Archive - Raising Middle School Boys

You Are the Protective Factor

The transformative power of consistent parenting in the making of resilient kids

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Ordinary Magic: How Resilience Gets Built

Part two of a three-part series on helping your young man build resilience

Jun 4 • Raising Middle School Boys

Resources for your Family Tech Toolkit

One of the things we hear most from parents of boys is that they know they need to set boundaries around tech and screens, they just don’t know where to…

Jun 2 • Raising Middle School Boys

May 2026

What Resilience Actually Is

The first in a three-part series about building resilient young men

May 27 • Raising Middle School Boys

It happens in a moment, and he feels it immediately.

May 21 • Raising Middle School Boys

Phones at Dinner Are Costing Your Kids More Than You Think

Why we Put the Screens Away

May 12 • Raising Middle School Boys

What Middle School Boys Need Most May Have Started Years Ago: A Conversation with Wendy Bradley of Creatively Parenting

If you follow Raising Middle School Boys, you know that so much of what trips up our boys in the middle school years has roots that go back much further…

May 6 • Raising Middle School Boys

April 2026

Beyond the Clutter: Seeing Your Middle School Boy Clearly

The Noise, the Mess, and the Miracle

Apr 28 • Raising Middle School Boys

The Kind of Man He Could Become

It catches you off guard sometimes, in the most ordinary moments.

Apr 20 • Raising Middle School Boys

When Everything Feels Like Too Much

It happens fast, and it does not always look the way you expect.

Apr 11 • Raising Middle School Boys

Four Things You Can Do Right Now to Help Your Middle Schooler Manage the End-of-School-Year Crunch

The last eight weeks or so of school can be brutal.

Apr 8 • Raising Middle School Boys

Somebody Ate Everything Again

You did not see it happen, but you seldom do. And you know exactly who did it.

Apr 5 • Raising Middle School Boys

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