The email from my son’s middle school caught my eye. I opened it and read:
“You are invited to come preview the lessons and teaching materials for Puberty: The Wonder Years.”
Puberty: The Wonder Years?
What, is Kevin Arnold narrating the videos about the miraculous changes that happen to your body when Winnie Cooper walks by?
Gawk! What a terrible title. Puberty and reproductive health are awkward enough without deeming them “The Wonder Years”.
However, if “The Wonder Years” was the absolute BEST title the curriculum designers could come up with, how many other 80s TV show titles did they reject before settling on it? Imagine Bob and Ted, the chief reproductive health unit curriculum designers, sitting around and tossing out potential names based on classic 80s TV shows. Here are the Reproductive Health Unit titles they must have rejected:
Puberty: Diff’rent Strokes
Puberty: The Facts of Life
Puberty: Fantasy Island
Puberty: Growing Pains
Puberty: The Love Boat
Puberty: Married…With Children
Puberty: Three’s Company
Puberty: Who’s The Boss
Honorable mentions as rejected Reproductive Health Unit titles:
Puberty: Bosom Buddies
Puberty: Full House
Puberty: Happy Days
Puberty: Perfect Strangers
What about you? What would you name the Puberty curriculum? Come on, make me laugh!
Ha, ha! Those are all so wrong and so funny. My oldest did this unit in health class a few weeks ago, but I don’t think the school gave it an official title. I’m surprised they didn’t go with The Facts of Life. That one is so much more obvious.
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Maybe they envisioned hundreds of middle school boys giggling at the mention of “Tootie”!
I’ve afraid I’m going to scare someone laughing so loud right now!! Here’s my contribution:
Puberty: Knight Rider or
Puberty: Three’s NOT Company
Most appropriate?? Puberty: The Twilight Zone!!
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Bwa ha ha!! Knight Rider!!
Our school separates he boys and girls for the most embarrassing portions (which doesn’t really narrow it down for me) but the boys curriculum could be
Puberty: Pee Wee’s Playhouse
“Puberty: Pee Weeās Playhouse” – I’m DYING!! LOL!
I was laughing even before I read it because I knew it would be good…and it was! LOL! (for real!)
What about…
Puberty: Days of our Lives
Puberty: Cheers!
Puberty: A Different World
Thanks for the laugh!!
I’m laughing, too! Just think of those people sitting around a conference table suggesting, “Hey, how about ‘Days of Our Lives’ or ‘Cheers’ or ‘A Different World’?” — good ones!!
No way that was an email you got?? Sheesh, you just can’t make this stuff up! Love your alternate suggestions. Fantasy Island is a good second choice for sure!
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Alrighty, now I’m picturing how we work in Tattoo shouting out “Da plane! Da plane!” in the puberty video…
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Puberty: Gimme A Break!
Puberty: TJ Hooker
Puberty: Wild Kingdom
TJ HOOKER!!! Hysterical! I like all of your suggestions. š
Heather Locklear was on TJ Hooker, remember? My older brothers were big, big fans of that show! (Probably watched it for her, not so much for William Shatner)
Hilarious! How about Puberty: Curb Your Enthusiasm or Puberty: Who’s The Boss?
Soooooo glad I am way past that phase of my kids’ life! Good luck!
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Ha ha!! And I thought the diaper/potty training stage of life was bad! I’m looking forward to the other side of this stage. š
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Hmmm … Puberty: Bonanza
Puberty: Bewitched
Puberty: Arrested Development
And finally Puberty: Pinky and the Brain
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LOL I can’t contribute, but I’m laughing my butt off! These are hilarious as well as the ones in the comments. Thanks for sharing at #SmallVictoriesSundayLinkup !
Happy to have made you laugh! š Love the #SmallVictoriesSundayLinkup.
LOL! I”m so glad you had a good laugh. Puberty is funny, and a good sense of humor is a prerequisite for guiding your child through. I’m the author of “Puberty: The Wonder Years” (which, incidentally, was named before the TV show was known). My submission for rejected Reproductive Health Unit titles would have to be “Puberty: American Horror Story.” Given all the horror stories I’ve been told by adults who were totally ignorant about what was happening to their bodies during this normal phase of life, I think this title has a certain dark humor, don’t you? Thanks for the laughs. Learn more at http://www.PubertyCurriculum.com, and please call on me if you need support during your own Puberty: American Horror Story situations! š #LessShameMoreWonder