Yesterday I was talking to one of my best friends about middle school. Her son will be attending the same school as my daughter next year and she wanted to get the inside scoop on teachers, administration and a few other things. I was surprised to find myself telling her to go ahead and spend that $35.00 at the parents meet the school day on a locker. We learned the hard way how important a locker is towards helping make sure middle school isn’t among the “worst years of my life” for our daughter.
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Middle School
My daughter entered middle school this year and it was a really big step for both of us. As a parent I worried (and still worry) about all the things and people she will encounter. I hope she will make good choices. I hope she will do well in school, have friends and grow as a person. Middle school really is sort of the kick off to being a teen and all that comes with that – both for the tween and teens but parents too. We had so many decisions we had to make, one of them being did she need a locker. It was $35.00 to get one and at the time it just didn’t seem like a big deal. However we quickly learned that lugging around her almost 50 lb backpack wasn’t helping anyone. We signed on for a locker, paid our dues and hoped that would be the end of it.
It wasn’t. For her secret Santa gift she got some great locker swag for her best friend to help her “dress up” her locker some more. It wasn’t a whole lot of things but apparently there are things that these middle school girls simply can not live without – like a mirror (I agree I think a mirror is a pretty cool idea as well as a shelf).
After seeing how excited she was about giving her friend some great locker swag I headed online to find some for her. After all it was the holidays and it could be included in her Christmas gifts. She’s thrilled with her locker shelf, mirror, notes and pin cushions and a locker light. Who would have thought that you would need a LIGHT inside a locker?
While a locker and a little swag won’t make sure that middle school aren’t the worst days of her life it sure has made a difference. She is more organized this week and she is thrilled to be able to pin little notes and reminders to herself on her board. The mirror means she can check her hair before she heads to pep squad and the shelf separates her books from her notebooks getting her to class on time. Not to mention that she is healthier without carrying her heavy backpack around all day.
Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life
While our middle school experience has been pretty nice it isn’t that way for Rafe, (Griffin Gluck) in Middle School The Worst Years of My Life. Our family laughed our way through his hi-jenks as he takes on one tough principal and school where rules rule for no good reason.
Rafe has an epic imagination…and a slight problem with authority. Both collide when he transfers to a rule-crazy middle school. Drowning in do’s and don’ts, Rafe and his best friend Leo hatch a plan to expose the principal by breaking every rule in the school’s Code of Conduct. As the principal strikes back, Rafe’s world, at home and at school, explodes into hilarious chaos (both real and imagined) in this laugh-filled family comedy based on James Patterson’s best-selling book series.
Pick up the BLU-Ray Combo pack or DVD and get these special features!
· “That Middle School Life” Featurette
· “Middle School = The Worst / Making Movies = The Best” Featurette
· “The Wedgie Wheel” Featurette
· “Yolo: Behind Operation Rafe” Featurette
· Gag Reel
· Deleted Scenes
Instead of spoilers, I’m sharing this particular deleted scene. It made me laugh out loud and I think you will enjoy it too.
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Lisa Brown says
I worry about bullying, always in the back of my mind for my kids no matter the grade level.
Lisa Carey says
You are so right! It really doesn’t matter which grade level that bullying may occur. It is not just middle school and elementary school gets a pass. I know we encountered a major bullying situation at 4th grade which I was worried would carry over to 5th grade. It didn’t, but not because of the changes in the child, it was because of changes in administration. I also threw a fit when I found out that her bully (who told her to commit suicide) was in her class in 5th grade. The school should have never let that occur.
Janet W. says
One worry about middle school of mine for my grandsons (and the same I had for my daughters years ago) was just the negative peer pressure. Those years are crucial determining what path your child will take and who they surround themselves with.
Lisa Carey says
I totally understand. I remember my older children thinking that their friends would be with them for YEARS beyond middle school and that’s why they should make things work with them. It’s not until they are much much older that they realize that there is far more to friendship than those relationships during middle and high school.
Julie Wood says
I worry that my son or daughter will get picked on and have a hard time fitting in!
Tiffany Greene Elliott says
I worry about my kids being bullied when the start middle school and making new friends!
mami2jcn says
Definitely the bullying is very worrisome in middle school. Those were the worst years for me when I was growing up.
Jessica To says
My son is in middle school now and I worry about bullying and peer pressure.
Elena says
the main worry is bullying
Natalie says
I worry that my niece’s classmates with form cliques and be cruel to her.
Cheryl B says
Always a concern is peer pressure and bullying.
Jessica says
I worry about mean girls. My daughter is a very sweet and very sensitive little girl.
Lisa Carey says
I know what you mean. My daughter is so kind and sweet. I know that she doesn’t like conflict. It’s so hard to know that those things may happen and they may not be able to handle them.
Cindy Merrill says
I worry that my Grand kids will have difficulty with the new Math curriculum, this isn’t anything they’ve prepared for.
Lisa Carey says
It is pretty scary. The new Math even confuses their dad who teaches Math, Accounting and Economics as the college level. So there’s the problem between what colleges are expecting and what the schools are teaching – yet we want them to be prepared for both. Unfortunately it’s a problem because schools now try to keep the testing all such a “secret” that it’s hard for parents/grandparents/guardians to be able to teach them how to accomplish the testing and homework.
Lauren says
I worry about peer pressure.
shirley says
Bullying is my biggest fear for my child, helping with homework fear for me.
Lisa Carey says
I’m seeing a pattern. I think we all (any family member) worries about bullying and peer pressure. But I agree I also find it hard to help my daughter with homework and assignments. Between Common Core as well as other instructions there are many nights where homework causes a problem – sometimes it’s because I don’t know how to do it the way the school wants or my daughter needs help. Sometimes that’s the scariest part for me of them all.
Steve Weber says
I worry that my son or daughter will get picked on.
DEBIJOT says
Bullying is my number one worry. The teachers need to stay on top of it.
Sarah Mayer says
I worry about people being bullied and teased and ganged up on.
heather says
I worry about bullying and also the bad things that kids can look up on the Internet scares me.