Articles written by Joe Bruzzese
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Leading Change in Your Child
The New Year often brings a resurgence of emotional gusto that drives change. Use this energy to instill a sense of responsibility in your middle schooler. Learn how.
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Depression Among Middle Schoolers
Your middle school child is stressed and moving towards depression. Find support here for identifying depression signs and ways to relieve stress
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Advice to a Middle School Student
Middle school can be your child's introduction to drugs and alcohol. Learn how to help your child avoid using drugs or alcohol with these simple strategies. Start now.
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Avoiding Adolescent Alcohol Abuse
Avoiding drugs and alcohol challenges middle school students. Learn how to help.
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Middle School Cliques and Bullies
The recent Oklahoma tragedies remind us of the importance of positive adolescent, middle school relationships. Identifying and removing bullies and cliques is a start.
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Getting Ahead of the Holidays
Without warning the holiday season can reek havoc on the most sane middle school families. Get ahead of the holiday rush by creating a clear vision for how you want to be
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Understanding Adolescents
Adolescents and parents grow frustrated by middle school peer relationships. Use these four strategies for talking with your middle schooler. Learn more about adolescence
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Peer Relationships: Middle School
Peer relationships in middle school frustrate parents and adolescents. Explore three common characteristics and four ways to learn more about your child.
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GATE Classes in Middle School
The majority of middle school students qualify for GATE classes through an exam. Parents may not be aware of the alternate methods. Read on to discover these strategies.
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Adolescent Goal Setting Strategies
Adolescents can create and achieve goals independently. Coach your middle schooler to a rewarding achievement success with these 5 steps.
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Middle School Student Persistence
Parenting adolescents takes perseverance. The Dip facing middle school students and their parents is difficult to surpass. Here are 3 ideas to help you through the dip.
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Cell Phones and Middle School
Cell phones can cause arguments at home between middle school teens and parents. Avoid frustration with these simple tips on responsible cell phone use.
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Middle School Parent Fears
Adolescents today use drugs and alcohol at an early age. Middle school parents can help their children by identifying the signs of drug abuse before depression sets in.
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Cyberbullying Prevention Tips
Cyberbullying in middle school can be prevented. Tips for parents, students and teachers about how to identify and prevent bullying at school.
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Middle School Open House & Parents
Middle school open house is not the time to meet teachers. Through thoughtful and frequent communication parents can build strong relationships with teacher.
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Middle School GATE Anxiety
Real middle school success is dependent more on family, peers, and teacher relationships than on the number of GATE classes your child attends in middle school.
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How to Find a Middle School Tutor
Tutors can help when middle school children need short term academic assistance. Finding a tutor means looking for a one-on-one experience with a qualified person.
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Middle School Homework Tips
Middle school homework takes time and causes frustration for parents and students. Create an effective study space and designate a consistent time for homework.
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Talking with My Teen and Family
Staying together as a family takes a new set of communication skills, particularly during the teen years. Envisioning your family's plan is the first step.
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How to Support my Middle Schooler
Academic achievement takes a team effort of teachers, coaches, mentors and family members. Learn how to build your support team in five steps.
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Why Family Meetings Don't Work
School, sports and a variety of other extracurricular interests challenge a family's ability to stay connected during the school year. Try the weekly check-in.
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Motivating Children During Summer
Summer marks the end of the school year. Celebrate your child's achievements and build inspiration and motivation for the transition to middle school
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How to Talk with Mom and Dad
Talk to your mom and dad before making plans with friends. Frustrating moments for middle school parents and how to talk with tweens.
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Tips for Starting Middle School
Middle school orientation programs key to effective transition and achievement for tweens and parents. Organization, social skills and academic awareness key focal points
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Tips for Dealing with Bullies
Bullies can abuse you physically or verbally. Middle schoolers share their tips for dealing with bullies.
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Ideas for Planning a Teen Summer
Planning for a productive tween summer challenges middle school parents. Here are some top tips and ideas for how to plan for an engaging summer.
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Transition to Middle School Tips
Celebrate, make a break, do homework. Tips for helping your child focus on effort and achievement during the transition.
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Changing Classes in Middle School
Middle school classes and teachers can be challenging. Being challenged is different from being overwhelmed. Learn how to tell the difference with these 5 questions.
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Talking To Middle School Teachers
Asking teachers for help in middle school can be easy to do. Middle schoolers, practice using these 3 steps to talking with teachers about your questions and concerns.
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How to Stay Ahead in Middle School
Too much homework and too little time leaves tweens and teens stressed and sleep deprived. Here are three tips to ensuring stress-free homework for students.
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How to Avoid Middle School Stress
5 Tips for Relieving Middle School Stress - moving to middle school leaves parents and tweens anxious. Here's a few ideas to relieve the stress.
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How to Engage Teens and Tweens
Teens look forward to summer vacation for most of the school year. Planning for an exciting and productive break can be as easy as 1,2,3.
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