This Is So Awkward

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 Emissions Link to SpillingthePubertea TikTok on Wet Dreams Production 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 Podcast Production 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

What to do when you discover nudes on your kids phone? Or sexting? Production by Peoples Media Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As kids get older, the parenting community shifts dramatically. Gone are the days of baby groups and adult-supervised play dates. To fill the hole, Lisa Heffernan co-founded Grown & Flown, which has become the largest online community for parents of teens and young adults. Listen to her hard-earned wisdom. Show Notes: Grown and Flown College Admissions - 7 day free trial Grown and Flown Free Newsletter Grown and Flown Parents Facebook Group Production by Peoples Media Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A listener sent in a question – via voice memo! – asking for advice: she’s a self-described introvert/nerd raising a highly social tween. So how can adults raise kids when those kids have unfamiliar temperaments? Show Notes: LIVE Puberty Podcast Recording at the JCC Manhattan Shop OOMSHORTS Production by Peoples Media Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Do you ever feel like you can’t understand what kids are talking about? Us too! “Talking” doesn’t even mean talking anymore. This episode is all about the new terminology and how to ask a kid to help you translate. Show Notes: LIVE Puberty Podcast Recording OOMSHORTS Production by Peoples Media Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tons of listeners ask us to weigh in on when they should give their kids access to social media. We have opinions, but (spoiler alert), there’s no ONE way to approach this issue. There are lots of things to consider, though… Show Notes: Get your tickets to our Live Event: Mon, Oct 24th, 2022! Production by Peoples Media Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Social media offers lots of positive avenues for providing science-based, inclusive health education, and young people flock to it. Danielle Bezalel, creator of SexEdwithDB, offers insightful guidance, educating the next generation. Show Notes: Sex Ed with DB www.sexedwithdb.com Follow Sex Ed with DB on TikTok, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube. OkaySo Planned Parenthood Advocates for Youth Production by Peoples Media Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A listener wrote in with a question about when to talk about masturbation. This is a third rail topic for so many adults! Here’s our advice about when and how to begin the conversation. Production by Peoples Media Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Part 2 of our series on anatomical body parts dives into the XY body, explaining and exploring all of the parts of male reproduction. Even the ones that don’t get a lot of play – epididymis anyone? Show Notes: OOMSHORTS Production by Peoples Media Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sometimes we over apologize and sometimes we owe an apology but can’t seem to offer it up. This goes for every corner of our lives, including interaction with our kids. Vanessa kicks this episode off by owning a parenting fail for which she needed to apologize, BIG TIME. Production by Peoples Media Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Knowing the names and functions of body parts keeps people healthy and safe. Words like vulva and vagina are not bad words – they are body parts just like elbow and knee. In addition to the external parts of an XX body, we discuss internal parts like the ovaries, fallopian tubes and uterus. Show Notes: https://myoomla.com/collections/oomshorts Production by Peoples Media Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A listener asked for advice about getting her 6th grader to try an activity, any activity. Some parts of this conversation are non-negotiable – kids have to do something besides sit on their phones – other parts involve a two-way conversation, especially when that kid is trying to figure out what they might be interested in. Production by Peoples Media Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Acts of service stretch far beyond a resume or a college application – giving back has been proven to enhance peoples’ social-emotional health. Natalie Silverstein, MPH, author of The Busy Teens Guide to Giving Back shares data, real life stories, and practical ways to help kids engage with their communities. Show Notes: Simple Acts Podcast Simple Acts Guide Simple Acts Instagram Production by Peoples Media Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A listener wrote in asking for help balancing how to have open conversations with teaching privacy, especially when a subject is complicated or charged. How can we talk to kids about certain topics and ask them not to broadcast the conversation to everyone they know without conferring shame? Production by Peoples Media Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Porn is everywhere, which is why kids are exposed – either accidentally or on purpose. It’s on all of us to have clear, calm conversations with them, which is why this episode offers several different ways in with kids of all ages. Production by Peoples Media Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We are adding a second episode each week inspired by listener questions called: WHAT NOW?! where we answer questions and offer next steps to the wild array of challenges that crop up during the decade of puberty. This week’s question: Is my 5-year old in puberty? Production by Peoples Media Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

There isn’t one path to raising a thriving kids, but there is a special sauce to help tweens and teens get there. Educational psychologist and author of Thrivers, Michele Borba, unpacks the strategies that best support and encourage kids. Show Notes Michele Borba, Ed. D. Thrivers Production by Peoples Media Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Homework can be a massive source of conflict throughout the school years. Brian Platzer is an expert on how to minimize this: he’s a teacher, tutor and writer. His advice isn’t just realistic and actionable, it changes the dynamic for good! Show Notes: Twitter: @bplatzer IG: @brian.platzer Taking the Stress Out of Homework Teachers Who Tutor Brian Platzer’s article in The Atlantic Production by Peoples Media Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Last week, we dropped our kids off at college. This week, we share the excitement, grief, pride, terror, and all of the other emotions that went along with it. It was a journey, from crying on airplanes to remembering there are siblings still left at home. Production by Peoples Media Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Our two oldest children, now in college, get raw (and funny!) as they reflect back on conversations about puberty, telling us where we got it right and all the ways we didn’t. Production by Peoples Media Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As kids head back to school, we chat with Dr. Jill Grimes, author of The Ultimate College Student Health Handbook who offers pearls for kids of all ages and the adults who love them. Show Notes The College Student Health Handbook by Dr. Jill Grimes The Campus Cure by Marsha Morris 525 Foundation Social handle: @JillGrimesMD Production by Peoples Media Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

