Sure, kindergarten was a milestone-and first grade? Pretty big stuff, but when your child enters middle school all bets are off. These steps are the first they take on their own that will really begin to determine who and what they eventually become. In Middle School Years without Tears: Getting Ready (at Any Time) for Wonderful, Awesome, Successful, and Thrilling Middle School Experiences, author and veteran middle school educator Lizabeth Jenkins-Dale supports parents and caregivers to ensure children's journeys through the corridors and classrooms of middle school are made with confidence....