Grown Up Partway: Helpful Ideas for Somewhere-In-The-Middle Kids

By Melissa Panara

YOU'RE NOT A LITTLE KID ANYMORE ...

BUT YOU'RE NOT QUITE A TEEN, EITHER.

Welcome to the Middle, that tricky phase where the rules keep changing,

being yourself feels strangely confusing, and life is not nearly as simple as

it used to be.

Written as the response to a letter from a real-feeling tween named

"Grown Up Partway," Dr. Pearl Pinkerton, host of Rethink with Pink, the #1

(fictional) advice podcast for kids, shares a collection of Important Truths,

Ideas to Consider, and Strategies to Try that can help Grown meet this

moment with confidence.

Join Pink and Grown as they navigate some of the toughest challenges

kids and teens face, such as advocating for yourself, identifying friendship

red flags, and disagreeing respectfully. You'll close the book having an

entire toolbox full of practical, research-supported techniques that you

can start using right now ... no matter your age.

Inside, you'll discover how to:

- Put the real you out there (without hiding who you are) and build

lasting friendships.

- Try new words and phrases to own a mistake and communicate

your needs.

- Set boundaries, express concerns, change your mind, and outsmart

"thought traps."

- Use the borderline magical formula Agency + Strategies = Options.

Your life is your story-written in pencil, with a powerful pink eraser in hand.

You get to edit and adjust as you create your most comfortable, best-fit

life. We all do. Because we are all somewhere in the middle, after all.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1960892819
• ISBN13: 9781960892812
• Release Date: October 2026
• Publisher: Synergy Publishing Group
• Length: 124 Pages
• Weight: 0.39 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"