Parenting Your Ninth Grader: A Guide to Making the Most of the "This Is Me Now" Phase

Parenting Your Ninth Grader

MAKE THE MOST OF EVERY PHASE IN YOUR CHILD'S LIFE

You have approximately 936 weeks from the time your child is born until he or she graduates from high school. It goes by fast, and kids change and grow quickly. It's as if they shift or move on just as you're starting to figure them out. It all makes the responsibility to shape a child's faith and character feel overwhelming.

Parenting Your Ninth Grader is a concise and interactive guide that simplifies what you need to know about freshmen in general and gives you a place to discover more about your ninth grader, so you can make the most of this phase.

You aren't sure you can name your teen's new friends (or where they met them), but you might be in one of the best phases of your child's life. THIS IS THE PHASE WHEN FRIENDSHIPS SHIFT, GRADES COUNT, AND INTERESTS CHANGE SO OFTEN YOUR TEENAGER HAS TO EXPLAIN, "THIS IS ME NOW."

Discover...

• what's changing about your kid over the next 52 weeks,
• the 6 things your kid needs most,
• and 4 conversations to have in this phase.

About the Phase Project

The Phase Project, including this guide, is a synthesis of personal experience, academic research, and gatherings of leaders and educational experts from across the child development spectrum. Designed in partnership with Parent Cue, this guide is one volume in an 18-part series to help you parent your child through every year.