Students
- Helping Children Overcome Test Anxiety
- Understanding Teen Decision Making
- Your Middle Schooler's Social Life
- What Happens Over Time To Those Who Bully And Those Who Are Victimized?
- Learning Modalities
- According to the School Psychologist: Middle School
- Physical Development Issues in Middle School
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