Tools for Parents and Caring Adults
Adults with middle school aged children in their life often feel adrift. Middle school students are in a state of constant change. Add to that an ever evolving landscape of opportunities and dangers and a smattering of hormonal fluctuations...it’s chaos. Never fear! Although this is a time of constant transformations, it’s also a time where youth start to discover who they are and what they stand for. And that’s a privilege to witness.
How can a caring adult help?
On this page we hope to provide a wide variety of tools for anyone trying to be a positive role model for middle school aged youth. Keep checking back – we’ll add more as time goes on.
Resources
- Email Gina Gallo for a free brochure with great tips on the developmental assets.
- One great resource is this youtube channel coming from author and Parent education speaker, Joe Bruzzese. Joe shares strategies for thriving during the middle school years. Some of these are directed to the parent or caring adult and others are directed to the teen themselves so make sure to poke around - there really is something for everyone.
- Two blogs about young adult books: Librarina: Great Books for Tweens and Teens, Ramblings of a Teenage Bookworm.
- Here is an interesting infographic on bullying. Make sure to zoom in and make the graphic full screen.