School Life

Create A Rhythm | Featured | School Life | Seasonal

How Can We Make This Year Better?

After the year we’ve all had, we could use some hope, good news, and a bit of normalcy—especially when it comes to our family’s rhythm and the kids’ upcoming school year. Read More

Featured | Middle School (6th-8th) | Phase | School Life

Every Middle Schooler Is Asking You a Question. Do You Know the Answer?

In middle school, preteens are all about using the knowledge they’ve gathered up until this point and brandishing it against authority. Read More

Family Life | Featured | School Life | Special Topics

Co-Parenting Through the School Year

When you put your personal pride to the side for the sake of your kids, you are doing all that you can do. The rest? You have to let it go.  Read More

Featured | Middle School (6th-8th) | Phase | School Life

4 Conversations to Have With Your Middle Schooler

Middle schoolers are primarily motivated by acceptance. When they feel you have their back, they may be more willing to open up and share with you. Read More

Featured | Middle School (6th-8th) | School Life | Social Life

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

Your middle schoolers are learning how to choose who they want to be around right now. And no, they won’t always get it right. Read More

Featured | Phase | School Life | Seasonal

End of School Year: How to Prepare for the Next Phase

School may be out for your kids, but it’s a perfect time to lean into new ways to support them as they grow, change, and enter into new phases. Read More

Character and Values | Featured | Middle School (6th-8th) | School Life

Should I Let My Middle Schooler Quit?

As a parent, how do you walk through this situation with your kid? Do you make them “stick it out” and possibly avoid the “quitter” label, or do you let them walk away? Read More

Character and Values | Featured | School Life | Social Life

Teaching My Child about Gossip

We can help our kids understand the severity of seemingly innocent talk by explaining that gossip harms people. Read More

Family Life | Featured | Middle School (6th-8th) | School Life | Social Life

How to Apologize to Your Middle Schooler

In a culture that constantly tells them they don’t measure up, our apologies should communicate that they’re more than enough. Read More

Character and Values | Family Life | Featured | School Life

How to Help Your Kids Reach Their Full Potential Without Warping Their Identity

Here’s what we want our kids to ultimately understand: It’s not about what they can do, it’s about who they can be. Read More