Parenting Your Eighth Grader: A Guide to Making the Most of the "Yeah … I Know" Phase

by Kristen Ivy, Reggie Joiner

Parenting Your Eighth Grader MAKE THE MOST OF EVERY PHASE IN YOUR CHILD'S LIFE You have approximately 936 weeks from the time your child is born until he or she graduates from high school. It goes by fast, and kids change and grow quickly. It's as if they shift or move on just as you're starting to figure them out. It all makes the responsibility to shape a child's faith and character feel overwhelming. Parenting Your Eighth Grader is a concise and interactive guide that simplifies what you need to know about eighth graders in general and gives you a place to discover more about your eighth grader, so you can make the most of this phase. You find yourself wondering, Where did my kid go? and Who is the grown person in my kitchen?, but you might be in one of the best phases of your child's life. THE PHASE WHEN IT'S COOL TO HAVE CHOICES, IT'S NOT COOL TO ANSWER QUESTIONS, AND ONE SMART KID WILL REMIND YOU, "YEAH … I KNOW." Discover...
About the Phase Project The Phase Project, including this guide, is a synthesis of personal experience, academic research, and gatherings of leaders and educational experts from across the child development spectrum. Designed in partnership with Parent Cue, this guide is one volume in an 18-part series to help you parent your child through every year.

63 pages, Paperback

Published July 18, 2017

Reviews

[Edmond · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book caused more tension with my teenager than did any good. "What do your friends say about alcohol?" I want to know what parent ever asked their 8th grader this question with success?
Or my favorite line "Who do you know that is dating?"
Are you kidding me? I liked the previous books of the younger ages, but parenting an older child is difficult and this book did not help one bit.