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This Is So Awkward — 388 episodes
Understanding GLP 1’s
When Your Kid’s Friends Worry You
The Creativity Advantage
You’ve Been Pooping All Wrong!
Baby Steps to Big Kid Independence
The Role of Trusted Adults
Countdown to the Bittersweet Send-Off
Can We Make Our Kids Happy? with Laurie Santos
When Teens Date: Where Parents Fit
Our Tech Debate with Jonathan Haidt + Catherine Price
Looksmaxxing, the Manosphere, and our Boys
Gynecology for Kids & Teens: Yes, It’s a Thing!
Exam Stress: Turning Down the Volume
The Hidden Science of Teen Motivation
How Kids Get Emotionally Intelligent
Getting Real About Sex Ed with Shafia Zaloom
Teaching Kids to Trust their Guts
Parents Have Feelings Too: Anger, Disgust + All the Messy Emotions
It’s Not Fair!
Mattering in Today’s World
The Wild West of AI + Education
Weightlifting + Cross Training in Teens
Consent 101 for the Early Years
A Different Kind of Resolution
“Are You Mad At Me?”
Teens, Screens, and The Science of Adolescence
The Power of Secure Attachment
Bigger Kids, Bigger Safety Needs
Emotional Longevity in a Burnout Culture
Sexual Harassment in Middle Schools
Love the Kid You’ve Got
Teen Love in the Digital Age
Rethinking College with Jeff Selingo
LIVE! Making Sense of Risk Taking
Raising Strong Girls
The Surprising Effects of Alcohol on Your Body
The True Story About Hormones
Caffeine’s Effects on Growing Bodies
Big Kids, Bigger Feelings
Getting Boys to Open Up
R-E-S-P-E-C-T and teens
Protecting the Joy in Youth Sports
Back to School Battles
Social Media and the Law
Normalizing Conversations About Difficult Topics
EStretch Marks, Keloids, and Ingrown Hairs!
When Kids Leave the Nest
Consequences + Discipline with Dr. Tina Payne Bryson
Our Kids Know More + Less Than We Think
Leaving Our Baggage at the Door
When We Care and They Don't
Parenting the Emotional Roller Coaster with Dr. Aliza Pressman
Setting Boundaries with Other Adults
Deep Dive on Periods
How to be a Friend
How to Respond When Kids Treat Us Like Crap
How to Give Information in a Way Kids Can Hear It
The Gambling Talk
What it Means to be Body Literate
Rerelease: 4 Summer Must-Have Conversations
TMI!
Body Hair and Puberty
Lighthouse Parenting with Dr. Ken Ginsburg
Summer Acne
Parenting Anxiety
Making Sense of the MAHA Report
Elissa Strauss - When We Care
Younger Kids with Older Siblings
Raising Terrific Kids in Terrifying Times
Substance Use in Teens
The Crucial Years of Middle Childhood
When Kids Say Everyone Else Is…
How to Teach Kids About Puberty
Healthy Relationship Info We Wish We Had Been Taught
Family Dynamics with Susan Dominus
Moving on from the Pediatrician
We MUST Talk to Kids About Fentanyl. Here’s How
Prom, Grad Night, and All the End-of-Year Celebrations
ADHD, Hormones + the Adolescent Brain
The Far-Reaching Impacts of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)
ADHD + Teen Relationships with Dr. Ari Tuckman
How to Talk About How Babies are Made
Future Fertility
Netflix’s Adolescence Forces Us to Talk About Hard Things
Tovah Klein on Raising Resilience
We Can't Force Our Kids
Nutrition as Disease Prevention with Maya Feller RD
Long Distance Healthcare
Raising Calm Kids in a World of Worry
Teaching a Kid to Drive
Navigating Trauma as Parents
ETesticles are not just a punchline
Overcoming Chronic Pain with Nicole Sachs
How to Parent without Judgment
Finding the Magic in Middle School
Microplastics
New Ways to Understand a Struggling Kid
Teen Dating…from a Teen Perspective
Teen Romance and First Loves
Preventing Pregnancy + STIs/STDs
Texts from Teens with Chip Leighton
When Co-Parents Aren't on the Same Page
Tidy Up Your Life
Changing Landscape for Sex Ed
The Cognitive Dissonance of Parenting
Goal Resets Instead of Resolutions
In the Wake of Disaster
Pausing Career for Parenthood
How Teens Learn
Sibling Dynamics
5 Key Conversations Before a Night Out
Nick Kroll on Being a Late Bloomer
Everyday Health Decisions for Kids
Suck It Up Parenting
Connecting with Teen Girls
Popularity
Talking About Periods IS Preventive Medicine
Social Media Bans
Understanding Sexism
Beginner Conversations about Consent
Interviewing Our Moms (not awkward at all)
Organization & Procrastination with Dr. Tori Cordiano
Transitioning to College with Harlan Cohen
Choosing Joy Over Fear
Having BIG Conversations with Boys
Understanding and Managing Concussions
Putting Media Research into Action
Handling Lies! Lies! Lies! with Betsy Brown Braun
Ears, Noses and Throats, Oh My!
