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Michelle Icard | Expert Guidance on Parenting Tweens & Teens

Michelle Icard | Expert Guidance on Parenting Tweens & Teens

Helping you feel less stressed about raising tweens and teens.

  • About
    • Speaker Bio
    • Note from Michelle
  • Books
    • Books Overview
    • 8 Setbacks That Can Make a Child a Success
    • Fourteen Talks by Age Fourteen
    • Middle School Makeover
  • Speaking
    • Booking Inquiry
    • Keynote Topics
    • Testimonials
  • Private Consultation
  • Leadership Camps
    • Camp Overview
    • Camp Dates
    • Camp FAQs
    • Camp Testimonials
    • Intern Application
  • Media
  • Connect
    • Inquiries
    • Subscribe to Emails
    • Join Michelle’s Parenting Group

ABOUT
   Speaker Bio
   Note From Michelle

BOOKS
   Books Overview
   8 Setbacks That Can Make a Child A Sucess
   Fourteen Talks By Age Fourteen
   Middle School Makeover

SPEAKING
   Booking Inquiry
   Keynote Topics
   Testimonials

PRIVATE CONSULTATION

LEADERSHIP CAMPS
   Camp Overview
   Camp Dates
   Camp FAQs
   Camp Testimonials
   Intern Application

MEDIA

CONNECT
   Inquiries
   Subscribe to Emails
   Join Michelle’s Parenting Group

MICHELLE ICARD IN THE MEDIA

Ask Lisa: Untangling Family Life

Michelle Icard joins Lisa Damour’s podcast to break down how tweens going through social exclusion at school are usually just testing out new friends and identities.

NBC News

Michelle speaks with Kate Snow and Zinhle on NBC News Daily about her book, Eight Setbacks That Can Make a Child a Success.

NBC News

Michelle talks with Morgan Radford and Vicky Nguyen on NBC News Daily about the importance of kids failing and how to help them move past their setbacks.

TODAY Show

Michelle talks with Willie Geist and Natalie Morales about how to quickly manage tantrums from kids of all ages.

Charlotte Today

Michelle talks with Colleen Odegaard about what teens need during the pandemic quarantine.

Charlotte Today

Michelle talks with Colleen Odegaard and Eugene Robinson about the importance of the film Eighth Grade and what parents can learn from it.

Charlotte Talks

Michelle talks with NPR host Mike Collins about ways adults can help kids manage the transition to middle school.

CNN

5 ways parents can support their tweens when a friendship ends

Better ways to talk with your tween or teen when they go silent

Break the ice with your tween or teen using TV shows, social media and podcasts

Learn to let go of sleep battles with your teen

Ending teen sleep struggles — is it possible?

Washington Post

How To Communicate With Your Tween or Teen (and Why That’s So Hard)

Do You Pre-Chew Your Kids’ Food? Then You Shouldn’t Do That With Their Ideas, Either

Want To Keep Your New Middle-Schooler Out of Trouble? Then Let Them Take Risks

The Trouble With Fixing Other People’s Kids

TODAY.com

We’re All Teenagers Again. Thoughts on Being Grounded as an Adult

Middle-Age Moms and Middle School Girls: Do We Have More In Common Than We Think?

How To Help Kids With Quarantine Social Slide

Expert Interviews

How to keep your kids safe online — without taking away their phone Interviewed by Heather Kelly for the Washington Post

Ask your kids about coronavirus teasing. There’s a good chance they’re witnessing it. Interviewed by Heidi Stevens for the Chicago Tribune.

A 16-year-old boy died by suicide after his intimate messages to another boy were made public. What some experts say parents need to know about sexting. Interviewed by Heidi Stevens for the Chicago Tribune.

Middle school: The new high school for moms Interviewed by Kelly Wallace for CNN.com

Keeping Up With Kids’ Mental Health During Coronavirus Interviewed by Jenny Marder for National Geographic 

Parenting Involvement In Middle School: The Transition to Middle School Interviewed by Randye Hoder for Your Teen Magazine

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