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Raising Middle Schoolers

Raising middle schoolers takes a lot of patience and understanding from everyone involved, from parents to teachers to grandparents to coaches. One of the things I have done for the last several years in my team’s weekly newsletter is include a little blurb called “Raising Middle Schoolers,” filled with tips to help parents understand some of these things about pre-adolescents so that they can work with their teachers to support their children during this phase of life. See below for a compilation of our best tips on how to support your child through this awkward phase of life!

Education, Teaching, ParentingKimberly CaubleJuly 30, 2026Middle School, parenting, Parent-Teacher Relationship, teachingComment

Celebrating All the "Lasts" | Reflecting on My Recent Retirement from Teaching

At the end of this school year, I retired. I have planned to retire this year for the last few, so I knew it would be my last year teaching.

The End of an Era. The Final Chapter. A New Beginning. These are all the “titles” I have placed on this last year. And because I knew exactly when my “ending” was going to take place, I got to celebrate all the lasts!

Education, Life, TeachingKimberly CaubleJune 30, 2026retirement, teaching, reflections Comments

The Challenge of Teaching the Tik-Tok Generation

This past school year I had more students who exhibit ADHD-like behavior, particularly when working on their iPads, than I have ever seen before. It’s been building for the last few years. Yes, some of them are truly diagnosed with ADD or ADHD, but most of them have a learned inability to stay focused on something for more than about 12-15 seconds. …my students just cannot focus, and therefore, they are suffering academically. If something does not change, this will eventually spill over into their teenage years and adulthood, and it terrifies me to think that we may have drivers, doctors, and pilots who are so easily distracted with the inability to sustain focus on something important like driving, performing surgeries, or flying a plane.