Middle School (6th-8th)

5 Things Worth Celebrating In Each Phase | Parent Cue Blog

You know how it is: Your kid changes, throwing your whole world into a tailspin. When you finally get used to this new version of your kid, then . . . BAM! Just when you get accustomed to your kid’s zig, they… Read More

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What to Do When You’re Concerned About Your Kid’s New Group of Friends

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Your kid is going through about a million-and-one changes in the middle school phase. So much is changing about them so quickly that it can seem like nothing is ever the same from one day to the next. One day they love… Read More

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Level Up: A Different Kind of Board Game

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“Tell me about a time when you were afraid,” I asked my 10-year-old son. “I guess it was that time when the tornadoes were close by and we had to go in the downstairs bathroom and shut the door. Then we lost… Read More

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Should I Let My Middle Schooler Quit?

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At some point, most parents will eventually face this question: “Mom, I don’t want to do this anymore.” Whether it’s baseball or ballet, piano lessons or chess club, sometimes a kid has just had enough and doesn’t want to participate anymore. Their… Read More

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I’m Worried My Child Is Self-Harming

Dr. Chinwé Williams 0 Comments

Plenty of things keep parents up at night. I can only think of a few that elicit more confusion to a parent and render them helpless than when they discover that their child is self-harming. Self-harm is confusing to many. Simply defined,… Read More

How to Teach Your Kids to Manage Money at Any Age | Parent Cue Blog

How to Teach Your Kids to Manage Money at Every Age

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One of the most important, yet often overlooked, aspects of parenting is teaching our kids how to handle money. Kids who know the basics of healthy money management have a great opportunity to become adults who make good financial decisions. But teaching… Read More

When & How to Talk to My Child About Pornography | Parent Cue Blog

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When and How to Talk to My Child about Pornography

Dr. Jim Burns 0 Comments

Most likely in the history of the world, there has never been a non-awkward conversation about pornography between a parent and child. “I had a wonderful, easy, conversation with my parents about porn,” said no kid, ever. Yet in today’s world, it’s… Read More

5 Ways to Use Technology with Your Teenager

Holly Crawshaw 0 Comments

I’m not going to give you a bunch of statistics about how much we’re on our phones, tablets, and computers, because we already know it’s a lot—probably (definitely) too much. But here’s the deal—those numbers aren’t really changing. People (kids, teens, and… Read More

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Helping Your Child Through Their First Broken Heart

Crystal Chiang 0 Comments

Breakups are painful at any age, but there is something about the first breakup in the teenage years that is just extra-excruciating—and it isn’t just painful for the teenager! As an adult, sitting with a teenager who is feeling the sting of… Read More

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