This Is So Awkward

People ask us ALL THE TIME about shoplifting: the adults are generally shocked, despite this being an incredibly common phenomena among adolescents. A listener recently asked about how to handle shoplifting and its downstream moral quandaries. Production by Peoples Media  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

For today’s tweens and teens, youth sports specialization reigns supreme, a new “normal” that presents enormous physical, emotional and financial challenges for kids and their families. We get into all the pros and cons, from helping kids fulfill their potential and achieve their goals to keeping them safe and healthy. Production by Peoples Media  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sometimes buying gifts for tweens + teens can feel like a no-win situation. So we’re doing a verbal gift guide with lots of suggestions about the whole gift-giving process with kids. And maybe a gift idea or two ;)Show Notes:OOMSHORTSProduction by Peoples Media  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Note to adults: this episode addresses specific sexual acts. So often we hear from adults, “But how do I say it?!” Amy Lang, sex educator and author of Sex Talks with Tweens: What to Say and How to Say It has wonderful and realistic strategies for tricky conversations with adolescents.Show Notes:Sex Talks with Tweens: What to Say and How to Say ItWebsite:www.birdsandbeesandkids.comSocial Media: Instagram Facebook Podcast:Just Say This!Production by Peoples Media  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Getting together with family and friends for the holidays can feel like a minefield with growing kids – unsolicited comments and awkward conversations abound. We walk through ways to prepare for and mitigate unwanted collateral damage this holiday season.Show Notes:Discount Code: 15% OFF at myoomla.comCode: PUBERTYPODCASTProduction by Peoples Media  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We posted a TikTok about wet dreams and within two days, it went viral. Thousands of people commented that we shouldn’t talk to kids about this topic, ever. Hear our reactions to random strangers’ reactions to our TikTok (we beg to differ!), our theories about what makes our content go viral (hint: it’s always the videos about male body parts) and how that translates to real life conversations (spoiler: better to talk about it!)Show Notes:The Puberty Podcast Episode on Erections & Nocturnal EmissionsLink to SpillingthePubertea TikTok on Wet DreamsProduction by Peoples Media  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A listener asked how to handle crushes and dating among middle schoolers. But the question went both broad and deep – covering everything from screen limit setting to time management. In response, so did we!Production by Peoples Media  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dr. Aliza Pressman, host of Raising Good Humans Podcast, joins us on stage for a live podcast recording, packed with strategies and frameworks for managing unpredictable, complex adolescent mood swings.Show Notes:Raising Good Humans PodcastProduction by Peoples Media  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It’s not uncommon for things to be great between a parent and a kid, when suddenly the other shoe drops. We got a letter from a parent whose thriving kid was caught cheating. How to handle that one?Production by Peoples Media  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Just the thought of puberty makes most people cringe, a sad (and amazing!) fact given that absolutely everyone goes through it. Complicating matters, the meaning of the word “puberty” has changed dramatically over the last few decades. So what is modern puberty? Why does it start earlier and last longer now? And how do we talk about it without cringing?!Production by Peoples Media  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices