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This Is So Awkward
This Is So Awkward: Modern Puberty Explained | Cara Natterson, MD, Vanessa Kroll Bennett
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The ultimate roadmap for adults helping tweens and teens navigate the rollercoaster of puberty. Almost everything about puberty has changed since today's adults went through it. It starts, on average, two years earlier and stretches through high school and for some, beyond. Gens Z and Alpha are also contending with a whole host of thorny issues that parents didnt experience in their own youth but nonetheless need to understand: everything from social media and easy-access pornography to gender identities and new or newly-potent drugs. Talking about any of this is like puberty itself: Awkward! But its also critical for the health, happiness, and safety of todays kids. Bewildered adults have begged for reliable and relatable information about the modern adolescent experience. This Is So Awkward answers their call. Written by a pediatrician and a puberty educatortogether the hosts of a lively and popular podcast on puberty, and moms to six teens between themthis is the handbook everyone has been searching for, and includes: Pointed advice about how to talk to kids about almost anything: acne, body odor, growth spurts, eating disorders, mood swings, sexuality, and more. Science-based explanations for all of pubertys physical, emotional, and social changes, including the many ways hormones affect kids both above and below the neck. What adults needs to know about today's teen culture: their mental health drivers, the un-gendering of body image issues, the ways they think about sexual orientation, and more. Invaluable commentary straight from young adults just out the other side of adolescence that highlights what they wish the adults in their lives had known or done differently. Eye-opening and reassuring, This Is So Awkward will help adults understand the turbulent pubescent decade and become confident guides for todays kids.
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Highly recommended for parents of adolescents from ~9-20, this has a great structure for each chapter: what we‘re discussing, the science of it, what has changed in the past 20-40 years, and words from people recently through it. Everything from acne and BO to gender identity, sexual orientation, and hookup culture. Overwhelming but I think it will prove very useful.

ravenlee I told husband he should read it so he can better understand and engage with our kid. His response? “I‘m not really that interested” accompanied by an eyeroll so loud I could hear it when I told him about the contents. Nice to have a supportive, understanding partner in this. 😡 7mo
Kenyazero @ravenlee That's such an infuriating response 😡 very glad you read it though! 7mo
julesG Lovely when the other parent is so engaged. I've just had a similar encounter with my children's father. 🙄🙄🙄 7mo
Tamra 😑 that is NOT helpful. (edited) 7mo
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This Is So Awkward: Modern Puberty Explained | Cara Natterson, MD, Vanessa Kroll Bennett
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Starting this one next.

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This Is So Awkward: Modern Puberty Explained | Cara Natterson, MD, Vanessa Kroll Bennett
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My most recent acquisition. I don‘t typically buy hardcovers (really new releases either, except series), but I was going into B&N to pick up some orders for the kiddo‘s book advent calendar (which seems like a good idea until you‘re wrapping 24 books on November 30 after dinner) and my mom said she‘d seen this on a morning show. Maybe it will help with the next couple years! 😆😬😭

thegirlwiththelibrarybag You‘ll be a book wrapping pro by the end of the evening! Best advent calendar ever! 11mo
dabbe Let the wrapping begin! 🤩🤣🤗 11mo
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