The Puberty Podcast

Dealing with executive functioning in tweens and teens can be a perfect storm of frustration, anger, and low self-esteem. Clinical psychologist, Tori Cordiano, shares insight into what’s happening in the brain and trade secrets about how kids and adults alike can maximize executive function skills at different ages.Show Notes:Tori Cordiano Insta and Tori Cordiano newsletter sign-up and website.TranscriptProduction by Peoples MediaCheck out all of our speaking and consulting work at www.Orderofmagnitude.co and all our super comfy products at www.myOOMLA.comLove what we talk about? Pre-order our book This Is So Awkward

Excellent listener question alert! What’s a parent supposed to do when they follow our advice and attempt to start conversations, only to be repeatedly shut down by their kid?Show Notes:www.orderofmagnitude.co@spillingthepubertea on IG@spillingthepubertea on TikTokwww.myoomla.comTranscriptProduction by Peoples Media

We thought our recent social media post about masturbation was benign, offering straightforward advice about safe ways to talk to your kid. But it sparked a massive reaction — good and bad. Which is why we decided to do an episode talking about why masturbation really freaks people out.Show Notes:IG Reel discussed in the episodeCheck out all of our speaking and consulting work at www.Orderofmagnitude.co and all our super comfy products at www.myOOMLA.comLove what we talk about? Pre-order our book This Is So AwkwardProduction by Peoples Media

Braces, retainers, and all other mouth hardware offer a rite of passage for the awkward years. This hardware affects self-esteem, finances, executive functioning and more. Thanks to a beautiful listener question, we unpack all the ways that orthodonture impacts adolescents… and their parents.Show Notes:www.myoomla.comProduction by Peoples Media

Lying is normal – literally everyone does it – but it peaks during adolescence. Sometimes their little white lies, sometimes they’re big, scary lies. To help us understand how to handle all of them – and the difference between consequences, discipline, and punishment – child development specialist and parenting guru Betsy Brown Braun guides us through.Show Notes:www.betsybrownbraun.comFacebook.com/BetsyBBraunTwitter @BetsyBBraunProduction by Peoples Media 

Hickeys are back… but they never really went away. This episode focuses on these classic teenage suction-splotches and the age-old questions like: do we say something when we see them or zip our lips?! And what causes them anyhow?Production by Peoples Media