ATTN: All Parents of Current and Former Middle Schoolers!

​Do you have a student in middle school, high school, college, or who graduated long ago?

If so, I'd love your input on some or all of the following:

• ​What was one of the most important things you learned (as it pertained to parenting, education, or something else) as your child moved through middle and/or high school?

• What is advice you'd share with parents who have a student entering or attending middle school (6th-8th grade)? 

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• ​What do you consider to be the most important skills kids should learn in their early teenage years, academically and/or otherwise?

 

• What was a problem you struggled with as you tried to support your child through their middle and/or high school years? Were you able to solve that problem? If so, how?

 

• What was and wasn't successful in the ways you interacted with your child around homework and other school issues?

 

• Any other thoughts, advice, or reflections about being a parent who is trying to support a child in middle school? 

If you could share your thoughts in an email, as a comment in the space below, in a phone call, or even within good old "snail mail," I'd be so grateful! Please let me know if you would like to remain anonymous or have your contributions paraphrased instead of quoted. Otherwise, I will use your initials when publishing.

If you're not yet a parent of a student in middle school, but are thinking ahead and trying to be proactive about supporting your child's development, what are some questions you have for people who have "been there" with their own kids? Please share these with me as well!

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