Care and Feeding | Slate's parenting show - Modern Puberty Explained
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3.8 • 546 Ratings
🗓️ 16 October 2023
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
On this episode: Jamilah Lemieux is joined by Dr. Cara Natterson and Vanessa Kroll Bennett, authors of This Is So Awkward: Modern Puberty Explained. They explain how puberty has changed over the last few decades, what these shifts mean for today’s kids, and how caregivers can guide these young adults through this transition. If you want to check out more of Cara and Vanessa’s wonderful advice, they also host The Puberty Podcast.
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| 0:00.0 | This episode may contain explicit language. |
| 0:04.7 | Welcome to Mom and Dad are Fighting, Slate's Parenting Podcast for Monday, October 16th, the This is So Awkward Edition. |
| 0:12.5 | I'm Jamila Lemieux. I'm a writer, contributor to Slate's camp feeding parenting column, and mom to Naima, who is 10, and we live in Los Angeles. I'm Elizabeth Newkamp. I write the homeschool and family travel blog, Dutch Dutch goose. I'm the mom of three littles, Henry who's 11, Oliver who's nine, and Teddy who's seven. We live in Tokyo, Japan. I'm Zach Rosen. I make another very short podcast. It's called The Best Advice Show. And I'm |
| 0:38.3 | Dad to Noah, who's six, and Ami, who's three. On today's show, we know that puberty is starting |
| 0:43.8 | earlier and lasting much longer, almost the full decade for today's kids. So I'm bringing |
| 0:49.2 | you a very interesting and useful interview with two people who have literally written the book |
| 0:53.5 | on modern puberty. We're going to hear that first. Did Elizabeth and Zach will join me for a round of |
| 0:58.7 | recommendations? See you back here in a minute. |
| 1:05.1 | Today I'm talking to Dr. Karan Natterson and Vanessa Krall Bennett, the authors of an amazing new book. |
| 1:18.4 | This is so awkward, which is all about puberty. |
| 1:22.1 | They are puberty experts. |
| 1:23.6 | They have dedicated their lives to helping young people navigate puberty. |
| 1:29.0 | And they are here to answer some of our questions and help you get your young ones through puberty. |
| 1:33.6 | I'm Kara. |
| 1:34.5 | It's so nice to meet you and Jamila. |
| 1:35.9 | Thank you for having us. |
| 1:36.9 | We're psyched to be here. |
| 1:39.2 | I'm a pediatrician. |
| 1:41.0 | I was in practice for several years. |
| 1:43.6 | Then I left and flipped into a career of writing, |
| 1:46.5 | which led me down a path of writing books for parents and then eventually books for kids about |
| 1:53.1 | their bodies. So I'm involved with the care and keeping of you line of books from American |
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