Works For Me Wednesday: Growing Pains - Testing Boundaries

By MAD21

We've had a stressful week or two in our house. I'll call it growing pains. You know the kind, -- when your kids decide to start testing the boundaries and rules. I have to say that I think this is one of the most difficult things to deal with as a parent. I don't know about you, but I don't like feeling like a bully or having an authoritarian household. But there comes a time when our kids need to learn that they don't always get a say, and they need to get their sense of entitlement under control.

It's bad enough when your kids misbehave at home, but when the disrespect starts to show up in other places like school, there needs to be some serious action to get them under control.

We feel, as most parents do, that it's important our children do their best at school. Here are some things we do to help our kids prepare for their day:

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Finishing Out Our Final Years In Middle School

By TB, Age 13

Finally, the long awaited three years of middle school has been complete! But you come to learn that what you were so eager and excited to get to, is now what you’re most nervous about. How should one adapt around new people, leaving old friends, and making new ones. Should someone change who they are and how they dress because of the people around them?

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Getting Ready For High School

By TB, Age 13

Being as an 8th grade student, and the year coming to an end, comes time to reflect on the times you've had as a middle-schooler. No longer will you be treated like 'young adults.' Now we face the real world as independent high-schoolers.

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