About this item
Middle School Makeover is a guide for parents and educators to help the tweens in their lives navigate the socially fraught hallways, gyms, and cafeterias of middle school. The book helps parents, teachers, and other adults in middle school settings to understand the social dilemmas and other issues that kids today face. Author Michelle Icard covers a large range of topics, beginning with helping us understand what is happening in the brains of tweens and how these neurological development affects decision-making and questions around identity. She also addresses social media, dating, and peer exclusion. Using both recent research and her personal, extensive experience working with middle-school-aged kids and their parents, Icard offers readers concrete and practical advice for guiding children through this chaotic developmental stage while also building their confidence.
About the Author
Remember middle school? Are you cringing? I didn't like it much myself the first time around. I fell into the pit of my own adolescent despair when, as a 7th grader wearing oversized glasses and off-brand jeans, my two best friends decided they were better off without me and went their own way. This left me stranded in my multicolored socks to fend for myself in the jungle of middle school. Now I help kids, their parents, and teachers reframe how they view early adolescence. My first book, Middle School Makeover: Improving The Way You And Your Child Experience Middle School (2015) , is a primer for the social and emotional changes you and your kids will navigate when mid-life meets middle school under one roof. My second book, Fourteen (Talks) by (Age) Fourteen, will be published in February, 2021 by Harmony/Random House and covers the fourteen essential conversations you need to have with your child before they start high school. Learn more about my work at MichelleIcard.com.
