Good Manners Don't Disappear in Middle School Now that your
child's hit middle school, relationships have gotten pretty
complex. The peer group is new, less familiar, and more
cutthroat; the teachers are many and varied in style,
personality and expectation. Since adolescents are already
taking relationships more seriously, they're already in tune
with the fundamentals of good manners – they just need a little
guidance with integrating them into day to day life. What You
Need to Know The humorous math teacher doesn't mind a little
noise, but the science teacher will accept nothing less than
absolute quiet. Adjusting behavior to respond to the variations
from class to class and activity to activity is a challenging
task that can require resiliency, patience, and a strong
foundation of manners, including consideration for others,
respect, tact, and flexibility. How You Can Help - Discipline at
this stage can seem rooted in contradictions, as the very reason
for your rules are to guide your child safely into ind