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Cara Natterson, MD & Vanessa Kroll Bennett - How Puberty has Changed
Dr. Cara Natterson and Vanessa Kroll Bennett offer guidance for the modern realities you didn’t experience but need to understand.
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Los Altos High School
201 Almond Ave Eagle Theater Los Altos, CA 94022About this event
This Is So Awkward - A Conversation About How Puberty Has Changed
Almost everything about puberty has changed since today's adults went through it: it starts earlier, lasts longer, and happens with a cell phone in hand. Talking about puberty and the host of thorny adjacent issues is, in a word, awkward. But it’s also critical for the health, happiness, and safety of today’s kids. Bewildered adults have begged for reliable and relatable information about the modern adolescent experience, Pediatrician Dr. Cara Natterson and puberty educator Vanessa Kroll Bennett answer their call. They offer guidance for the modern realities you didn’t experience in your own youth but nonetheless need to understand, covering everything from body development to gender identities, social media to easy-access pornography. Together they wrote This Is So Awkward: Modern Puberty Explained, host The Puberty Podcast, and parent six teens between them. Come hear them offer science-based explanations and share their pointed advice about how to talk about all of it.
Biography
CARA NATTERSON, MD
Cara is a leading voice in puberty and adolescent health. A pediatrician, speaker, and podcast host, she is a New York Times bestselling author of multiple books including The Care and Keeping of You series, with more than seven million copies in print, and the forthcoming This is so Awkward: Modern Puberty Explained (Rodale Books, Oct. 2023). Along with her podcast co-host Vanessa Kroll Bennett, Cara shares all things puberty on Instagram and TikTok at @spillingthepubertea. Cara graduated from Harvard and Johns Hopkins Medical School and trained at UCSF.
When her own daughter started puberty, Cara realized there was no company dedicated to making this decade of life more comfortable….so she started one. When her son entered puberty, she realized that there was even less puberty content and product aimed at males… so Cara decided to fix that, too!
VANESSA KROLL BENNETT
Vanessa is a puberty expert, podcaster, and writer who helps adults navigate uncertainty while supporting the kids they love. She is co-author of This Is So Awkward: Modern Puberty Explained (Rodale Books, October 2023), and co-host of The Puberty Podcast. Together with Cara Natterson, Vanessa shares thoughts, information, and interviews on Instagram and TikTok at @spillingthepubertea.
Vanessa is also the founder of Dynamo Girl, a company focused on building kids’ self-esteem through sports and puberty education. Vanessa is a graduate of Wellesley College and holds a Masters in Jewish History. Most importantly, Vanessa thinks tweens and teens are the funniest, smartest people on earth, including her own four children, ages 12 to 20.
Additional Information
Audience: Grade TK - 12 parents, caretakers, teachers, and counselors
Admission: Free