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[quote=Anonymous]By the time my kid finished middle school, I felt like his PA, (and he is reasonably on top of things).

All activities go into Google calendar. Most middle schools have a computerised system for keeping track of assignments. Have them check every day. There are teachers who forget to put things into the system. These teachers are often lovely, but they are also your biggest pain in the neck. However, this is where self advocacy skills come in, and by 8th grade, most kids are navigating these issues independently.

Buy school clothes in the current size and next size up. My kid grew 6 inches between the 1st day of 7th and the last day of 8th grade.

The personal growth they experience during this phase is really heartening. They also start to become real team players at home; they can be sent to the store for missing ingredients, bring in packages from the porch before the pirates arrive, and take a frantic text asking them to move the sheets to the dryer when you are stuck in the waiting room at Labcorp.[/quote]

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