Middle School Matters: The 10 Key Skills Kids Need to Thrive in Middle School and Beyond--And How Parents Can Help: The 10 Key Skills Kids Need to Thrive in Middle School and Beyond--And How Parents Can Help DOUGLAS & Michael Hall

Michael Hall

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Middle School Matters: The 10 Key Skills Kids Need to Thrive in Middle School and Beyond--And How Parents Can Help: The 10 Key Skills Kids Need to Thrive in Middle School and Beyond--And How Parents Can Help DOUGLAS & Michael HallA counselor and popular Washington Post contributor offers a new take on grades 6 8 as a distinct developmental phase and the perfect time to set up kids to thrive. Middle school is its own important, distinct territory, and yet it's either written off as an uncomfortable rite of passage or lumped in with other developmental phases. Based on her many years working in schools, professional counselor Phyllis Fagell sees these years instead as a critical