CHESTERTOWN — Kent School’s 2024 Kudner Leyon Visiting Writers are pediatrician Cara Natterson and Vanessa Kroll Bennett, authors of “This Is So Awkward: Modern Puberty Explained.”
They will visit Kent School on Tuesday, Oct. 15 for a student workshop during the academic day.
Later that afternoon, Natterson and Bennett will lead a parent meeting at the Kent Cultural Alliance, 101 Spring Ave. in downtown Chestertown. The event begins at 4 p.m. and is open to the public. There is no fee.
Of their book, the publisher’s website states: “Almost 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.”
Dr. Natterson also is the New York Times bestselling author of “The Care and Keeping of You” series, “Guy Stuff” and “Decoding Boys.” She is a graduate of Harvard College and the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and is the founder of Order of Magnitude, a company dedicated to flipping puberty positive.
Bennett is the founder of Dynamo Girl, a company focused on building kids’ self-esteem through sports, puberty education and parent workshops. She co-hosts The Puberty Podcast with Natterson and writes the Uncertain Parenting newsletter about the messy process of raising tweens and teens.
“With gratitude to the support from our Kudner Leyon Memorial Endowment, I am really looking forward to welcoming Cara and Vanessa to Kent School. Their book is so relatable and I am confident that their presentation to our students will be equally so,” Nancy Mugele, head of Kent School, said in a news release.
“I am truly proud that Kent School can bring a program of this caliber of excellence to our community and to the greater community of Chestertown. I hope to see you at the Kent Cultural Alliance on October 15 at 4 p.m,” Mugele added.
For more information, call Kent School at 410-778-4100 ext. 110 or email info@kentschool.org.