From tears and fears to cheers-the adult guide for middle-schoolers... Twenty of the most common issues that drive emotional middle-school students to the school counselor's door are told in story form based on real-life confidential meetings, phone calls, and interventions. Stories include practical life lessons and inspiring solutions for such problems as anger management, eating disorders, peer pressure, bullying, divorcing parents, failure spirals, broken friendships, gossip, sexual harassment, and test and performance anxiety. The stories also provide insight for challenges with parents,...