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Phyllis L. Fagell

Five ways to help your child survive the social turmoil of middle school

I recently asked my middle school students to share their social concerns by writing thoughts on index cards that they dropped in a shoe box. Some were predictable – uneasiness about friends...

What children can teach us about change, growing up

On the day my oldest child graduated from preschool, I startled myself by bursting into tears in a hallway lined with crayon drawings. I felt an instant sense of nostalgia. A teacher with ol...

How to thrive in middle school

Social emotional skills can help students succeed

How to help middle schoolers living in a sometimes scary place

Every morning before school, my father would toast me a blueberry waffle and slide newspaper articles across the table to me. He would patiently explain complicated topics like apartheid or ...