On this first week of summer for my kids, marking my middle child’s official end to her elementary career, I am reflecting on the first time we lived through this major transition from elementary to middle school. It’s a time that pushed my controlling tendencies to a whole new level, and I learned a lot from it. When my oldest started sixth grade a cou…
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