#97 - Navigating the Path to Middle School: Insights for Parents from Chris Balme

A Dad's Path

Will Braunstein

Parenting, Kids & Family

5 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 7 May 2024

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of "A Dad's Path Podcast," we talk with Chris Balme, author of "Finding the Magic in Middle School." Chris shares expert advice to help parents understand what to expect and how to prepare for their child's journey through the middle school years.

Listeners will learn:

How the adolescent brain changes and how to navigate the behavioral shifts that come with it.
Tips for guiding children through the evolving social dynamics of middle school.
Strategies to maintain academic motivation while encouraging independence.
Guidance on managing technology and navigating the digital world safely.

Whether you're approaching the middle school years or already navigating them, this episode is packed with actionable insights to transform this time into a period of growth and discovery for parents and kids. Tune in to gain strategies that will help your child thrive during these transformative years!

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0:00.0	Hi and welcome to a Dad's Path podcast. We're real Dad solving everyday problems.
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0:16.6	for dads.
0:18.0	Our goal is to help you make fatherhood count.
0:20.6	Dad all. Hello and welcome.
0:23.0	Hello and to another
0:35.8	Hello and welcome to another episode of a Dad's Path Podcast. I'm Will Bronstein. Today we're here with Chris Baum who's a educational leader, writer,
0:40.1	and school founder. He's passionate about helping young people discover more of
0:44.4	their human potential. And he's done this in a lot of ways, but he's the author of a
0:48.6	fantastic book, Finding the Magic in Middle School, tapping into the power and potential of the middle school years,
0:54.7	which middle school years, I think if we look back or the mix for a lot of us.
0:59.2	So to say the least.
1:00.8	To say the least.
1:02.1	Chris serves as the founding principal at Hakuba International School.
1:05.6	It's in Japan.
1:06.3	He is also the founder and director of Argonaut, an online advisory program for middle school
1:11.0	is around the world.
1:12.4	And prior to this, Chris co-founded and served as head of school at the Millennium School,
1:16.0	a lab school in San Francisco where he helped pioneer new learning methods based in developmental science.
1:22.0	We can find more about Chris on Chris bail balm.com on his
1:26.7	website and again the book is Finding the Magic in Middle School. We'll have that in
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