An honest conversation with our interns about hook-up culture, situationships and friends with benefits. Yes, today’s sexual culture is just as confusing as it sounds. Show Notes: https://myoomla.com/pages/the-puberty-portal Production by Peoples Media Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This episode will blow your mind. Dr. Yug Varma, microbiologist and entrepreneur, takes us on a journey through the wondrous microbiome of the skin, unmasking the causes of acne and offering up a completely new approach to treatment. Show Notes: Phyla Collection Production by Peoples Media Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Consent conversations can – and should – start early. So early that they begin around topics that have absolutely nothing to do with sex. Learn how to apply the lessons of consent to a bunch of different topics in kids’ lives and start getting comfortable with a conversation that will happen many different times in many different ways. Shownotes: Tea and Consent Video Cycling Through Consent Video Teens and the Law with Jonathan Cristall, Esq. Advice from Famous Sex Educator Shafia Zaloom Production by Peoples Media Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Struggles with body image affects people of all genders and all ages. Psychologist and author Charlotte Markey talks us through all of it, debunking myths and offering guidance for building positive body image. Production by Peoples Media Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Judging ourselves, judging other parents, judging our partners and judging our kids… none of these feels good, and all clog lines of communication. But this is a really tough habit to kick. The first step is owning our judgment, so in this episode we share a bunch of our own parenting fails and then (try to) forgive ourselves. Visit OOMLA to shop thoughtfully designed (OOM)Bras! Produced by Dear Media Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Guiding kids through the adolescent years requires finding true north, a trusted point in the distance during the chaos. So we interviewed education consultants and co-authors of The Parent Compass to get guidance on how to support kids and get out of their way. Shownotes: The Parent Compass Teenager Pro Tips on Instagram & Visit OOMLA to shop thoughtfully designed (OOM)Bras! Produced by Dear Media Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We get lots of questions about young love – and lust. It’s an enormous topic incorporating everything from first relationships to hook ups; from crushes to being crushed. This episode explores how to open conversations with kids on all of these fronts while managing our own feelings and behavior on the sidelines. Shownotes: The Power of Melancholy on Raising Good Humans Podcast Visit OOMLA to shop thoughtfully designed (OOM)Bras! Produced by Dear Media Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Spoiler alert: the only life hack for sleep deprivation is… more sleep! Lisa Lewis is the journalist who helped pass California’s new later school-start time law, all in an effort to prioritize teen sleep. This episode makes you look at sleep needs – for our kids and us, too – in a whole new light. Shownotes: Visit OOMLA to shop thoughtfully designed (OOM)Bras! Produced by Dear Media Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

All about breast development: when they grow, why they can be painful or lumpy (or both), and how to manage this shifting landscape. Shownotes: The Puberty Podcast Episode with Dr. Louise Greenspan on Earlier Puberty Visit OOMLA to shop thoughtfully designed (OOM)Bras! Produced by Dear Media Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

There’s a lot about the law that is assumed but never clearly discussed with kids. We cover a ton of it – from cell phone rights to the rules around how to act when you’re pulled over by the cops to legal details around sexual consent – in conversation with City of Los Angeles prosecutor Jonathan Cristall. Shownotes: What They Don't Teach Teens book by Jonathan Cristall, Esq. What They Don’t Teach Teens RAINN – nation’s largest anti-sexual violence organization & Visit OOMLA to shop thoughtfully designed (OOM)Bras! Produced by Dear Media Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dr. Dolly Klock, a family medicine physician and the founder of Adolessons, has become a go-to resource on the evolving party scene. In this episode, she walks us through what’s accessible to kids today, how drugs and alcohol have changed, and what everyone needs to know about new risks. Shownotes: IG: @adolessonsLA FB: @adolessons Tw: @DollyKlockMD Linked In: @DollyKlockMD Adolessons CDC Youth Risk Behavior Report & Visit OOMLA to shop thoughtfully designed (OOM)Bras! Produced by Dear Media Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Getting kids ready for summer outings, camps, and other adventures means more than just nametags and bug spray. This episode spans the various ways we prepare tweens and teens for all of the physical, emotional and logistical needs of the season. Shownotes: Visit OOMLA to shop thoughtfully designed (OOM)Bras! Produced by Dear Media Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tina Bryson provides a masterclass in the science of why it’s so important to show up for kids and how we can do it, even imperfectly. Shownotes: Tina Bryson Website @tinapaynebryson The Power of Showing Up The New Adolescence The Sleep Deprived Teen Visit OOMLA to shop thoughtfully designed (OOM)Bras! Produced by Dear Media Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Everything from the clothes kids wear to their desire for makeup, piercings, tattoos, certain hairstyles and hair colors can generate stress, conflict, and drama at home. We explore why different generations see self-expression differently and how to communicate our way through it. A transcript of today's episode is available below: Transcription of today's episode Shownotes: Visit OOMLA to shop thoughtfully designed (OOM)Bras! Produced by Dear Media Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Shafia Zaloom, author of Sex, Teens and Everything in Between, joins us for an eye-opening and reassuring conversation about teen sexuality, communication and vulnerability. Shownotes: Shafia Zaloom's Website Instagram Shafia Zaloom Making Caring Common "The Talk" Dynamo Girl Puberty Workshop Registration Visit OOMLA to shop thoughtfully designed (OOM)Bras! Produced by Dear Media Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

