Webinar: Parenting Middle School Kids in the Pandemic
Phyllis did a webinar for Your Teen Magazine on parenting tweens and teens through the pandemic
Middle School Parenting Tips for Coronavirus Lockdown
Here is a video I did for Hachette Books on some tips to get through this period. Licensed clinical counselor and journalist Phyllis Fagell gives tips for parents with middle school children from her book…
4 Ways to Help Your Quarantined Tween Preserve Friendships
Under the best of circumstances, middle schoolers have to navigate a complex social landscape. They care deeply about their friends, but their empathy is developing, they’re insecure, and they’re still learning how to self-regulate and…
6 ways to help your child thrive socially in middle school
The room full of tweens at Marymount International School in London voiced many of the same concerns as my middle-schoolers in the District. “Sometimes, I pretend to know what my friends are talking about just…
Not Just Tweens: Educators Need to Model Risk-Taking, Too
Four ways educators can lean into discomfort To get from Reno to Lake Tahoe School in Incline Village, Nevada, a school official had to drive me up 6,500 feet of steep, narrow roads lined with…
