As the saying goes, all good things must come to an end. After months of deliberation and soul-searching Father and Son publish their last and final episode of The Middle School Mind podcast. After nearly 18 months and over 35+ episodes, on this episode: We say goodbye to our listeners We talk about what's next for Son We hear from some of our past guests Of course we get a little silly And we play one last game So sit back, relax, grab the Kleenex and stick around for our very special goodbye episode. We think kid's voices are under represented in the podcast space. Even though we are le ..read more

The Middle School Mind podcast is taking a little break as we get into the holiday season and look out for new episodes from us in the new year. In the meantime, we wanted to share some other great kids and family podcasts to our listeners. On this week’s Feed Drop, we wanted to share a very inspiring episode from A Step Ahead Tutoring Services' podcast, Hot Topics!. On this episode of Hot Topics!, we meet Sydney Fowler, a teen entrepreneur of a Single Soul online clothing boutique for teens. Sydney talks about her life-changing injury she suffered at the age of 13 and how she started Single S ..read more

The Middle School Mind podcast is taking a little break as we get into the holiday season and look out for new episodes from us in the new year. In the meantime, we wanted to share some other great kids and family podcasts to our listeners. On this week’s Feed Drop, we wanted to share a recent episode of The Geeky Dad Podcast where the Geeky Dad and the Multiverse Kids visit New York and check out a Star Wars exhibition this fall. We hope you enjoy it as much as we have. You can find The Geeky Dad Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify or wherever you listen to podcasts. --- Send in a vo ..read more

On this episode of The Middle School Mind podcast, we talk about tween gift ideas this holiday season with our own spin with wrong answers only. This is our attempt at sarcasm to talk about gifts parents and loved ones should NOT buy the tweens on their gift list this holiday season. We rate these tween gift ideas on a scale of 1 to 5 empty presents, with 5 empty presents being a really bad gift and 1 empty present being a great, super useful gift. Father and Son talk about the following tween gift ideas (wrong answers only): Jojo Siwa’s D.R.E.A.M. Tour front row tickets and a meet and greet ..read more

On this episode of The Middle School Mind, we talk about how Son learned the basics of football by playing Madden NFL 22 on XBox One. Many middle school students are not into sports and Son is one of them. However, many kids have to attend sporting events to support their siblings, friends and family. Son’s older sister is in the color guard at her high school and she performs during halftime at the home football games. Rather than complaining about going to the games or sitting in the stands bored and not knowing what’s going on the field, Father bought Madden NFL 22 on XBox One to teach Son ..read more

On this episode of The Middle School Mind, we . Halloween is a fun time for kids, and since we have family members with severe food allergies, we hand out peanut and tree nut free candies on Halloween. On this episode, we pull random allergy-safe candy from a hat and we taste test each candy and tell you if we would Keep this candy, Trade this candy or Chuck this candy. Here are the allergy-friendly candies we review on this episode: Jolly Rancher Gummies - 2 in 1 Son wants to Keep since he doesn’t think others would want to Trade him for it. Father feels like it has the consistency of Swedis ..read more

On this episode of The Middle School Mind, we review Halloween candies that are safe for kids with peanut and tree nut food allergies. Halloween is a fun time for kids, and since we have family members with severe food allergies, we hand out peanut and tree nut free candies on Halloween. On this episode, we pull random allergy-safe candy from a hat and we taste test each candy and tell you if we would Keep this candy, Trade this candy or Chuck this candy. Here are the candies we review on this episode: Trolli Sour Brite Crawlers Mini Son thinks Trolli Sour Brite Crawlers all taste the same Fa ..read more

On this episode of The Middle School Mind podcast, Son compares and contrasts his experiences with 6th grade and 7th grade so far. Here’s what we cover on this episode: We are no longer charting in Anguilla as one of the top kids and family podcasts :( Respect your teachers, kids. Teachers are people too! 6th Grade and 7th Grade comparisons Education and learning Homework expectations Teacher personalities Overall enjoyment —-------------------------------- We miss our friends in Anguilla! We don’t know what happened, but please let us know what we can do to win you guys back. Credit to M ..read more

On this episode of The Middle School Mind podcast, Son’s friend, TB, is back to talk about video games nobody plays anymore. These are games that Son and TB have played in the past and the two discuss the replayability, graphics and why these games should get another look. Unravel 2 (2018) - sequel to the original Unravel. It’s a puzzle game with little yarn people that Son and Father play together. Minecraft Dungeons (2020) - it was great to play when it first came out during COVID. But the latest updates were more visual and didn’t enhance replayability. It just felt very repetitive. There ..read more

On this episode of The Middle School Mind podcast and today we welcome “TB”, one of Son’s friends from school. TB is a vegetarian and the boys talk about school lunches and what menu options are available for vegetarians. At the end of the episode we play a quick game thanks to an Instacart quiz on fun food trivia. Son and TB talk about: School lunches need a big change Options for vegetarians range from cheese pizza, grilled cheese sandwiches, sunbutter and jelly sandwiches and tuna subs Eating habits and portion sizes are getting so super-sized Shout out to Olive Garden for a free Tour of I ..read more