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Fourteen Talks By Age Fourteen: important advice before the tween years

Fourteen Talks By Age Fourteen: important advice before the tween years

Let’s face it: the  middle school years are TOUGH. Parents sometimes feel like talking to middle schoolers is an exercise in frustration (for both parties!) but there’s no better time to have important yet sometimes difficult conversations about topics like changing friendships,

independence, self-care, technology, impulsivity, money, and more — and lay the groundwork for a healthy adolescence.

This invaluable parenting book Fourteen Talks By Age Fourteen: The Essential Conversations You Need to Have with Your Kids Before They Start High School by Michelle Icard lays out the BRIEF Model.

  • Begin peacefully.
  • Relate to your child.
  • Interview to collect information
  • Echo what you’re hearing, and give Feedback – for having positive conversations with middle schoolers.

In it, Icard provides a chapter-by-chapter breakdown of each of these 14 discussions, as well as advice on how to apply this approach to other talks you may want to have with your child. These essential conversations will also help you stay connected with your tween or young teen, making it easier for you to help guide them through this critical time in their growth and development.

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