As school starts up again across the country, tweens and teens are beginning the arduous adventure that is middle school. And thanks to pretty much all of pop culture—and many adults who have gone ...

At the start of a new school year, educators often marvel at the transformations that students made over the summer. At no other developmental phase is this more evident than early adolescence—the ...

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