New Book, 'This is So Awkward,' Helps Families Navigate Modern Puberty

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🗓️ 16 October 2023

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Slamming a bedroom door is one of the first signs a young person is entering puberty. Then come the physical changes, first periods, wet dreams, acne, mood swings and many other shifts. But, today’s young people are experiencing puberty in different ways than their parents’ generation. It starts sooner and lasts longer, making a complex stage of life even more challenging. The authors of a new book, “This is So Awkward: Modern Puberty Explained,” will join us to lay out how puberty has changed and how families can navigate this tricky time in kids’ lives. Guests: Cara Natterson, co-author, "This Is So Awkward: Modern Puberty Explained" - Natterson, a pediatrician and podcaster, is the author of ten books including the New York Times bestselling series "The Care and Keeping of You" and “Guy Stuff” Vanessa Kroll Bennett, co-author, "This is So Awkward: Modern Puberty Explained" - Bennett is co-host of the "Puberty Podcast" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:29.1	Slamming a bedroom door is one of the first signs a young person is entering puberty. Then the body starts to change,
1:34.1	periods, wet dreams, acne, and wild mood swings. On top of that, today's tweens are also navigating
1:40.4	social media, an obesity epidemic and a culture of toxic achievement, making a complex
1:45.9	stage of life even more challenging. The authors of a new book, This is So Awkward, Modern Puberty
1:51.4	Explained, will join us to help families navigate this tricky time in kids' lives. That's coming up next,
1:57.3	after this news. Welcome to Forum. I'm Leslie McClurek. I'm in today for Alexis
2:15.7	Madrigal. I was a bit of a late bloomer sexually.
2:19.9	And this really pleased my mother because her baby was safe, but it really worried my father.
2:25.2	And so one day when I was almost 20, he pulled me aside and he asked me if I'd had sex yet.
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