This Is So Awkward
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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Mistakes We Make With The First Kid
Ah, the first pancake: it?s either overcooked, undercooked, or somehow both simultaneously. Every parent (and grandparent, too!) lives a steep learning curve the first time through, racking up a long list of what and how they could have done better. But there?s also a silver lining as we all get better at the job over time. This episode is about letting go of the guilt we feel when we make mistakes, instead leaning into a parenting growth mindset.
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Elisa Song on Healthy Kids, Happy Kids
Trailblazing integrative pediatrician and author of Healthy Kids, Happy Kids Elisa Song has long been a deep believer in the brain-gut connection. Her two decades in functional medicine have made her a leading voice? you?ll understand why when you hear how she explains the gut microbiome to the youngest kids and connects it to issues like teen anxiety for the older ones.
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Setting a Firm Limit
A listener wrote in asking: if I give my kid a hard ?no? answer to something I know they really want to do, am I just setting them up to go behind my back and do it anyway? Limit setting would be so much easier if it were black and white. This episode explores the gray area of boundary-setting so that adults can remain in conversation with the kids they?re desperately trying to keep safe.
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Go to magicspoon.com/PUBERTY to save $5
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Go to FACTORMEALS.COM/puberty50 and use code puberty50 to get 50% off your order.
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Data and Decision Making with Emily Oster
Author and economist Emily Oster covers all the ways to apply data to thoughtful decisions, from wellness to managing illness. There?s science all around us, but sometimes so many numbers that we feel overwhelmed. Emily to the rescue.
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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.
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Smells and Puberty
Odors make a grand entrance as bodies grow and change. This episode covers everything from how we smell (olfaction) to how we smell (stinky or delicious). There are lots of specific ways to prevent potent odors on increasingly sweaty, oily, hairy bodies ? we dig into many of them.
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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.
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The New Menopause with Dr. Mary Claire Haver
Menopause maven Dr. Mary Claire Haver, author of The New Menopause, joins us to debunk myths and educate listeners about some of the big topics like: hormone therapy treatment, the data on estrogen, and new ways to approach this complex stage of life that so often intersects with puberty.
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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.
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The New Menopause by Mary Claire Haver
North American Menopause Society
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How to Talk about Rough Sex
Recent news highlights troubling trends in sex, like sexual strangulation (often called choking). Acknowledgment of sexual aggression among teens and young adults ? and they report lots of it ? has motivated many adults to engage in conversations about sexual mores with the kids in their lives? not one of the sex talks they ever imagined having. This episode provides some initial ways into those conversations.
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Go to magicspoon.com/PUBERTY to save $5
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Go to FACTORMEALS.COM/puberty50 and use code puberty50 to get 50% off your order.
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The Troubling Trend in Teenage Sex
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Digital Wellness with Dr. Michael Rich
Managing technology use is one of the steepest climbs in the modern age. It?s true for ourselves, and goes double for kids we care about. Dr. Michael Rich, author of The Mediatrician?s Guide and founder/director of the Digital Wellness Lab, frames the current issues and then offers calm, thoughtful advice.
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Go to FACTORMEALS.COM/puberty50 and use code puberty50 to get 50% off your order.
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LIVE! Building Resilience with Dr. Aliza Pressman
In this live recording, Dr. Aliza Pressman offers actionable and realistic ways to build resilience in kids (and ourselves). Her advice, grounded in the fundamental principles of developmental psychology, adds a joyful and humorous twist!
Show Notes:
Go to magicspoon.com/PUBERTY to save $5
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Jessica Lahey on The Addiction Inoculation
Substance use and abuse education is critical to keeping kids healthy and safe through adolescence and beyond. We?re joined by bestselling author and teacher Jessica Lahey who combines the best research about teen brains with clear how-to-advice. This episode is so rich with science and data, you?ll revisit this episode down the road.
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Go to FACTORMEALS.COM/puberty50 and use code puberty50 to get 50% off your order.
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The Addiction Inoculation by Jessica Lahey
High by David and Nic Sheff
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ChatGPT Infiltrates Adolescence
Artificial intelligence ? and especially ChatGPT ? have been ascendant this year. This episode asks (humans) about all the ways this technology has rapidly integrated into our lives. Suddenly there are a whole host of conversations to have with kids about the use of AI, in school and beyond.
Show Notes:
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!
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Understanding Autism and Puberty
Navigating the intersection of autism and puberty requires a combination of scientific information, shared vocabulary, and sensitivity to everything from learning style to temperament to neurodiversity type. Hear the guidance of neuropsychologist Dr. Donna Henderson, who is passionate about identifying and supporting autistic individuals.
Show Notes:
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!
Is This Autism? A guide for clinicians and everyone else
Is This Autism? A companion guide for diagnosing
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Gambling Tweens and Teens
Move over sex and drugs, there?s a new hot topic to add to the list of the zillion talks you?ll have with the kids in your life: gambling. It?s time to start conversations about everything from online gambling sites to gaming platforms to fantasy sports leagues. Plus the fact that kid-targeted phone-based apps offer lots of entry points into the world of wagering.
