{"product_id":"this-is-so-awkward-tpb-9780593580974","title":"This Is So Awkward","description":"\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublisher: Random House\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublished: 2025\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePages: 352\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLanguage: English\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eISBN: 9780593580974\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDimensions: 20.96 x 13.97 x 1.83 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 0.295 kg\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSynopsis: \u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER ��� The ultimate guide for adults helping tweens and teens navigate the rollercoaster of puberty.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e���An accessible, enjoyable, and detailed road map for addressing even the most delicate topics with confidence and compassion.������Lisa Damour, PhD, author of \u003ci\u003eUntangled\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eUnder Pressure\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe��Emotional��Lives of Teenagers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlmost 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBewildered adults have begged for reliable and relatable information about the modern��adolescent experience. \u003ci\u003eThis Is So Awkward \u003c\/i\u003eanswers 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:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e��� Pointed advice about how to talk to kids about almost anything: acne, body odor, growth spurts, eating disorders, mood swings, sexuality, and more.\u003cbr\u003e��� 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.\u003cbr\u003e��� 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.��\u003cbr\u003e��� 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEye-opening and reassuring, \u003ci\u003eThis Is So Awkward\u003c\/i\u003e will help adults understand the turbulent pubescent decade and become confident guides for today���s kids.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"RANDOM HOUSE US","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040138821879,"sku":"9780593580974","price":432.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0944\/3973\/5543\/files\/8799533482399.jpg?v=1787776968","url":"https:\/\/www.2027textbooks.co.za\/products\/this-is-so-awkward-tpb-9780593580974","provider":"2027Textbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}