What To Expect From The Middle School Years: Episode 63
The Mom Hour
Mom Hour Media
4.9 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 9 August 2016
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
After last week’s episode all about starting school we heard from listeners who wanted some insight into the middle school years. Since Sarah’s kids aren’t quite there yet, she puts Meagan in the spotlight in this week’s show, asking about everything from academic expectations to awkward physical changes. As always, we’re judgement-free and totally honest. Join us!
LINKS MENTIONED:
- Episode 62: Things We Shouldn’t Have Freaked Out About (Starting School Edition)
- The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed (Jessica Lahey)
- Our recent discussion about tweens and social media can be found in Episode 61 (skip to 32:50 to hear us talk about 12-year-olds)
- As promised, middle school photos of Sarah (pictured in 6th and 7th grades, side-by-side) and Meagan. Be sure to listen to the episode for the behind-the-scenes hair stories.
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| 0:00.0 | Okay, Sarah, I know we both want to raise caring and kind kids, but it's not always easy to identify ways to help them engage with the world generously. |
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| 1:08.3 | Hi, I'm Sarah. I'm a mom of three kids ages two, five, and seven, and I live in Southern California. |
| 1:20.0 | And I'm Megan. I am the mom of five kids ages six through 17, and I live in Michigan. |
| 1:26.6 | This is the mom hour part of the Life Listen Network. |
| 1:31.8 | Hey everyone and welcome to episode 63 of the mom hour. I'm Megan Francis here as always with Sarah Powers. Hey Sarah |
| 1:38.9 | Hey, Megan, how are you? I'm great. I'm kind of excited about this topic after we did the last episode which |
| 1:45.6 | was things we wish we wouldn't have freaked out about the school years I |
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