I've read here that boxing classes prevent bullying. LoL, not that way! Just that they give the kids a different posture, they carry themselves differently. Then again, what's the point of preventing bullying if you're going to have them get hit in the head on purpose? I talked to the sensei where I plan to send my boy to karate class about if the training might get my boy into mischief. He said some dojo's attract bullies and trouble makers but his attracted great kid's and taught discipline and self-respect and avoiding trouble and walking away and how to know the difference of when you can't walk away. And the part I was worried about was him getting karate training and roughhousing with kids at school thinking it's ok because all his karate friends thinks it's fun. The sensei said they train the kids to use different force with different people. He'll be less likely to play too rough with a weaker kid, not more likely. Of course these are my concerns about a future kindergarten kid and I got no advice for you on a middle schooler.
Make use of flylady's launch pad, lay out the clothes and pack the bag the night before, do boys like using day planners as much as girls do? Good luck escaping the groundhog day school year.


Youth lives by personality, age lives by calculation. -- Aristotle on a calendar