Coming of Age Stories
In this podcast, Sarah Kwong digs into beloved childhood stories, the neurobiology of being a teenager, and interviews people about what it was like for them growing up, all in the quest to understand what it means to come of age.
Coming of Age Stories
Kids these days
In my first episode, I talk about the history of children's rights, the dismissive attitudes we often hold about the youth of today, and how a teenager's brain is doing some wild stuff.
Content warning: discussing of child abuse.
Twitter and Instagram: @comingofagecast
Sources:
History of child rights: https://www.unicef.org/child-rights-convention/history-child-rights
Adolescent development: https://www.who.int/maternal_child_adolescent/topics/adolescence/development/en/
Adolescence as a unique developmental period: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4543091/
