This Is So Awkward
by Peoples Media, The Puberty Podcast
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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Episodes
Managing Anxiety in Adolescence
48m · PublishedAnxiety abounds: it was surging before COVID, but then leapt to new highs (> 20% of all kids!) during and after the pandemic. We’re joined by LCSW Amy Killy to learn about innovative anxiety management strategies like SPACE (Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions), because having tools to manage anxiety makes us all a little less anxious.
Show Notes:
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The Grandparent Episode with Henry + Zoe Winkler (Holiday Rerun)!
1h 6m · PublishedHappy Holidays! Today we re-run our Season 1 episode with Henry + Zoe Winkler is a father/daughter. This is a master class on how grandparents play loving, supportive and epicenter-of-fun roles in their grandchildren’s lives. If we’re lucky, children have grandparents who can act as an extra set of trusted adults, helping them navigate the twists and turns of childhood. But every parent knows that when it comes to grandparents, the rules tend to get thrown out the window - cake for breakfast anyone? We laughed and cried during this inspirational conversation with a very special family… we think you will, too.
Show Notes:
This Is About Humanity
Alien Superstar Book Series
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Neurodiversity and Puberty with Debbie Reber of Tilt Parenting
45m · PublishedWe’ve had countless requests to dive into the topic of neurodiversity, and we’re thrilled to start here with podcaster, author, and founder/CEO of Tilt Parenting Debbie Reber. It’s a conversation about puberty plus ADHD, autism, and so much more.
Show Notes:
Tilt Parenting
Differently Wired: A Parent’s Guide to Raising an Atypical Child with Confidence and Hope
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Lessons Learned from the Road
32m · PublishedThat’s a wrap! It was such an honor to spend the past two months speaking across the country about our new book This Is So Awkward. Even though we did a lot of talking, we also did a lot of listening and learning, too. Passing along the top lessons learned from speaking to thousands of folks through the fall.
Show Notes:
Order our book This Is So Awkward
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Middle School Superpowers with Phyllis Fagell
47m · PublishedMiddle school is hard enough, and then you add puberty. Here to walk us through the trials, tribulations, and yes JOYS of it all is Phyllis Fagell, school counselor, journalist, and author of two books about surviving and thriving in middle school. Plus, she’s simply delightful!
Show Notes:
Order our book This Is So Awkward
Check out all of our speaking and consulting work at www.Orderofmagnitude.co and all our super comfy products at www.myOOMLA.com
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Understanding STI’s/STD’s
43m · PublishedTaking a positive approach to health and sex education works better than fear mongering. Still, though, we need to talk about the scarier consequences of sex, starting with STIs and STDs. In this episode, we cover the most common infections, how they are transmitted, and how they can be prevented or treated.
Show Notes:
Order our book This Is So Awkward
Check out all of our speaking and consulting work at www.Orderofmagnitude.co and all our super comfy products at www.myOOMLA.com
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Fostering Gratitude
39m · PublishedGetting a tween or teen to say thank you can sometimes feel like pulling teeth, but it’s not always about saying the exact words. The long game is about cultivating a sense of gratitude in kids and learning to decipher the different ways they might choose to show their appreciation. Spoiler alert: it’s not always in the way we might expect.
Show Notes:
Order our book This Is So Awkward
Check out all of our speaking and consulting work at www.Orderofmagnitude.co and all our super comfy products at www.myOOMLA.com
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Talk to Your Boys
49m · PublishedSome of the best advice we’ve heard for how to talk to boys about everything from health to sex to friendship comes from award-winning educator and writer, Christopher Pepper. He offers invaluable insights into the lives of teen boys.
Show Notes:
TeenHealthToday.com
TalkToYourBoys.com
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Big News! Our New Health Education Curriculum
32m · PublishedRevealing our newest project: a reliable, relatable and fun health and sex ed curriculum arriving in the next few weeks! We’ve had this in the works for a while, but our book tour audiences across the country have provided new inspiration. Now we’re reaching out to our listeners: What would you want to see included? And if you’re an educator, how can we make the teaching as light a lift as possible?
Show Notes:
Order our book This Is So Awkward
Check out all of our speaking and consulting work at www.Orderofmagnitude.co and all our super comfy products at www.myOOMLA.com
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Sex Ed Standards Across the US
41m · PublishedThere’s no federally mandated standard for sex education – in fact, there aren’t consistently enforced standards across states or even local school districts. Jaclyn Friedman, founder of Educate US, joins us to un-complicate this web of loose and widely-varying recommendations, ultimately explaining where parents and educators alike go from here.
Show Notes:
Jaclyn Friedman
https://educateusaction.org/resources/
https://siecus.org/state-profiles/
Order our book This Is So Awkward
Check out all of our speaking and consulting work at www.Orderofmagnitude.co and all our super comfy products at www.myOOMLA.com
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To submit listener questions email [email protected]
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Produced by Peoples Media
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This Is So Awkward has 219 episodes in total of non- explicit content. Total playtime is 150:42:56. The language of the podcast is English. This podcast has been added on February 22nd 2023. It might contain more episodes than the ones shown here. It was last updated on May 31st, 2024 17:10.