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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
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Ellen Galinsky on The Breakthrough Years
Let go of your assumptions about adolescents ? it?s time for a reframe! Author and researcher Ellen Galinsky has spent decades studying societal questions ? particularly about kids and their families ? and offering actionable advice. She sees adolescence as a time for opportunity, creativity and positive change. This episode will have you positively giddy from Ellen?s insights, optimism, and positivity.
Show Notes:
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!
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Warmer Temps, Less Clothing
Changing bodies plus individuation plus warming temperatures. Springtime is a time kids begin to make new choices about what they wear. Some feel insecure, some feel super confident, and some are looking to reflect the latest trends? adults often have lots of opinions about all of it.
Show Notes:
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
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College Admissions with Jeff Selingo
The college admissions process starts almost as early as puberty does! Okay, not quite? but it can feel that way. It?s ever-evolving, as mystifying as it is complex. Joining us to make sense of it all and reframe the insanity is journalist and author of Who Gets In and Why, college admissions expert Jeff Selingo.
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Dolly Klock on Zyn, Vapes and Nicotine
Nicotine ranks up there with heroin and cocaine on the list of most addictive substances. And yet it has been folded into daily routine life, making it a substance that is both abused and normalized. We dive into the delivery devices for nicotine ? explaining the evolution from cigarettes to smokeless tobacco in the form of vapes, chew, and nicotine pouches ? and then examine why this substance works differently in developing tween and teen brains.
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Episode Resources:
Huberman Lab podcast on nicotine
NY Times article on Zynfluencers
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Understanding Teens and Headaches
Kids? chronic headaches can be one of the most frightening, mystifying, and frustrating issues parents face. To help us understand headaches, particularly migraines and why teen girls (and women) are so prone to them, is pediatric neurologist and headache medicine specialist Dr. Daniel Noam Lax.
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The Wisdom and Power of Teenage Girls
In a world that fears or reviles teen girls, Chelsey Goodan, seasoned tutor and author of Underestimated, offers powerful insights into what we get wrong about teen girls. Relying on the voices and perspectives of the girls themselves, Chelsey offers a new way forward for supporting and empowering the girls in our lives.
Show Notes:
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Underestimated: Connecting to The Wisdom and Power of Teenage Girls
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Becoming a Force of Nature
Youth is marked by the feeling that anything is possible, a readiness to take on the world. And then somewhere along the way, many of us lose that feeling. Photographer and New York Times bestselling author Kate Parker has captured the feeling of unstoppability in her new book, Force of Nature. She shares how she found inspiration in young women across the country, and how we might rediscover it in ourselves.
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Understanding the Female Athlete Triad
Girls and young women who specialize in sports and dance are vulnerable to the female athlete triad ? an interconnected set of risks which include eating disorders, amenorrhea (loss of menstruation), and osteoporosis. We explore these issues and the reasons why they post long term physical and mental health dangers to young people. Even more, we examine how many of these risks are not particular to females, but affect male athletes as well.
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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
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Today?s Educational Landscape with Ana Homayoun
So much about school has changed over a generation, not the least of which includes a dramatically amped-up college process. By understanding today?s educational landscape, we can help kids develop the tools they need in the classroom and the real world beyond. Ana Homayoun, author of Erasing the Finish Line, is perfectly poised to teach us all.
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ERASING THE FINISH LINE: The New Blueprint For Success Beyond Grades and College Admissions.
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Summer Jobs and Internships
Thought supporting your kid through high school was the end of the stressful parenting days? Think again. These days, summer jobs and internships are the next hurdle in our high pressure world. We dissect how life has changed from back in our day with the ultimate goal of keeping in perspective what really matters.
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Get 25% off your first order of Phyla, when you visit PhylaBiotics.com and use the code PUBERTY at checkout!
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Nostalgic + New: The Care and Keeping Re-Release
The Care and Keeping of You turned 25! And it?s younger sibling, The Care and Keeping of You 2 is 10. You don?t want to miss this special episode where author of the original TCKY, Valorie Schaefer, and Cara describe their anniversary collaboration ? a behind the scenes look at what was changed in this iconic book, starting with much more inclusive content. The world has changed? The Care and Keeping is keeping up.
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Puberty Gets BANNED!
Cara is now on the banned booklist ? that?s a new milestone! Cara is the doctor behind The Care and Keeping of You, a 25-year old beloved book about body changes that was recently banned from the children?s section at the Huntington Beach Library. Which means it?s harder for kids to find good body information but, meanwhile, they?re one click away from porn with no safeguards put in place. We talk about all the reasons books like these are critical to help keep kids healthy and safe, and why limiting kids? access to porn is where energy should be spent instead.
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Go to FACTORMEALS.COM/puberty50 and use code puberty50 to get 50% off
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
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Inclusive Sex Education for Families
We?re all for sex education in schools, but it?s as important (maybe more so!) for these conversations to happen at home, too. The trick is making them inclusive and shame-free while acknowledging our communities and contexts. Melissa Carnagey, sex educator and founder of Sex Positive Families, is full of thoughtful and actionable guidance for families.
