This Is So Awkward

<b>The ultimate guide for adults helping tweens and teens navigate the rollercoaster of puberty.</b><br><br><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><br><br>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.<br><br>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:<br><br>• 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.<br><br>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.