Ryan Burdick is an eighth-grade teacher in the Baldwinsville school district. Middle schoolers have always been weird. But they’re getting weirder, and not in good ways. I’ve taught eighth grade for ...

I have been an occupational therapist in a suburban school district in Syracuse for 24 years. I am also the mother of six children. I started speaking about Burdick’s concerns 14 years ago when the ...

Yoga gives us incredible focus and purpose, as well as opening up tight hips, lengthening spines, increasing the rotation of ...

Dear Eric: My wife and daughter have not gotten along well since my daughter hit middle school (she’s now about to turn 18). Part of the problem is that they are very much alike. Both of them have OCD ...

Care and Feeding is Slate’s parenting advice column. In addition to our traditional advice, every Thursday we feature an assortment of teachers from across the country answering your education ...

I've gone through many different hair transformations over the years, but no matter what, one thing has always remained true: I'm a middle-part stan. When the Gen Z and millenial debate about middle ...

Cool-down stretches lengthen your muscles, boosting your flexibility and reducing your risk of injury. I know this, yet I still end up skipping them at the end of my run or gym session. To change this ...

In a world where youth is glorified and spread across multiple platforms, oftentimes fueled by selfies with filters left and right, it is no surprise that our culture lacks an open dialogue ...

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There are two types of people in this world: those who think cruises are fun, and those who think they are floating shopping malls teaming with raucous children, drunk adults and norovirus. I have ...