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When Kids Treat Us Like Crap
A heartfelt listener question that stopped us in our tracks is also a version of one we get frequently: My teen daughter treats me so badly that I just want to pull away from her. Our advice starts with the science behind adolescent mood swings and then moves into setting limits in the heat of the moment and beyond.
Show Notes:
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
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Pantsuit Politics on Talking Politics with Kids
It?s more complicated than ever to have conversations with tweens and teens about politics. Cue Beth and Sarah from Pantsuit Politics, who guide us along the bumpy path of raising civic-minded kids, from informing without catastrophizing to instilling values without hitting them over the head.
Show Notes:
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Fainting Tweens and Teens
Why do teenagers faint? Also known as vasovagal syncope, this form of passing out can happen for a bunch of different reasons. We get into all of them.
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Understanding Gender with Aydin Olson-Kennedy
The concepts related to gender feel confusing to many. Aydin Olson-Kennedy, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with more than fifteen years of experience providing psychotherapy to transgender and non-binary people, joins us to better understand all of this. He offers advice about how to best support all kids allowing caregivers to be loving and inclusive.
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BONUS EPISODE: Raising Athletes with Kirsten Jones
According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, about 70% of kids drop out of youth sports by 13. Here to discuss the factors that have gone into the ?professionalization? of youth sports and how to raise truly empowered athletes on all levels is Kirsten Jones, former D1 athlete, performance coach, and author of ?Raising Empowered Athletes."
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Rachel Simmons on Makeup + Skincare for Tweens
A recent uproar blames tween girls for clogging the aisles at big box beauty stores like Sephora, lathering their faces with expensive skincare and makeup products designed for adults. A few of the brands have doubled-down, pitching their lotions and potions to kids living through a deeply vulnerable moment in their development, placing them in the crosshairs of social media influencers and savvy marketers. Girl-world expert turned corporate guru Rachel Simmons helps untangle this complex web of forces and offers some ways forward.
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Aliza Pressman on 5 Principles of Parenting
Caring for kids is not a straight line (especially during puberty!). Enter developmental psychologist Dr. Aliza Pressman, host of the Raising Good Humans podcast and author of the new book The 5 Principles of Parenting, with research-based advice delivered as only Aliza can ? profound and hilarious all at once.
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The Five Principles of Parenting
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Allergies and Sexual Activity
Getting physical and getting hives ? two things that aren?t commonly thought about simultaneously. But over the past couple of decades, allergies, especially to food, have become front-and-center. As has hook-up culture. We were reminded by a listener that their intersection deserves attention, too, when we got this question: How do I teach my kid to be safe and respectful when hooking up with someone who has allergies? And if my kid is the one who?s allergic, how do they stay safe while getting intimate?
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Managing Anxiety in Adolescence
Anxiety 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.
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The Grandparent Episode with Henry + Zoe Winkler (Holiday Rerun)!
Happy 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.
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Neurodiversity and Puberty with Debbie Reber of Tilt Parenting
We?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.
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Differently Wired: A Parent?s Guide to Raising an Atypical Child with Confidence and Hope
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Lessons Learned from the Road
That?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.
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Middle School Superpowers with Phyllis Fagell
Middle 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!
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Understanding STI?s/STD?s
Taking 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.
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Fostering Gratitude
Getting 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.
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Talk to Your Boys
Some 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.
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Big News! Our New Health Education Curriculum
Revealing 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?
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Sex Ed Standards Across the US
There?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.
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https://educateusaction.org/resources/
https://siecus.org/state-profiles/
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Consequences + Discipline with Tina Payne Bryson
Discipline is about teaching kids, not about punishing them. It can be challenging to take that approach when managing our kids? behavior, but ultimately the goal is for kids to do better next time. Our consequences need to keep that goal in mind and Tina Payne Bryson joins us to give us a pathway toward that goal.
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Managing Divorce with Adolescents
Divorce and changing family structures create complexity for everyone. When kids are going through puberty, this adds a layer on top of already shifting physical, social, and emotional worlds. Family lawyer Sophie Jacobi-Parisi combines professional insights with deep empathy to help families manage this transition within a transition.
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Ask Us Anything! with Nick Kroll
To celebrate the launch of our new book, THIS IS SO AWKWARD, we are sharing an Ask Us Anything hosted by comedian, co-creator of Big Mouth (and Vanessa?s brother) Nick Kroll.
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Emily Oster on Puberty and Parent Data
Data guru Emily Oster joins us to talk about puberty in a way only an economist can. She?s as warm and funny as she is devoted to good research, which is why she has become a wonderfully loud voice in the world of parenting.
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Deciphering Appropriateness
Here?s a super common question that we get all the time: How do I know if content is appropriate for my kid? The short answer is: It depends. The longer answer in this episode takes into account a variety of factors. The ultimate answer may still be? it depends.
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Supporting Cross-Cultural Kids with Dr. Anisha Abraham
Caring for tweens and teens is complex at baseline, but add to that navigating moving countries, changing schools and learning whole new cultural systems? it can be a very complicated stew! Dr. Anisha Abraham offers clear guidance ? including reminders about the upsides of growing-up cross-culturally ? for those walking this winding path.
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High School Back to School Workshop
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