Cara Natterson
speaker
173 appearances
1 recordings
1 series
first heard Oct 2023
last heard Oct 2023
Cara Natterson’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
Trend
recordings per month · last 12 monthsNo recordings in the last 12 months.Older appearances are listed below; set an alert to hear about the next one.
Appearances
From body stuff to brain stuff to relationships, emotional stuff.
And it starts with the science.
And then the second section is what has changed over the past couple of generations, which is a very important piece to all this because we think we're bringing our puberty history to the table in order to get our kids through this or the kids in our lives through this.
And the truth is that a lot has changed.
And then comes the section of
that was never going to exist in this book without Vanessa.
And that section is how to talk about it because this woman is genius at the scripting of conversation and really framing one topic in 25 different ways because it's not a one size fits all approach, right?
And the issues shift and change over time.
And then the best part of every chapter is
is the very end, which is called, what is it from kids just out the other side.
And these are written essays written by 18 to 22 year olds with advice to the adults.
Like this is what works when you talk about acne and this is not helpful and it's storytelling and it's profound.
And it's a reminder that they've just been through it.
You haven't.
Yeah, I mean, the quick answer on the science-y side is the data we had about when puberty began comes from the 1940s, 50s, and 60s.
And that data showed that kids entered puberty, if you're genetically female, around age 11, and if you're genetically male, around age 11 and a half.
And the data that was collected starting in the late 1990s through 2010 showed
showed that that time was marching backwards.
We have known since 2010 that the average girl in this country enters puberty between eight and nine.
And we have known since 2012 that the average boy in this country enters puberty between nine and 10.
Showing 41–60 of 173 · page 3 of 9
← Previous
Next →