Middle School Wisdom
The Bloody Episode
Healthy + Unhealthy Adolescent Relationships
Estrogen Matters with Dr. Avrum Bluming
Talking About Masturbation
Raising a Healthy Gamer with Dr. Alok Kanojia
Messing Up
Autonomy Supportive Parenting with Dr. Emily Edlynn
The “Consistently Inconsistent” Adolescent Brain with Dr. Molly Colvin
Substance Use Questions and Worries
The Sleep Deprived Teen
Body Image with Dr. Charlotte Markey
The Power of Shutting Up
Parenting with a Big Age Gap
The Family Group Chat
Sensory Integration in Tweens + Teens
Youth Sports (Over-)Specialization
Fad Diets and Supplements
The Power of Showing Up With Dr. Tina Payne Bryson
Interviewing Our Second Borns
Taking the Stress out of Homework
Understanding Boys with Ruth Whippman
Executive Function in Tweens & Teens with Dr. Tori Cordiano
Kids Managing Their Health
Late Bloomers
Empowering Boys + Young Men
Early Bloomers
Growth Spurts
When is my daughter getting her period?
Plastic Surgery in Teens (and Tweens!) with Dr. Steven Teitelbaum
All About Acne
The 4 Pillars of Health
Boobs, Breasts, and Breast Buds
How to Talk to Kids About Anything
Erections & Nocturnal Emissions (AKA Boners & Wet Dreams)
It’s Not Hysteria with Dr. Karen Tang
The Sex Series: What Teens Need to Know
Mood Swings
The Sex Series: Talking to Tweens About Sex
Stress Reset with Dr. Jenny Taitz
The Sex Series: What School Aged Kids Need to Know
Trends in Sex with Professor Debby Herbenick
What Jonathan Haidt Gets Right… and Wrong
Health Tips for Launched Kids
Stress in Growing Bodies
Disordered Eating and Eating Disorders with Dr. Kelly Bhatnagar
To Spy Or Not To Spy?
Managing Failure with Michelle Icard
Mistakes We Make With The First Kid
Elisa Song on Healthy Kids, Happy Kids
Setting a Firm Limit
Data and Decision Making with Emily Oster
Smells and Puberty
The New Menopause with Dr. Mary Claire Haver
How to Talk about Rough Sex
Digital Wellness with Dr. Michael Rich
LIVE! Building Resilience with Dr. Aliza Pressman
Jessica Lahey on The Addiction Inoculation
ChatGPT Infiltrates Adolescence
Understanding Autism and Puberty
Gambling Tweens and Teens
Ellen Galinsky on The Breakthrough Years
Warmer Temps, Less Clothing
College Admissions with Jeff Selingo
Dolly Klock on Zyn, Vapes and Nicotine
Understanding Teens and Headaches
The Wisdom and Power of Teenage Girls
Becoming a Force of Nature
Understanding the Female Athlete Triad
Today’s Educational Landscape with Ana Homayoun
Summer Jobs and Internships
Nostalgic + New: The Care and Keeping Re-Release
Puberty Gets BANNED!
Inclusive Sex Education for Families
When Kids Treat Us Like Crap
Pantsuit Politics on Talking Politics with Kids
Fainting Tweens and Teens
Understanding Gender with Aydin Olson-Kennedy
BONUS EPISODE: Raising Athletes with Kirsten Jones
Rachel Simmons on Makeup + Skincare for Tweens
Aliza Pressman on 5 Principles of Parenting
Allergies and Sexual Activity
Managing Anxiety in Adolescence
The Grandparent Episode with Henry + Zoe Winkler (Holiday Rerun)!
