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Helping Parents
Survive Middle School.
Helping Parents
Survive Middle School.
Helping Parents
Survive Middle School.
Here To Help You
Survive Middle School.

One Behavior at a Time

Middle school behavior can leave even experienced parents wondering, "What happened to my child, and what am I supposed to do with this?"

Middle School Mayhem™ translates behavior science and research into practical strategies that help parents understand what’s happening, respond more effectively, and connect what they’re seeing at home with what educators may see at school.

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The Child You See at Home.
The Student They See at School.

Same child. Different environments. Both matter.

Sometimes the child you experience at home doesn't look anything like the student educators describe at school. Sometimes the opposite is true.

And sometimes everyone is seeing a different part of the same story.

Middle School Mayhem™ connects home + school + behavior science + research to help parents understand the whole picture, and decide what to do next.

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How Can Middle School Mayhem Help?

I'M A PARENT

Understand the behavior. Learn what the research tells us. Find practical strategies you can actually use.

I REPRESENT A SCHOOL, PTA OR ORGANIZATION

Bring research-backed, interactive parent education to your school, group, or community.

I'M LOOKING FOR A SPEAKER

Speaking, interviews, media, writing, panels, and collaborative educational programming focused on the middle school years.

Hi! I'm Tamara

Meet Your Mommy Mentor

Tamara Braxton, M.Ed. is an educator, behavior specialist, parent mentor, and founder of BradAlTon Behavior Institute.

With more than 20 years in education and current experience working on a middle school behavior intervention team, Tamara brings parents a perspective that connects what happens at home with what

educators may see or not see, at school.

As the creator of Middle School Mayhem™, she translates research

and behavior science into practical strategies parents can actually use in real life.

Tired Of Always Arguing With The Child You Love?

Pause The Power Struggle

Stop getting pulled into the back-and-forth when your middle schooler pushes back.

Learn how to give a direction, hold the boundary, and move on without letting every conversation become a battle.

 

Pause the power struggle. Protect the relationship.

Because Middle School Doesn't Come With a Manual.

Get, research-backed articles, audios, and practical tools to help you understand your middle schooler's behavior, connect what's happening at home with what educators may see at school, and know what to do next.

Middle School Is Mayhem

You Don't Have to Figure It Out Alone.

Get research-backed insights, practical strategies, and new Middle School Mayhem™ resources delivered straight to your inbox.

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