Dr. Cara Natterson: ...that young boys feel emotions more privately, but just as deeply as young girls
Nobody Told Me!
Nobody Told Me!
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🗓️ 31 May 2022
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Summary
Puberty can be a tough time for boys. It’s a time when they may get quiet and withdraw. It’s a challenging time for parents who want to help their sons navigate the physical and emotional changes they’re experiencing. To help parents on this journey, we turn to our guest, bestselling author and widely respected pediatrician, Dr. Cara Natterson, author of the book, Decoding Boys: New Science Behind the Subtle Art of Raising Sons. Her website is worryproofmd.com.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Nobody Told Me. I'm Jan Black. |
| 0:14.6 | And I'm Laura Owens. |
| 0:16.2 | Puberty can be a tough time for boys. |
| 0:19.0 | It's a time when they may get quiet and withdraw. It's a challenging |
| 0:22.6 | time for parents who want to help their sons navigate the physical and emotional changes |
| 0:27.1 | they're experiencing. To help parents on this journey, we turn to our guest, best-selling author |
| 0:32.1 | and widely respected pediatrician, Dr. Kara Natterson, author of the book Decoding Boys, New Science Behind |
| 0:39.3 | the Subtle Art of Raising Sons. |
| 0:41.3 | Dr. Thank you so much for joining us today. |
| 0:44.2 | Thank you for having me. |
| 0:45.7 | Why was this book so needed? |
| 0:48.0 | Because I think that's the right word for it, was needed. |
| 0:51.0 | You know, I have spent many years in the world of pediatrics and helping take care of kids |
| 0:59.5 | and helping families raise their children. And what I have watched is this incredible sort of growth |
| 1:06.0 | of material for girls and for parents of girls. Incredible. There's so much information out there about |
| 1:12.5 | what's happening to them and how to communicate with them. I just have been waiting for more |
| 1:18.6 | of the same for boys. And as I sort of pivoted my life from being in the office and taking |
| 1:25.7 | care of kids to a life of writing, especially around |
| 1:28.7 | issues of puberty, it was sort of the same thing. |
| 1:31.6 | It was there was so much for girls. |
| 1:33.1 | And I was very much a part of the girl world in writing, but very little for boys and for parents |
| 1:37.8 | of boys. |
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