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Made by Mammas: The Podcast

Friday Q&A on Teens and Tweens with Nicole Howes

Made by Mammas: The Podcast

Ben Cartwright

Kids & Family, Parenting

4.91.3K Ratings

🗓️ 20 June 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

On today's Friday Q&A we discuss all things teens & tweens with author Nicole Howes. Her book Not A Survival Guide looks at tips and solutions to raising your teenager.


With this new horizon dawning for many of you (Zoe included) we talk about everything from how to deal with the changing hormones, having frank and direct conversations with your child about sex and tips on handling difficult situations.


Listen by clicking ‘Play’, subscribe or follow on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Acast, and please do rate and review to help others find the podcast.


Find a new episode every Tuesday & Friday and in the meantime check out Made By Mammas on Instagram: @madebymammas.


Made By Mammas® is an Audio Always production.


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0:00.0

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0:02.4

George, do you think there's still a bit of stigma around men's mental health?

0:06.6

Yeah, I think so.

0:07.8

It seems like it can still be hard for blokes to talk about how they're really feeling.

0:11.6

There's a pressure to be the strong silent type and to pretend everything's okay.

0:16.1

Otherwise you're seen as a bit of a moaner.

0:17.8

Yeah, for me, I feel like men are under a lot of pressure, the pressure

0:21.2

to perform, to provide, and to keep it all together all the time. But the problem for me is,

0:26.0

if they bottle things up, then that can lead to issues like depression, burnout or other unhealthy

0:30.5

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0:35.5

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0:38.9

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0:43.9

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1:02.8

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1:08.1

supplementary education provider. How are the kids getting on at school,

1:11.3

do you know what? I'm so proud of Kit with his reading. He's actually doing super well in maths,

1:16.3

but I feel like both of them need a little bit of extra support and that's something that you're

1:20.7

really good at doing, right? Yeah, I think for both of them, having that extra support outside of

1:26.1

school hours has helped with their confidence as well

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