Love and Middle School  Nick Florest realizes that telling a
middle-schooler to “get over it” when his heart is broken is not
the soundest of advice.    Yesterday during a tutoring session,
one of my students muttered to himself, “I can’t stop thinking
about her”.  He had done this a few times while we were going
over his math homework, sheepishly looking up at me to make sure
he had my attention until he finally stopped to ask me if we
could talk after we were done. Once his homework was finished,
we talked man to man-child. He spoke to me about him and his
girlfriend recently breaking up… again! Keep in mind, he’s in
7th grade. He hasn’t come to the age where he realizes breaking
up with your schoolhouse lover every other week is just part of
the territory.  He confided in me how much he wants to take her
out on a date (to Burger King… remember, he’s in 7th grade) and
rekindle the romance, but was lost when the feeling wasn’t
returned. The problem I had was when he asked me what he should
do. As much as he