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I'm Corey Turner, an NPR reporter and the father of two boys.

I'm Anya Kamenetz, an NPR reporter and the father of two boys. I'm Anya Kamenetz, an NPR reporter, and the mom of two girls.

And if you're in a public place right now, make sure your headphones are in, okay.

Yeah, because we're going to get awkward.

Saying masturbating also sounds bad, right?

Like, why is that word sound like it's not okay, but it's okay to say self-pleasure?

That is Dr. Cora Bruner, getting us right in there. We caught her on the phone at the

adolescent medicine clinic at Seattle Children's Hospital. The people all around me that I'm where

I'm doing this interview are laughing so hard.

I'm telling you, they're being very quiet, but there's three people literally within about

three feet of me going, Kora, what?

Who are you talking to?

You just tell them NPR, you know.

NPR.

National Public Radio, damn it.

Dr. Bruner is board certified in pediatrics and adolescent medicine, and she's no stranger to masturbation talk.

She's also been teaching sex ed to middle school students for 15 years.

Yeah, and she is going to help us a lot with this episode.

Sex Ed, Part 2, Adolescence. We're going to give you some of the tools you'll need to

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