Planet Middle School, Dr. Kevin Leman
Planet Middle School, Dr. Kevin Leman
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*Planet Middle School
Helping Your Child through the Peer Pressure, Awkward Moments & Emotional Drama

Author: Dr. Kevin Leman

Narrator: Dr. Kevin Leman

Unabridged: 8 hr 30 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Mission Audio

Published: 10/06/2015

Synopsis

It happens to every parent. One day, you have a sweet son or daughter who loves to snuggle on the couch and who puts a smile on your face just by walking into the room. The next day, it's as if someone left the door open and let in an alien with a smart mouth and an attitude that, frankly, you could do without. Entering middle school is like stepping onto a different planet--for parent and child alike. It's a planet where peer pressure, social media, and hormones can wreak havoc in your child's life and in your relationship with him or her. But these years don't have to create chaos in your family. Parenting expert and New York Timesbestselling author Dr. Kevin Leman's time-tested principles will aid parents in helping their middle schooler not only survive but thrive during these turbulent years on Planet Middle School. He shows parents how to - understand their child's rapidly expanding world- respond rather than react to emotional swings- tell their child about sex (before someone else tells them their version)- create opportunities for their child to practice selflessness and gratitude- ensure that their kid is one who loves home and familyMiddle schoolers can be a weird, unpredictable species. But with a little help from Dr. Leman, parents will be able to ride out the interstellar storm with humor and confidence.

About Dr. Kevin Leman

Dr. Kevin Leman is an internationally known psychologist, radio and television personality, and speaker. Cohost of the extremely popular Have a New Kid by Friday podcast, he has made house calls through hundreds of radio and television programs, such as Fox & Friends, The View, Fox's The Morning Show, Today, Morning in America, The 700 Club, and CBS's The Early Show, and has served as a contributing family psychologist to Good Morning America. A bestselling and award-winning author, Dr. Leman has written more than sixty books, including The Birth Order Book and Have a New Kid by Friday. He is the founder of Leman Academy of Excellence, an award-winning group of classical charter schools located throughout Arizona and Colorado. Dr. Leman and his wife, Sande, live in Tucson, Arizona. They have five children and four grandchildren.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Loyal on February 02, 2019

A quality book, and very practical. It really helps you understand and empathize with those middle schoolers around you; you even remember a bit why you were the way you were in middle school. It only makes three stars, however, because it’s also filled with a lot of the author’s personal theories p......more

Goodreads review by Anne (In Search of Wonder) on June 19, 2019

Although the author is Christian, it seems to have been written with the intention of being read by a secular audience. I can appreciate the intention but I'm not sure the delivery was able to satisfy either crowd (Christian or secular). Ad a Christian, I would have preferred more scriptural basis a......more

Goodreads review by Annette on January 01, 2016

I have to admit, when I started reading this book I simply didn't want to finish it. It started off with such a poor impression of this age group. That it made me feel that "Oh, if that's your impression of this age group why in the world would I want to read what you have to say to me about how to......more

Goodreads review by Heather on March 03, 2017

I walked away with a few helps and a few reminders. However, overall I do not recommend this book. Dr. Leman's intended audience is the general public, as opposed to Christians, and his attitude toward conservative Christian parents was critical. He raised serious concerns about middle school withou......more

Goodreads review by Crystal Reads Now on November 08, 2023

This book had amazing advice. I've been an overall great parent, but I'm not perfect, and I wish I had taken more of his advice in this book. The problem is I started this book when my daughter was in 6th grade and ended when she was in 8th. It might have been better to start reading sooner. I highl......more

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