Smart Kids Ask Questions - Great Parents Answer Them: Primary School Edition - Ages 7-12 - Couverture souple

Lewis, Meredith

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 176483206X ISBN 13 : 9781764832069

Editeur : BuMere Publishing, 2026

Synopsis

All kids ask questions. Great parents answer them.

By the time your child reaches the primary school years (ages 7-12), the questions haven't stopped—they've simply gone quiet. A toddler asks why the sky is blue at full volume in the grocery store. A seven-, nine-, or eleven-year-old is far more likely to ask the harder question at ten o'clock at night, in a voice barely above a whisper: What if I'm not smart enough? What if nobody actually likes me? What happens if I mess up?

Smart Kids Ask Questions – Great Parents Answer Them: The Primary School Edition (Volume 3) is a practical, real-world parenting guide for kids ages 7-12, built for the pivotal, often-overlooked stretch of middle childhood development—the years when abstract thinking sharpens, fairness becomes fiercely important, peer opinion starts to carry real weight, and, for many children, the earliest stages of puberty begin.

Written by a career educator with 25 years of classroom experience, in a warm, judgment-free, jargon-free voice, this child development book for parents gives you the exact words to use when your child brings you a hard question—without flinching, oversimplifying, or turning an honest moment into a lecture.

Inside, you'll find a proven, easy-to-use framework for every question:

• The Question – the real words kids ages 7-12 actually say
• The "Why" Behind It – the developmental insight behind the question, drawn from decades in the classroom
• The 10-Second Script – a fast, honest answer for busy, tired, real-life moments
• The Deep Dive – a longer conversation starter for bedtime, car rides, or dinner table talks

This volume organizes hundreds of real questions from tweens and preteens into nine essential categories:

• School, learning & achievement
• Bodies & puberty
• Friendship & social dynamics
• Screens, social media & digital identity
• Academic pressure & self-worth
• Peer pressure & decision-making
• Identity & values
• Mental health & big emotions
• Crushes, privacy & independence

Every entry also includes A Note for You (a private aside, parent to parent) and Conversation Starters to keep the dialogue open long after the first answer.

Whether you're looking for a parenting book about raising confident kids, a guide to talking to your child about puberty and friendship, help navigating screen time and social media conversations, or simply a way to feel less alone in the daily flood of "why," this book meets you exactly where you are—backed by 25 years of real classroom experience with kids this age.

Because the goal was never to have a perfect answer ready every time. It's to stay the safe place your child turns to—right when the temptation to turn to a search engine, a classmate, or silence instead is greatest.

Perfect for: parents of tweens and preteens, teachers, school counselors, grandparents, and any caregiver raising a curious, resilient child through the primary school years and into adolescence.

Part of the Smart Kids Ask Questions series – also available: Volume 1 (Ages 3-5), Volume 2 (Ages 5-6, First Year of School), and Volume 4 (Ages 12-18, Teen Edition).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: BuMere Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 176483206X
• ISBN 13: 9781764832069
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 255
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Printed by Amazon on behalf of the author; https://www.amazon.fr/hz/contact-us; ; c/o Amazon Media EU S.à.r.l., 38 Avenue John F. Kennedy; Luxembourg; L-1855; Luxembourg