Article: One giant leap; For many parents, the middle school years create worries and revive fears.(Life - Family)

Byline: TRACY ORMSBEE - Senior Editor/Features

I don't remember my first day of middle school, but I do remember how I felt in those early days. The hallways seemed too big and too crowded with unfamiliar faces, and we ricocheted off one another in a confused rush to find our classrooms. Invariably, mine was at the opposite end of the school from where I was, so I remember the twinges of panic.

All of these feelings returned last month when I saw my oldest daughter, Ellen, off for her first day of middle school. To me, she looked too little and vulnerable for this - still a fifth-grader not a sixth-grader.

At the bus stop, dressed in a ...

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