Neurodiversity and Puberty with Debbie Reber of Tilt Parenting
Lessons Learned from the Road
Middle School Superpowers with Phyllis Fagell
Understanding STI’s/STD’s
Fostering Gratitude
Talk to Your Boys
Big News! Our New Health Education Curriculum
Sex Ed Standards Across the US
Consequences + Discipline with Tina Payne Bryson
Managing Divorce with Adolescents
Ask Us Anything! with Nick Kroll
Emily Oster on Puberty and Parent Data
Deciphering Appropriateness
Supporting Cross-Cultural Kids with Dr. Anisha Abraham
Navigating Tech & Social Media with Devorah Heitner
What it Feels Like to Finish Writing a Book!
Is Puberty Happening EVEN Earlier? with Dr. Louise Greenspan
How to Navigate Changing Friendships
Battling Toxic Achievement Culture with Jennifer Wallace
Calming the Chaos with Dayna Abraham
How to Rejigger Tech Habits Post-Summer
Raising Boys Who Do Better with Uju Asika
Self-Diagnosis: Kids Do It, Too
The P Word with Dr. David Hu
Hydration Station!
NOW WHAT?! Sibling Dynamics during Puberty
Caught Off Guard by Emotions
NOW WHAT?! Pre-Summer Conversations
Building Boys with Jennifer Fink
NOW WHAT?! What is Orthorexia?
What to know when a kid turns 18?
Disability and Sexuality with Emily Ladau
Going Through Puberty with Disabilities
NOW WHAT?! Health and Sex Ed Standards Across the US
When a Younger Kid Hangs Out with Older Kids…
NOW WHAT?! Disappearing Breast Buds
Dopamine in the Adolescent Brain
NOW WHAT?! Parenting Whack-A-Mole
Importance of Sunscreen and How to Get Kids to Wear It!
NOW WHAT?! Situationships, Hook-Up Culture, and the Absence of Adults
Study Skills with Dr. Tori Cordiano
NOW WHAT?! When does someone need to wear a bra?
Birth Control Pills for Tweens?
NOW WHAT?!: In Judy Blume We Trust
Peggy Orenstein Moves Beyond Sex
NOW WHAT?!: Finding Balance
Cosmetic Procedures in Kids
NOW WHAT?!: Managing Chronic Illness through Adolescence
Raising Kids Through Health Challenges with Dr. Kelly Fradin
NOW WHAT?! Emotions Around Admissions
Yeast and Itch
NOW WHAT?! Does Gender Matter When Talking About Body Changes?
Executive Function in Tweens & Teens with Dr. Tori Cordiano
NOW WHAT?! When They Shut You Down
Talking About Masturbation Can Freak People Out
NOW WHAT?! Orthodonture Woes
Handling Lies! Lies! Lies! with Betsy Brown Braun
NOW WHAT?! Hickeys
Girls on the Brink with Donna Jackson Nakazawa
NOW WHAT?! To Sleepover or Not to Sleepover…
Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes
NOW WHAT?! Managing Tricky Topics with Dr. Lisa Damour
The Emotional Lives of Teenagers with Lisa Damour
NOW WHAT?! Breaking News from the New Youth Risk Behavior Survey
Body Positivity Meets the New AAP Guidelines on Obesity
NOW WHAT?! Why Is My Kid Such a Slob?
The Right Time to Talk About…
NOW WHAT?! Snapchat Snafu
5 Key Conversations Before a Night Out
NOW WHAT?! PFAS and Period Underwear
Healthy + Unhealthy Adolescent Relationships
NOW WHAT?! How Tech Impacts Teens’ Social Lives
Teens and Tech
NOW WHAT?! Brand New Research About Porn & Teens
Handling Information About Another Kid
NOW WHAT?! The Impact of Big Age Spans within a Single Grade
Intersection of Parenting and Race with Uju Asika
NOW WHAT?! Getting Silent Ones to Open Up
New Year’s Resolutions(-ish)
NOW WHAT?! How Many Friends Is Enough?
You Thought Feeding Toddlers Was Hard?!
