The Insidious Ranking Lists of Middle + High School
Kids have ranked other kids according to attractiveness, popularity, and sexual appeal for decades. But today’s tech platforms –– from socia...
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The Puberty Podcast
THE PUBERTY PODCAST weaves together scientific research, parenting strategies, and hilarious stories to help guide adults who are raising kids through puberty. Each episode takes on one piec...
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20 of 408 episodesSexual Assault and Consent
The story of the “Cornell 7” gang rape has sent shockwaves across the country. As details emerge, a parade of issues have follow, from distu...
The Childhood Wounds We Bring to Parenting
Our childhoods may be long ago, but they don’t always stay in the past. The hurts and patterns we experienced can shape relationships with a...
Growing Up in the Age of Deepfake Nudes
AI makes it easy to create fake sexual content — changing what a person is wearing, the pose they are striking, or generating a video of the...
The Puberty Update: Timing, Trends, and What We Still Don't Know
Just like the kids going through it, puberty data is constantly growing and changing. In this episode, we update listeners with the latest r...
Does AI Help Raise Kids?
AI impacts all of us at every age – down to the youngest kids. But how, exactly, does it change things like brain development, language acqu...
Senior Year of High School, Unfiltered
Senior year of high school looms large – not just in the minds of teens, but their parents, too – for all its stresses and tribulations. In...
The Science of Real Optimism
The term optimism doesn’t just refer to blind positivity. It’s also the acknowledgement of challenges that lay ahead, plus the belief we hav...
Can Middle School Be Wonderful?
Rereleasing this gem pushing back on the tired trope that middle school is a phase to endure not enjoy. But according to educator, principal...
Understanding the Kids Who Challenge Us Most
Rerelease of one of our all time most eye-opening episodes about the kids who act out, push boundaries, or seem impossible to reach. In this...
Disordered Eating and Eating Disorders, Explained
Rerelease of an important episode on eating disorders. Eating disorders and disordered eating can show up in many different ways—and often a...
Migraines, Hormones, and Teens
Rerelease! When kids struggle with frequent headaches, are they stress-related? Hormonal? Something more serious? In this episode, pediatric...
Can Resilience Be Taught?
A rerelease on the eternal question: Is resilience a skill kids can develop over time? Psychologist and child development expert Tovah Klein...
ADHD and the Social Scene: Friendships, Dating, and Growing Up
We’re rereleasing our incredibly popular episode that tackles how ADHD can shape tweens' and teens' friendships, romantic relationships, and...
When Autism Meets Puberty
Rerelease! What happens when puberty’s changes intersect with autism? Neuropsychologist Donna Henderson shares expert insights on helping au...
Before You Email the Principal: Let's Talk Health Class
Parents have a lot to say about health and sex education in schools, which is fair. In fact, it’s the reason we named our own health + sex e...
Dr. Mary Claire Haver on The New Perimenopause
Menopause is a moment in time. But perimenopause can last a decade or more – just like puberty! Dr. Mary Claire Haver returns to the podcast...
Empty Nesting
When kids leave home it’s one of the biggest transitional moments of parenting. Feelings range from grief to excitement to loneliness to adv...
The 5 ingredients to keep off kids’ skin
As the obsession with expensive, make-me-look-younger skin care products rages on, the public deserves to know why some of these products ar...
The Holderness Family on Letting Go (Kind Of)
In this hilarious and heartfelt episode, we’re joined by the dynamic duo Kim and Penn Holderness who share how they handled their daughter's...