Michelle Icard

Michelle Icard has worked with parents, children, and teachers for more than 20 years, creating curriculum, books, and speaking events that help them better understand and navigate early adolescence. She has written for the Today show parenting team, NBC News Learn , CNN Science and Wellness , and the Washington Post . The author of Fourteen Talks by Age Fourteen and Middle School Makeover, she has been featured in the Chicago Tribune, Christian Science Monitor, Redbook, Time , and People . Michelle has two young adult children, which leaves lots of time for reading, walking her dogs, binging shows, and puzzling (crossword and jigsaw) with her husband in Charlotte, North Carolina.