ABOUT THE BLOGGER

My name is Natalie Beckman, a current education student at Ferris State University. With the hopes of becoming a middle school teacher in the near future, it is important to talk about these specific characteristics and challenges that my students and your children will one day face. Being a 19 year old myself, I recently went through these struggles of growing up and have faced them full force. As a future teacher and a lover of pre-teens, I want to inform you of some things that both of us will be experiencing together at the same time. Together we can help our kids and prepare them for the rest of their lives.

Surviving the teenage years is something that everyone struggles with. If you say you had no problems as a teenager, you are lying! It is a difficult part of life, everything is constantly changing from body parts to the world around you. It is important to understand that your children are going through a challenging part of their lives and they need both of us to help them get through it.