Originally Posted by geofizz
I live in suburban midwest. I often wonder if I'm the only parent who ever emotionally left 7th grade. I've started to view these conversations as a sign of either not enough to do or not enough to think about. As time has gone by (my oldest is in 4th), the 7th grade behavior hasn't really changed, but I've gotten better at avoiding those people, and they seem to avoid me as well.

This may have to do with parents remembering their own childhoods because they now have children.

So, they psychological regress to teenage-hood.

Maybe.

That's my pop-psychology thought for today.