There is an endless list of points of contention between adults and tweens + teens: curfew, allowance, screen time, piercings…and on and on. This episode explores how to come up with rules and limits on these issues while making them palatable to our kids, in other words, making our rules seem like their idea. Shownotes: Dynamo Girl Puberty Workshop Registration Visit OOMLA to shop thoughtfully designed (OOM)Bras! Produced by Dear Media Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The brilliant and hilarious Monica Corcoran Harel, writer and founder of Pretty Ripe, paints the picture of what her household looks like as her daughter experiences puberty and she enters perimenopause, or what she calls “puberty in reverse.” Shownotes: Pretty Ripe Newsletter Pretty Ripe on IG Jen Gunter "Menopause Manifesto" Visit OOMLA to shop thoughtfully designed (OOM)Bras! Produced by Dear Media Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Everything you ever wanted to know about when and where hair grows as kids’ bodies change, the social and emotional implications of sprouting on different parts of the body, and how to handle conversations about keeping vs. getting rid of all this new hair. Shownotes: Andrew Goldberg On The Puberty Podcast Visit OOMLA to shop thoughtfully designed (OOM)Bras! Produced by Dear Media Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This special episode with Washington Post columnist Meghan Leahy and her daughter, Sophia Rasevic, walks through a family’s atypical puberty journey. Though Meghan is a parenting expert, in this episode she wears her “mom hat'' as she and Sophia share the experience of Sophia’s diagnosis with a condition that dramatically impacted her journey through puberty. Show notes Meghan Leahy Instagram: @mlparentcoach Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MeghanLeahyParentCoach Twitter: @mlparentcoach Produced by Dear Media Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Part 3 of a 3-part series: What do kids need to know about sex and when? In this episode, we focus on conversations about sex with teens in high school and beyond. The continuation of this ongoing conversation about what they - and you - need to know about talking through these very personal topics. Show Notes: Tea & Consent video Outspoken Education Planned Parenthood Sex Education Resources Amaze & Visit OOMLA to shop thoughtfully designed (OOM)Bras! Produced by Dear Media Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

What do kids need to know about sex and when? This is the second in a 3-part series answering that question. In this episode, we focus on conversations with kids from 5th grade through the end of middle school, a time when most kids enter and progress through puberty and when they’re getting health/sex education classes in school. Visit OOMLA to shop thoughtfully designed (OOM)Bras! Produced by Dear Media Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

What do kids need to know about sex and when? This is the first in a 3-part series answering that question. In this episode, we focus on conversations with kids from Kindergarten through the start of middle school. We’ll help you build a foundation of anatomically correct vocabulary, consent, and privacy, offering age-appropriate and inclusive language. Show Notes: Your Whole Body Book & Visit OOMLA to shop thoughtfully designed (OOM)Bras! Produced by Dear Media Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Anxiety is a humongous topic of conversation these days, especially increasing rates among kids. Dr. Terri Bacow, author of Goodbye Anxiety, helps sort through what falls into this category, points to the best resources for help, and offers anxiety-management tools for kids and the adults who love them. A transcript of today's episode is available below: Transcription of today's episode Show Notes: Goodbye Anxiety Website: https://www.drterribacow.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drterribacow/ & Visit OOMLA to shop thoughtfully designed (OOM)Bras! Produced by Dear Media Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sometimes, the very best advice comes from a person who’s just out the other end of an experience. Listen in as our interns give the inside scoop on what adolescents need to know and how that information is best delivered. Show Notes: The Puberty Portal & Visit OOMLA to shop thoughtfully designed (OOM)Bras! Produced by Dear Media Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In honor of International Women’s Day, we are joined by Melissa Berton, co-founder of The Pad Project and Oscar winning producer of Period. End of Sentence. Barriers to safe menstruation exist across the US and around the world, caused by financial, cultural and hygienic constraints. This eye-opening episode provides a window into the challenge faced by so many. Show Notes: The Pad Project Period. End of Sentence. Documentary & Visit OOMLA to shop thoughtfully designed (OOM)Bras! Produced by Dear Media Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices