217 episodes
This Is So Awkward Peoples Media
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- Kids & Family
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4.7 • 282 Ratings
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This is so awkward…but it doesn’t have to be. These days, puberty starts earlier, lasts longer, and happens with a cellphone in hand. The most trusted voices on puberty, Dr. Cara Natterson and Vanessa Kroll Bennett, are here to remove cringe from this stage of life – not just for kids going through it but also the adults who care about them. With science, guidance and humor, they cover all the physical, emotional, and social changes that happen between ages 8-18 and beyond.
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What Jonathan Haidt Gets Right… and Wrong
A new bestselling bookThe Anxious Generation is making big waves in the parenting world. Jonathan Haidt presents incredibly important data, but the messaging around the book is scaring many parents, making some feel terrible about their tech choices. This episode walks through what he gets right (sociological data, tech use trends, and the importance of limit setting) and what he gets wrong (specifics about puberty and brain development).
Show Notes:
Join our LESS AWKWARD MEMBERSHIP
Go to magicspoon.com/PUBERTY to save $5
Visit Bioptimizers.com/PUBERTY and use code PUBERTY10 for 10% off your purchase.
Go to FACTORMEALS.COM/puberty50 and use code puberty50 to get 50% off your order.
Get 25% off your first order of Phyla, when you visit PhylaBiotics.com and use the code PUBERTY at checkout!
Order our book This Is So Awkward
Check out all our speaking and curriculum at www.lessawkward.com and our super comfy products at www.myoomla.com
To bring us to your school or community email operations@lessawkward.com
To submit listener questions email podcast@lessawkward.com
Watch the full episode on Youtube!
Produced by Peoples Media
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Health Tips for Launched Kids
Whether it’s a kid who has moved out of their childhood home or one who’s just away for the summer, there’s a list of conversations to have before they fly the coop. Dr. Jill Grimes, author of the Ultimate College Student Handbook – one of our favorite high school graduation gifts! – shares her best tips on everything from drugs to birth control to when to take yourself to the emergency room.
Show Notes:
Updated Ultimate College Student Health Handbook
Join our LESS AWKWARD MEMBERSHIP
Go to magicspoon.com/PUBERTY to save $5
Visit Bioptimizers.com/PUBERTY and use code PUBERTY10 for 10% off your purchase.
Go to FACTORMEALS.COM/puberty50 and use code puberty50 to get 50% off your order.
Get 25% off your first order of Phyla, when you visit PhylaBiotics.com and use the code PUBERTY at checkout!
Order our book This Is So Awkward
Check out all our speaking and curriculum at www.lessawkward.com and our super comfy products at www.myoomla.com
To bring us to your school or community email operations@lessawkward.com
To submit listener questions email podcast@lessawkward.com
Watch the full episode on Youtube!
Produced by Peoples Media
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Stress in Growing Bodies
Human bodies aren’t designed to live with chronic stress, and yet these days, so many do. Including kids. This episode explains the physiology of the stress response, what happens in tween and teen bodies in particular, and steps to manage it.
Show Notes:
*Note: This episode tethers to a newsletter article for our membership – if you want to receive deep dive articles, join at Less Awkward
Go to magicspoon.com/PUBERTY to save $5
Visit Bioptimizers.com/PUBERTY and use code PUBERTY10 for 10% off your purchase.
Go to FACTORMEALS.COM/puberty50 and use code puberty50 to get 50% off your order.
Get 25% off your first order of Phyla, when you visit PhylaBiotics.com and use the code PUBERTY at checkout!
Order our book This Is So Awkward
Check out all our speaking and curriculum at www.lessawkward.com and our super comfy products at www.myoomla.com
To bring us to your school or community email operations@lessawkward.com
To submit listener questions email podcast@lessawkward.com
Watch the full episode on Youtube!
Produced by Peoples Media
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Disordered Eating and Eating Disorders with Dr. Kelly Bhatnagar
Disordered eating and eating disorders – two separate issues along a single continuum – are widespread among tweens and teens. While these struggles aren’t new, rates are up and people are talking about them more openly. This episode starts by defining terminology like anorexia, bulimia, bingeing, purging, bigorexia, and orthorexia. Then we get into all of the reasons why kids (and adults) might experience one or more.