NOW WHAT?! Starting the Conversation about Money
High School Romance
NOW WHAT?! Bedwetting
Dr. Becky on Seeing the Good Inside
NOW WHAT?! Shoplifting
Youth Sports (Over-)Specialization
NOW WHAT?! Gifting Adolescents
Sex Talks with Amy Lang
NOW WHAT?! Managing the Holidays with Tweens + Teens
Going Viral on TikTok
NOW WHAT?! Middle School Romance
LIVE: Caring for Kids Through Mood Swings w/ Dr. Aliza Pressman
NOW WHAT?! Good Kids, Bad Decisions
LIVE: What is Modern Puberty?
NOW WHAT?! Sexting
Finding Community When Kids are Grown & Flown
NOW WHAT?! When My Kid is Wired Differently Than Me
Vocab Lessons for the OG’s
NOW WHAT?! Access to Social Media
The TikTok Generation Gets Sex Educated
NOW WHAT?! Talking About Masturbation
Penises, Testicles and Internal Reproductive Organs
NOW WHAT?! Apologies
Vulvas, Vaginas and Internal Reproductive Organs
NOW WHAT?! Making Activities Stick
The Very Real Benefits of Teens Giving Back
NOW WHAT?! Oversharing
Starter Conversations About Porn
NOW WHAT?! Is This Early Puberty?
How Kids Thrive with Dr. Michele Borba
Taking the Stress out of Homework with Brian Platzer
The Emotional Whiplash of Launching a Kid
Cara and Vanessa Interview Their Kids
If Only There Were a Student Health Handbook…
Hook-Up Culture from Those Living In It
Treating Acne with the Microbiome
Beginner Conversations about Consent
Ungendering Body Image
How to Parent without Judgment
Giving Parents A Compass
First Loves and Desires
Life Hacks for the Sleep Deprived Teen
Boobs
Teens and the Law with Jonathan Cristall, Esq.
Party Culture with Dolly Klock, MD
Summer Prep for All Ages – From Sunscreen to Condoms
The Power of Showing Up With Dr. Tina Payne Bryson
The Battle Over How Kids Present Themselves
Advice from Famous Sex Educator Shafia Zaloom
How to Negotiate with Your Kid
Puberty Meets Perimenopause with Monica Corcoran Harel
Hair, Hair Everywhere
When Puberty Doesn’t Go As Expected
What Teens Need To Know About Sex
Talking to Tweens About Sex
What School Aged Kids Need to Know About Sex
Goodbye to Anxiety with Dr. Terri Bacow
From the Horse’s Mouth: Older Teens Give Puberty Advice
Menstrual Equity with Melissa Berton of The Pad Project
Jessica Yellin on How to Talk to Teens About War
It’s Sex Ed Season in America
Rachel Simmons on Being Honest and Authentic with Kids
The Importance of Air (Down There and Everywhere)
Mallika Chopra on Adolescent Self-Reflection
The Do-Over (AKA The Best Parenting Tip Ever)
Unicorn Space for All with Eve Rodsky
The Brave New World of Period Products
The Grandparent Episode with Henry + Zoe Winkler
Body Positivity in Puberty with Zoe Bisbing of The Full Bloom Project
Pediatrician Kelly Fradin on Talking to Younger Kids about their Bodies
Care and Keeping with the Original Author Valorie Shaefer
All About Acne
Busting Adolescent Myths with Dr. Nina Shapiro
When You Didn’t Grow Up Talking About IT with Mary Pat Draddy, LMSW
Adolescents Don’t Have to be Assholes with Melinda Wenner Moyer
The Science of Late Bloomers
Dr. Louise Greenspan on Puberty’s Dramatic Shift: Earlier but Not Faster
Hygiene...Or Lack Thereof
Having the TALKs...by Personality Type
The Blessings of Wendy Mogel
Andrew Goldberg on Big Mouth and Being A World Famous Early Bloomer!
Someone Has to Go First...The Early Bloomers
Dr. Hina Talib with a DEEP DIVE on Periods
Erections & Nocturnal Emissions (AKA Boners & Wet Dreams)
Dr. Lisa Damour on Return to School Resilience
Dr. Molly Colvin on the “Consistently Inconsistent” Adolescent Brain
The Path Through Puberty: Order of Operations
Roger Bennett on his English Adolescence
Leaving Our Baggage at the Door
Dr. Aliza Pressman on Parenting the Emotional Rollercoaster of Puberty
When Is My Daughter Going To Get Her Period?!!!
Why Does Talking About Puberty Even Matter?!!!
Nick Kroll On Being Late To The Puberty Party
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