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A Yearly Perk for Middle Schoolers

  A super-cool perk of being in middle school is the giant window of opportunity that lies before your child on the elective side of the course selection sheet. These classes provide the...
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How Mission Control Really Works

  It happens all the time. You start a project with clarity, energy, and time. And then the interruptions begin. You don't want to engage with anyone because you're on a mission. You love your...
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Help Your Tween Start 2022 on a High Note

  We frame each new year with a deficit model. We stake out specific resolutions for self-improvement. We need to lose weight, quit smoking, or join a gym. We want to reduce screen time and...
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You Made It!

  I wanted to pop in your inbox before 2022 to say well done. I salute your commitment to learning about, being with, and loving your transforming and fascinating adolescent. I understand that...
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The Stranger

  Minding my own business, I stood in line at Sprouts, balancing a pint of strawberries and three avocadoes. I noticed the man behind me holding a beautiful bouquet in one hand and steering his...
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The Best Alternative to Lecturing
The Best Alternative to Lecturing By JoAnn Schauf Do you know that your child can predict within your first two ...
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The Best Alternative to Lecturing

Happy Mother's Day 2021
Happy Mother's Day By JoAnn Schauf The moment we give birth our orientation changes and it never veers. Our very ...
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Happy Mother’s Day 2021

5 Ways to Support Your Child Emotionally
5 Ways to Support Your Child Emotionally By JoAnn Schauf More than a year into this pandemic, we are tired ...
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5 Ways to Support Your Child Emotionally

How to Have a Sweet Chat
How to Have a Sweet Chat By JoAnn Schauf Let’s talk about screen time for example. We share the same ...
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How to Have a Sweet Chat

March Madness Serves as a Metaphor for Life
March Madness Serves as a Metaphor for Life By JoAnn Schauf The thrill is unmistakable for the 64 teams who ...
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March Madness Serves as a Metaphor for Life

12 Things Your Tween Wants You to Know
12 Things Your Tween Wants You to Know By JoAnn Schauf I met with some middle school students who eagerly ...
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12 Things Your Tween Wants You to Know

Eclipsing our Biases
Eclipsing our Biases I love Jake Brigance’s summation to the jury in A Time to Kill. He’s a white attorney ...
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Eclipsing our Biases

Take Care of Each Other
Take Care of Each Other As I write to you, I wish I had the power to replace your sadness ...
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Take Care of Each Other

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