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[quote=Anonymous]I'm not going to lie, it's wrecked our world but COVID added a few layers of complications. I've aged 10 years with my 8th-grade son. Caveat, DS has pretty severe ADHD. That said, I will say I've seen a ton of maturity over the past 6 months.

1. try to support him in finding a good friend group.
2.  MS is hard when lots of kids coming together and you don't know if their friends come from families with similar values that you have. SO, try to have friends come to your house
3. Have the house stocked with food and fun entertainment for them because eventually they start wanting to roam the streets and you don't have as much control
4. Keep them off of social media as long as you can but not too long if their core group of friends are communicating via certain apps. Once you do allow, set specific ground rules about apps and how you are going to monitor for their safety 
5. Keep them active after school as much as you can. Idle hands are the devils tools.
6. Communicate with teachers about your child. Surround them with good mentors and support where you can!
7. We had to watch our ADHD son like a hawk because he doesn't have the frontal lobes that other 8th grade boys have and he's functioning more like a 6th grader in an 8th graders body.

Good luck!

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