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Big Feelings. Tough Choices. Discovering Who You Are.

You find out there’s a group chat without you. Two friends expect you to choose sides. Someone says, “If you were really my friend, you would…” A mean message makes you want to type something back right now. Middle school is full of moments that don’t come with instructions.

What’s In Your Core?™ Pocket Guide — Middle School Edition helps young readers slow those moments down, notice what matters to them, and choose what to do next. It includes 70 real-life situations across 7 categories:

• Being You

• Friends & Belonging

• Pressure, Choices & Doing What’s Right

• School, Activities & Expectations

• Phones, Gaming & Online Life

• Speaking Up, Boundaries & Getting Help

• When Things Change or Go Wrong

Each situation fits on one page. Readers stop and think with the Pause Tool™ (Pause, Notice, Ask, Choose), look at a few possible next steps, and finish with a short “From Your Core” reminder. The guide never tells kids what to think. It helps them practice thinking for themselves, and it is clear about when a moment is too big to handle alone and it’s time to talk to a parent, teacher, counselor, or another trusted adult.