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Middle School Makeover: Improving the Way You and Your Child Experience the Middle School Years by

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Contents

Foreword

Introduction: How and Why This Book Works

PART ONEThe Foundation for Parenting Middle Schoolers

1 What’s a Middle School Makeover?

2 Middle School Brains Are Different

3 Middle School Requires Bravery

4 Talking with Your Middle Schooler, or Not

5 It’s Not Your Problem

PART TWOHelping Your Kid Through Real Middle School Problems

#1 “Everyone Has an Instagram but Me”Coming to Terms with Your Child’s Entry into the New World of Social Media

#2 Goodbye, Birds and Bees—Hello, PornAnswering Your Middle Schooler’s More Advanced Questions About Sex

#3 Good Girls Gone BadHelping When Girls Turn Against Each Other

#4 There’s More Than One Way to Be CoolHelping Your Son Make Connections with Other Guys When He Doesn’t Play Sports

#5 Put-Downs ...

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