{"id":109570,"date":"2022-08-15T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-15T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cafemomcom.bigscoots-staging.com\/blog\/17-tips-from-moms-about-helping-kids-navigate-the-transition-to-middle"},"modified":"2024-09-02T12:40:09","modified_gmt":"2024-09-02T12:40:09","slug":"17-tips-from-moms-about-helping-kids-navigate-the-transition-to-middle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cafemom.com\/parenting\/17-tips-from-moms-about-helping-kids-navigate-the-transition-to-middle","title":{"rendered":"17 Tips From Moms on How To Help Kids Navigate the Transition to Middle School"},"content":{"rendered":"

As a parent, it can be easy to think about elementary school<\/a> as this cozy, safe little bubble. We take our kids there when they are practically still babies, really, and they walk down the hallway to their tiny desks, making friends with whomever is sitting next to them during circle time. They get to spend the next few years losing teeth, learning to read, and mastering both monkey bars and multiplication tables, all under the watch of a group of teachers that are familiar faces, who know most of them by name. <\/p>\n

And then, BAM. Middle school looms on the horizon. Suddenly kids who've maybe had five or six teachers in their whole lives are facing the prospect of having six or seven different teachers in a day. The transition from grade school to middle school also happens to coincide with visits from the puberty fairy, so suddenly kids (and their parents) are dealing with changing bodies<\/a> and changing schools at the same time. It's A LOT. It's pretty normal for both kids and parents to have some anxiety about the transition to middle school<\/a>, so we decided to check-in with some moms who've already been there, done that and got them to share their best advice (and sometimes just sympathy) about how to manage that transition while giving kids the support they need to feel confident and ready to learn. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As a parent, it can be easy to think about elementary school as this cozy, safe little bubble. We take our kids there when they are practically still babies, really, and they walk down the hallway to their tiny desks, making friends with whomever is sitting next to them during circle time. 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