Less Awkward
Less Awkward, Vanessa BennettScience-based guidance for anyone caring for tweens + teens from pediatrician Dr. Cara Natterson and educator Vanessa Kroll Bennett — subscribe for data-driven insights and practical tools that make puberty and growing up a little less awkward.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Twice weekly |
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| Issues | 469 | Founded | 5 months ago | Last Issue | 44 hours ago |
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Senior year of high school looms large – not just in the minds of teens, but their parents, too – for all its stresses and tribulations. In this episode, we hear straight from Vanessa’s daughter about her experience navigating senior year o...
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Science-based guidance for anyone caring for teens from pediatrician Dr. Cara Natterson and educator Vanessa Kroll Bennett.
Teen whisperer and co-founder of Less Awkward, Vanessa is co-author of the nationally bestselling book This Is So Awkward and co-host of a podcast of the same name. Coming 1/19/27 Teenhood: Confessions & Lessons for the Trickiest Phase of Parenting.
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