Andy Kerckhoff is a mental health counselor and the author of Critical Connection. He has served in various educational roles for 27 years, including: elementary school principal, high school teacher, middle school teacher, and coach. He is now a counselor in private practice. His first book, Critical Connection, is his guidebook for parenting young teens through middle school. It is written for all those parents who are struggling to have a meaningful, satisfying relationship with their rapidly-changing children.