Episode 0: Welcome To Middle Years

Most parents of middle schoolers are trying so hard to get it right. We want to stay connected without hovering, help without overreacting, and raise a kid who feels deeply loved and also capable in the world.Even with the best intentions, these middle years can be tough and it can start to feel like everyone else got a parenting manual you somehow missed.In Middle Years, Bridget KerMorris answers real parenting questions from parents of middle schoolers with honesty, humor, thoughtful insight, and deep respect for the parent-child relationship. Each episode explores what is happening underneath the behavior and how parents can stay steady, connected, and relational through some of the most emotionally intense years of family life.Bridget is a Stanford-trained lawyer, parenting coach, mom of seven, and creator of the Steady + Connected Parenting™ framework. Drawing from thousands of hours studying and engaging in clinical work around family systems, neurodivergence, relational trauma, and middle school development, she helps parents build rock-solid relationships with their kids without perfection, fear, or constant power struggles.Middle school is not the beginning of losing your child. It's an opportunity to know them more deeply than ever before.