Show Notes:
Center for Emotional Wellness
Join our LESS AWKWARD MEMBERSHIP
Go to magicspoon.com/PUBERTY to save $5
Visit Bioptimizers.com/PUBERTY and use code PUBERTY10 for 10% off your purchase.
Go to FACTORMEALS.COM/puberty50 and use code puberty50 to get 50% off your order.
Get 25% off your first order of Phyla, when you visit PhylaBiotics.com and use the code PUBERTY at checkout!
Order our book This Is So Awkward
Check out all our speaking and curriculum at www.lessawkward.com and our super comfy products at www.myoomla.com
To bring us to your school or community email operations@lessawkward.com
To submit listener questions email podcast@lessawkward.com
Watch the full episode on Youtube!
Produced by Peoples Media
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To Spy Or Not To Spy?
A listener asks: Is it ok to snoop through your kid’s phone? And if you do, and then you find something surprising or worrying, what next? We cover the complexities of talking to kids when information was gathered while spying on them.
Show Notes:
Join our LESS AWKWARD MEMBERSHIP
Go to magicspoon.com/PUBERTY to save $5
Visit Bioptimizers.com/PUBERTY and use code PUBERTY10 for 10% off your purchase.
Go to FACTORMEALS.COM/puberty50 and use code puberty50 to get 50% off your order.
Get 25% off your first order of Phyla, when you visit PhylaBiotics.com and use the code PUBERTY at checkout!
Order our book This Is So Awkward
Check out all our speaking and curriculum at www.lessawkward.com and our super comfy products at www.myoomla.com
To bring us to your school or community email operations@lessawkward.com
To submit listener questions email podcast@lessawkward.com
Watch the full episode on Youtube!
Produced by Peoples Media
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. -
Managing Failure with Michelle Icard
This sounds negative, but it’s not: helping kids to avoid failure is a major parenting goal. They need to learn to handle setbacks in order to navigate life. Educator and author of 8 Setbacks that Can Make a Child a Success, Michelle Icard, g0es beyond managing kids’ failure to making space for healthy risk taking.
Show Notes:
Join our LESS AWKWARD MEMBERSHIP
Go to magicspoon.com/PUBERTY to save $5
Visit Bioptimizers.com/PUBERTY and use code PUBERTY10 for 10% off your purchase.
Go to FACTORMEALS.COM/puberty50 and use code puberty50 to get 50% off your order.
Get 25% off your first order of Phyla, when you visit PhylaBiotics.com and use the code PUBERTY at checkout!
Order our book This Is So Awkward
Check out all our speaking and curriculum at www.lessawkward.com and our super comfy products at www.myoomla.com
To bring us to your school or community email operations@lessawkward.com
To submit listener questions email podcast@lessawkward.com
Watch the full episode on Youtube!
Produced by Peoples Media
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Customer Reviews
Help with navigating the teen years
Mom of two (very different!) kids. Since my kids hit middle school and now high school it’s been emotionally challenging for me to navigate how to parent them and grow our relationship. I wasn’t prepared for how different it would be from their grade school years. I’ve turned to many podcasts and resources looking for insight and help. Personally podcasts work best with my life as I’m able to listen during my nighttime hikes with the family dog. This podcast has been the best one I’ve found that covers an array of topics, has valuable content with guest speakers and seems to be open and affirming. Thank you for showing up and doing this important work that us parents can greatly benefit from!
Love the show, cue your ad breaks!
Love this show, but please consider adding at the very least a second of silence before the ad breaks- it’s so disorienting as it cuts in while you’re talking. A little fade in, fade out music could serve as a cue, you don’t even need to tell us you’re going to a break… truly love the show so accept this critique with love!
Great information and fun to listen to!
My boyfriend is a single dad with a tween and I find it very helpful to hear lots of relevant discussions and a reminder that “you are not alone “ in dealing with the latest challenge.
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