This Is So Awkward

<b>NATIONAL BESTSELLER - The ultimate guide for adults helping tweens and teens navigate the rollercoaster of puberty.</b> <p/><b>An accessible enjoyable and detailed road map for addressing even the most delicate topics with confidence and compassion.--Lisa Damour PhD author of <i>Untangled</i> <i>Under Pressure</i> and <i>The Emotional Lives of Teenagers</i></b> <p/>Almost everything about puberty has changed since today's adults went through it. It starts on average two years earlier and stretches through high school . . . and for some beyond. Gens Z and Alpha are also contending with a whole host of thorny issues that parents didn't experience in their own youth but nonetheless need to understand: everything from social media and easy-access pornography to gender identities and new or newly-potent drugs. Talking about any of this is like puberty itself: Awkward! But it's also critical for the health happiness and safety of today's kids. <p/>Bewildered adults have begged for reliable and relatable information about the modern adolescent experience. <i>This Is So Awkward </i>answers their call. Written by a pediatrician and a puberty educator--together the hosts of a lively and popular podcast on puberty and moms to six teens between them--this is the handbook everyone has been searching for and includes: <p/>- Pointed advice about how to talk to kids about almost anything: acne body odor growth spurts eating disorders mood swings sexuality and more.<br>- Science-based explanations for all of puberty's physical emotional and social changes including the many ways hormones affect kids both above and below the neck.<br>- What adults needs to know about today's teen culture: their mental health drivers the un-gendering of body image issues the ways they think about sexual orientation and more. <br>- Invaluable commentary straight from young adults just out the other side of adolescence that highlights what they wish the adults in their lives had known or done differently. <p/>Eye-opening and reassuring <i>This Is So Awkward</i> will help adults understand the turbulent pubescent decade and become confident guides for today's kids.