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Growing up is packed with awkward moments… not just for the kids going through it, but for their adults, too. In this award-winning show, Dr. Cara Natterson and Vanessa Kroll Bennett explain the science behind all of the physical, emotional, and social changes of the tween, teen, and even early 20-something years.
From body changes and big feelings to every imaginable blush-worthy question about friendships, sex, and social media, we cover it all it with humor and zero judgment. Trade in your cringe for clarity so it can all be less awkward!
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- The 411 on Growth Hormone · 1 jam 0 mnt · Musim 6 Episode 14Height is a loaded topic – especially during adolescence – because we live in a height-ist society. It helps to know the real science behind the hormone that fuels growth. In…
- Teen Mental Health Struggles: It’s Not Just About Social Media · 1 jam 1 mnt · Musim 6 Episode 13Is social media truly driving the teen mental health crisis? Because if it is, we should be taking one set of steps to protect kids. But if it’s not, we’re spending a ton of…
- Why Your Teen Won't Sleep (And What To Do About It) · 53 mnt · Musim 6 Episode 12Show Notes: Watch the full episode on Youtube! Join the LESS AWKWARD MEMBERSHIP HUB Go to Quince.com/AWKWARD for free shipping on your order and three hundred and sixty-five…
- The 5 Traps That Make Parenting Decisions Harder · 49 mnt · Musim 6 Episode 11The people raising tweens and teens make what feels like a million decisions a day. How do we know if any are the right ones?! This episode explores five of the most common…
- Guys and Sex with Dr. David Bell · 55 mnt · Musim 6 Episode 10We’ve covered boys and we’ve covered sex, but we’ve never covered male sexual health… until now. To understand more about what they’re doing and why, we’re joined by adolescent…
- Modern Marijuana: What You Need to Know · 57 mnt · Musim 6 Episode 9What you think you know about marijuana doesn’t entirely translate to today’s weed. Yes, they’ve got the same active ingredient — cannabis — but the dose is now far higher…
- The Insidious Ranking Lists of Middle + High School · 49 mnt · Musim 6 Episode 8Kids have ranked other kids according to attractiveness, popularity, and sexual appeal for decades. But today’s tech platforms –– from social media to group chats to AI –– can…
- Sexual Assault and Consent · 1 jam 20 mnt · Musim 6 Episode 7The story of the “Cornell 7” gang rape has sent shockwaves across the country. As details emerge, a parade of issues have follow, from disturbing legal loopholes to the impact of…
- The Childhood Wounds We Bring to Parenting · 52 mnt · Musim 6 Episode 6Our childhoods may be long ago, but they don’t always stay in the past. The hurts and patterns we experienced can shape relationships with adults and our kids, especially during…
- Growing Up in the Age of Deepfake Nudes · 45 mnt · Musim 6 Episode 5AI makes it easy to create fake sexual content — changing what a person is wearing, the pose they are striking, or generating a video of them engaging in sexual acts. Teens…
- The Puberty Update: Timing, Trends, and What We Still Don't Know · 55 mnt · Musim 6 Episode 4Just like the kids going through it, puberty data is constantly growing and changing. In this episode, we update listeners with the latest research about puberty: when it begins…
- Does AI Help Raise Kids? · 50 mnt · Musim 6 Episode 3AI impacts all of us at every age – down to the youngest kids. But how, exactly, does it change things like brain development, language acquisition, and interpersonal…
- Senior Year of High School, Unfiltered · 1 jam 1 mnt · Musim 6 Episode 2Senior year of high school looms large – not just in the minds of teens, but their parents, too – for all its stresses and tribulations. In this episode, we hear straight from…
- The Science of Real Optimism · 49 mnt · Musim 6 Episode 1The term optimism doesn’t just refer to blind positivity. It’s also the acknowledgement of challenges that lay ahead, plus the belief we have the skills and tools to face them…
- Can Middle School Be Wonderful? · 55 mnt · Musim 5 Episode 53Rereleasing this gem pushing back on the tired trope that middle school is a phase to endure not enjoy. But according to educator, principal, and author Chris Balme, these years…
- Understanding the Kids Who Challenge Us Most · 1 jam 5 mnt · Musim 5 Episode 52Rerelease of one of our all time most eye-opening episodes about the kids who act out, push boundaries, or seem impossible to reach. In this episode, Psychologist, educator, and…
- Disordered Eating and Eating Disorders, Explained · 58 mnt · Musim 5 Episode 51Rerelease of an important episode on eating disorders. Eating disorders and disordered eating can show up in many different ways—and often aren't easy to recognize. In this…
- Migraines, Hormones, and Teens · 53 mnt · Musim 5 Episode 50Rerelease! When kids struggle with frequent headaches, are they stress-related? Hormonal? Something more serious? In this episode, pediatric neurologist and headache medicine…
- Can Resilience Be Taught? · 54 mnt · Musim 5 Episode 49A rerelease on the eternal question: Is resilience a skill kids can develop over time? Psychologist and child development expert Tovah Klein unpacks what resilience really means…
- ADHD and the Social Scene: Friendships, Dating, and Growing Up · 57 mnt · Musim 5 Episode 48We’re rereleasing our incredibly popular episode that tackles how ADHD can shape tweens' and teens' friendships, romantic relationships, and sexual decision-making. In this…
- When Autism Meets Puberty · 54 mnt · Musim 5 Episode 47Rerelease! What happens when puberty’s changes intersect with autism? Neuropsychologist Donna Henderson shares expert insights on helping autistic youth navigate this…
- Before You Email the Principal: Let's Talk Health Class · 55 mnt · Musim 5 Episode 46Parents have a lot to say about health and sex education in schools, which is fair. In fact, it’s the reason we named our own health + sex ed curriculum That Health Class (insert…
- Dr. Mary Claire Haver on The New Perimenopause · 57 mnt · Musim 5 Episode 45Menopause is a moment in time. But perimenopause can last a decade or more – just like puberty! Dr. Mary Claire Haver returns to the podcast to talk about what’s happening inside…
- Empty Nesting · 58 mnt · Musim 5 Episode 44When kids leave home it’s one of the biggest transitional moments of parenting. Feelings range from grief to excitement to loneliness to adventure, for many a mashup of all of…
- The 5 ingredients to keep off kids’ skin · 58 mnt · Musim 5 Episode 43As the obsession with expensive, make-me-look-younger skin care products rages on, the public deserves to know why some of these products are concerning. There are real medical…
- The Holderness Family on Letting Go (Kind Of) · 52 mnt · Musim 5 Episode 42In this hilarious and heartfelt episode, we’re joined by the dynamic duo Kim and Penn Holderness who share how they handled their daughter's college departure. We cover it all…
- Understanding GLP 1’s · 1 jam 4 mnt · Musim 5 Episode 41Seemingly everywhere we turn we encounter the class of drugs known as GLP 1’s and the debate over their impact on health and weight. It’s so difficult to separate fact from…
- When Your Kid’s Friends Worry You · 1 jam 1 mnt · Musim 5 Episode 40Friendship choices are a huge part of growing up and can shape kids in great (and challenging ways.) When parents are concerned about friends it’s hard to know if another kid is…
- The Creativity Advantage · 50 mnt · Musim 5 Episode 39In our achievement driven culture, creativity often gets billed as a talent bestowed on the chosen few. But in fact, creativity can be a habit part of anyone’s life, offering big…
- You’ve Been Pooping All Wrong! · 59 mnt · Musim 5 Episode 38Pooping is one of the most important – and least discussed – part of the human experience which leads to shame, misinformation and silent suffering. Neurogastroenterologist and…
- Baby Steps to Big Kid Independence · 51 mnt · Musim 5 Episode 37Growing up requires the building blocks of many, many skills over time. From crossing the street to driving a car to working a first job, each new level demands increased…
- The Role of Trusted Adults · 56 mnt · Musim 5 Episode 36“Find a trusted adult.” Kids hear this endlessly––you probably do, too, if you’re a frequent listener to this podcast. Why? Because it’s one strategy that’s proven to keep kids…
- Countdown to the Bittersweet Send-Off · 54 mnt · Musim 5 Episode 35It’s simultaneously wonderful and worrying to launch a kid. The most common denominator question is a version of this: Are they going to be ok when they leave us? We hope – and…
- Can We Make Our Kids Happy? with Laurie Santos · 54 mnt · Musim 5 Episode 34If you ask parents what they want for their kid, 99% say some version of: I just want them to be happy! But happiness––and how we achieve it––is complex and layered. We turned to…
- When Teens Date: Where Parents Fit · 46 mntShow Notes: Watch the full episode on Youtube! Join the LESS AWKWARD MEMBERSHIP HUB Go to Quince.com/AWKWARD for free shipping on your order and three hundred and sixty-five…
- Our Tech Debate with Jonathan Haidt + Catherine Price · 51 mnt · Musim 5 Episode 32The world around kids’ access to technology is changing at lightning speed – from bell-to-bell school phone bans to the re-emergence of the landline to governmental social media…
- Looksmaxxing, the Manosphere, and our Boys · 1 jam 8 mnt · Musim 5 Episode 31Two particularly powerful forces affecting boys – looksmaxxing and the manosphere – have gone mainstream. If you care about boys and young men, you must educate yourself in order…
- Gynecology for Kids & Teens: Yes, It’s a Thing! · 1 jam 5 mnt · Musim 5 Episode 30When people think of gynecology, they usually think of care that happens for older teens and adults, from birth control to pregnancy to menopause. But there’s a whole world of…
- Exam Stress: Turning Down the Volume · 55 mnt · Musim 5 Episode 29Exams have always been a stressful part of growing up. But layer on growing college admissions pressure, spiraling teen mental health, and recognition of the wide variety of…
- The Hidden Science of Teen Motivation · 1 jam 0 mnt · Musim 5 Episode 28What makes kids tick? Even when they appear uninterested, defiant, or lazy, there’s usually much more lurking under the surface. To learn how to pull it out of them––and how to…
- How Kids Get Emotionally Intelligent · 46 mnt · Musim 5 Episode 27Emotional intelligence is often called EQ. Some might say it’s a soft skill, but in fact research shows it’s central to lifelong resilience and wellbeing. Building EQ takes years…
- Getting Real About Sex Ed with Shafia Zaloom · 56 mnt · Musim 5 Episode 26Sexuality education is proven to have positive impacts on kids’ lifelong wellbeing in all areas and yet, people assume it only covers S-E-X. In fact, as health educator Shafia…
- Teaching Kids to Trust their Guts · 58 mnt · Musim 5 Episode 25Gut instinct is only partially innate – it’s also very much learned and developed over time. And it turns out to be a fundamental safety skill kids need to master. To do this, we…
- Parents Have Feelings Too: Anger, Disgust + All the Messy Emotions · 49 mnt · Musim 5 Episode 24Parenting brings up so many difficult emotions like: disgust, disappointment, anger and more. Layer on top the shame parents experience for having those feelings! Two mental…
- It’s Not Fair! · 50 mnt · Musim 5 Episode 23Kids are constantly analyzing and expressing their views on fairness––they do it in school, at home, on the sports field, basically everywhere. There are two different…
- Mattering in Today’s World · 53 mnt · Musim 5 Episode 22It’s easy to feel untethered in a modern world filled with stressors and tech-laden realities, but research tells us that the secret sauce is mattering: a combination of feeling…
- The Wild West of AI + Education · 52 mnt · Musim 5 Episode 21The rapid evolution of artificial intelligence is affecting every aspect of our lives, including education. When it comes to the impact of AI on kids’ learning and overall…
- Weightlifting + Cross Training in Teens · 53 mnt · Musim 5 Episode 20The pressure to look a certain way and perform at peak athletic levels keeps moving younger and younger. It begs the question: what’s actually healthy and safe for growing…
- Consent 101 for the Early Years · 50 mnt · Musim 5 Episode 19Teaching kids about consent begins in their earliest years as they learn what it looks like to give and receive permission for any number of things. Hand in hand is their…
- A Different Kind of Resolution · 32 mnt · Musim 5 Episode 18We’re not big believers in New Year’s resolutions, but we ARE big believers in resolving to make change and do better. This episode is about learning lessons from the past…
