This Is So Awkward

Braces, retainers, and all other mouth hardware offer a rite of passage for the awkward years. This hardware affects self-esteem, finances, executive functioning and more. Thanks to a beautiful listener question, we unpack all the ways that orthodonture impacts adolescents… and their parents.Show Notes:Order our book This Is So AwkwardCheck out all our speaking and curriculum at www.lessawkward.com and our super comfy products at www.myoomla.comTo bring us to your school or community email operations@lessawkward.comTo submit listener questions email thepubertypodcast@gmail.comWatch the full episode on Youtube!Produced by Peoples Media Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Lying is normal – literally everyone does it – but it peaks during adolescence. Sometimes their little white lies, sometimes they’re big, scary lies. To help us understand how to handle all of them – and the difference between consequences, discipline, and punishment – child development specialist and parenting guru Betsy Brown Braun guides us through.Show Notes:www.betsybrownbraun.comFacebook.com/BetsyBBraunTwitter @BetsyBBraunOrder our book This Is So AwkwardCheck out all our speaking and curriculum at www.lessawkward.com and our super comfy products at www.myoomla.comTo bring us to your school or community email operations@lessawkward.comTo submit listener questions email thepubertypodcast@gmail.comWatch the full episode on Youtube!Produced by Peoples Media Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hickeys are back… but they never really went away. This episode focuses on these classic teenage suction-splotches and the age-old questions like: do we say something when we see them or zip our lips?! And what causes them anyhow?Order our book This Is So AwkwardCheck out all our speaking and curriculum at www.lessawkward.com and our super comfy products at www.myoomla.comTo bring us to your school or community email operations@lessawkward.comTo submit listener questions email thepubertypodcast@gmail.comWatch the full episode on Youtube!Produced by Peoples Media Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Science journalist and author Donna Jackson Nakazawa explores the two-sided science of estrogen: as a source of female superpower and the root of certain mental health disadvantages. In light of recent data about teenage well-being, this is a must listen for anyone who wants to understand teen girls.Show Notes:Girls on the Brinkdonnajacksonnakazawa.com Instagram: @DonnaJacksonNakazawaTwitter: @DonnaJackNakFacebook: @donnajacksonnakazawaauthor Order our book This Is So AwkwardCheck out all our speaking and curriculum at www.lessawkward.com and our super comfy products at www.myoomla.comTo bring us to your school or community email operations@lessawkward.comTo submit listener questions email thepubertypodcast@gmail.comWatch the full episode on Youtube!Produced by Peoples Media Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Different families, different rules… a fact most apparent during sleepovers. Turns out, even Cara and Vanessa have surprisingly divergent opinions about sleepovers and how to handle the sticky situations that can arise.Production by Peoples Media  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We tackle the hormonal science behind voice changes and their social and emotional impacts, including the perennial question: why are these ups and downs so embarrassing?Show Notes:Join the Awkward Roller Coaster NewsletterProduction by Peoples Media  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This bonus episode with Dr. Lisa Damour dives into specific topics like substance abuse, gender socialization, gender identity, and race. Lisa parses the research to shed light on modern day life as an American teen.Show Notes:The Emotional Lives of TeenagersAsk Lisa PodcastSubscribe to The Awkward Roller Coaster NewsletterProduction by Peoples Media  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Adults walk a fine line in an effort to both support the teens in their lives and help them learn to manage the expected distress of adolescence. The incredibly wise and wonderful Dr. Lisa Damour shares invaluable advice from her newest book, The Emotional Lives of Teenagers, packed with data and decades of experience. Show Notes:The Emotional Lives of TeenagersAsk Lisa Podcast& Subscribe to The Awkward Roller Coaster NewsletterProduction by Peoples Media  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week saw a massive – and massively important – data dump about the physical, emotional and sexual behaviors of teens. The Youth Risk Behavior Survey from the CDC provides critical though imperfect insights into the lives of post-pandemic high schoolers.Show Notes:2021 Youth Risk Behavior Survey 2019 Youth Risk Behavior Survey Associated Press Article on YRBSSubscribe to The Awkward Roller Coaster NewsletterProduction by Peoples Media  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After the American Academy of Pediatrics released new guidelines about the treatment of obesity in children and adolescents last month, a firestorm ensued, starting with the medicalization of the term obesity. Therapist and body positive activist Zoe Bisbing shares her perspective of this evolving, complex conversation.Show Notes:@mybodypositivehome on IGMy Body Positive HomeLink to AAP guidelinesEmily Oster newsletterNY Times Daily episodeSubscribe to The Awkward Roller Coaster NewsletterProduction by Peoples Media  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices