A recent uproar blames tween girls for clogging the aisles at big box beauty stores like Sephora, lathering their faces with expensive skincare and makeup products designed for adults. A few of the brands have doubled-down, pitching their lotions and potions to kids living through a deeply vulnerable moment in their development, placing them in the crosshairs of social media influencers and savvy marketers. Girl-world expert turned corporate guru Rachel Simmons helps untangle this complex web of forces and offers some ways forward.
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Rachel Simmons
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Rachel Simmons on Makeup + Skincare for Tweens

This is so awkward…but it doesn’t have to be. These days, puberty starts earlier, lasts longer, and happens with a cellphone in hand. The most trusted voices on puberty, Dr. Cara Natterson and Vanessa Kroll Bennett, are here to remove cringe from this stage of life – not just for kids going through it but also the adults who care about them. With science, guidance and humor, they cover all the physical, emotional, and social changes that happen between ages 8-18 and beyond. 
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Education for Kids

Human bodies aren’t designed to live with chronic stress, and yet these days, so many do. Including kids. This episode explains the physiology of the stress response, what happens in tween and teen bodies in particular, and steps to manage it.

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Stress in Growing Bodies

Disordered eating and eating disorders – two separate issues along a single continuum – are widespread among tweens and teens. While these struggles aren’t new, rates are up and people are talking about them more openly. This episode starts by defining terminology like anorexia, bulimia, bingeing, purging, bigorexia, and orthorexia. Then we get into all of the reasons why kids (and adults) might experience one or more.

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Disordered Eating and Eating Disorders with Dr. Kelly Bhatnagar

A listener asks: Is it ok to snoop through your kid’s phone? And if you do, and then you find something surprising or worrying, what next? We cover the complexities of talking to kids when information was gathered while spying on them. 

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Go to FACTORMEALS.COM/puberty50 and use code puberty50 to get 50% off your order.
Get 25% off your first order of Phyla, when you visit PhylaBiotics.com and use the code PUBERTY at checkout!

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To Spy Or Not To Spy?

This sounds negative, but it’s not: helping kids to avoid failure is a major parenting goal. They need to learn to handle setbacks in order to navigate life. Educator and author of 8 Setbacks that Can Make a Child a Success, Michelle Icard, g0es beyond managing kids’ failure to making space for healthy risk taking.

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 Join our LESS AWKWARD MEMBERSHIP 

 Go to magicspoon.com/PUBERTY to save $5
Visit Bioptimizers.com/PUBERTY and use code PUBERTY10 for 10% off your purchase.
Go to FACTORMEALS.COM/puberty50 and use code puberty50 to get 50% off your order.
Get 25% off your first order of Phyla, when you visit PhylaBiotics.com and use the code PUBERTY at checkout!

 Order our book This Is So Awkward

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Managing Failure with Michelle Icard

Ah, the first pancake: it’s either overcooked, undercooked, or somehow both simultaneously. Every parent (and grandparent, too!) lives a steep learning curve the first time through, racking up a long list of what and how they could have done better. But there’s also a silver lining as we all get better at the job over time. This episode is about letting go of the guilt we feel when we make mistakes, instead leaning into a parenting growth mindset.

 Show Notes:
Join our LESS AWKWARD MEMBERSHIP 

 Go to magicspoon.com/PUBERTY to save $5
Visit Bioptimizers.com/PUBERTY and use code PUBERTY10 for 10% off your purchase.
Go to FACTORMEALS.COM/puberty50 and use code puberty50 to get 50% off your order.
Get 25% off your first order of Phyla, when you visit PhylaBiotics.com and use the code PUBERTY at checkout!

 Order our book This Is So Awkward
Check out all our speaking and curriculum at www.lessawkward.com and our super comfy products at www.myoomla.com To bring us to your school or community email operations@lessawkward.com To submit listener questions email podcast@lessawkward.com Watch the full episode on Youtube! Produced by Peoples Media 
 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rachel Simmons on Makeup + Skincare for Tweens

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