Course Catalog

Making More Humans

The Clinical Truth of Puberty and Reproduction for Every Age and Every Body.

Making More Humans is a comprehensive, video-based human reproduction curriculum built by a physician who teaches clearly, thoroughly, and without shame or fear. Development, puberty, consent, relationships, and decision-making, all covered with the plain clinical truth.

The Clinical Truth of Reproduction

Who This Course is For

Parents Who Want to Get There First

Once your kid knows the actual clinical truth, they can spot the nonsense: misinformation, political talking points dressed up as facts, and people counting on their confusion to take advantage of them. That knowledge is what keeps them safe.

Parents Filling a Gap in the Curriculum

Most curricula stop at puberty and reproduction basics and STI warnings. Making More Humans covers the full arc: development, puberty, relationships, consent, and what to do when something goes wrong, so it's not a gap you have to patch together yourself.

Families Done with Shame and Fear

Many of us grew up with sex ed that either scares kids straight or shames them into silence. Making More Humans teaches the clinical truth instead: plain biology, without a moral lens attached, so bodies stop being something to be embarrassed about or afraid of.

During The Course You Will

What to expect

  • Watch physician-led video lessons for each module at the correct age. Everyone starts at module 1: Building Blocks and eventually older teens will finish in module 6: Lifelong Literacy
  • Work through Manual pages built around three levels of understanding: Identify, Interpret, and Integrate
  • Build a shared vocabulary using the course Glossary of clinical terms
  • Talk through Discussion Guide questions with a parent or the whole family
  • Apply what you learn to real situations: consent, relationships, and decision-making

Learning Objectives

What you can do

  • Name accurate anatomical terms and recognize when something needs medical attention (all modules)
  • Explain the full sequence of puberty and development for all bodies, not just your own (module 2)
  • Apply the consent framework to basic, pressured, and confusing situations (looks different at different ages)
  • Distinguish healthy relationships from the warning signs of abuse and coercion (looks different at different ages)
  • Compare methods of contraception and evaluate reproductive health decisions (modules 3 and 5)
  • Evaluate health claims critically and advocate for yourself in medical settings (module 5)

What's Included?

Start now and come back year after year

Syllabus

List of Modules

Module 1: Building Blocks and Basics (Age 7+)

  • The Blueprint of Life (13 min)
  • From One Cell to Trillions (7 min)
  • Anatomy and Homology (18 min)
  • Taking Care of Your Anatomy (6 min)
  • Your Body Belongs to You (6 min)
  • Healthy Families and Friendships (12 min)
  • Your Smart Brain and Your Survival Brain (7 min)

Module 2: Construction and Calibration (Age 9+)

  • Embryology, the Construction Phase (16 min)
  • Differences in Development (9 min)
  • The Science of Puberty (7 min)
  • Impact of Puberty (6 min)
  • Practical Tips for Periods (7 min)
  • The Science of Periods (8 min)
  • Hygiene, Acne, and More (7 min)
  • Pregnancy and Birth (13 min)
  • Tea and Consent (5 min)
  • The Science of Your Brain on Tech (9 min)

Module 3: Origins and Agency (Age 12+)

  • Intercourse and Implantation (7 min)
  • To Conceive or Not (12 min)
  • Chromosomes and Genetic Conditions (6 min)
  • Sexual Orientation and Gender (7 min)
  • Consent and Boundaries in Difficult Situations, with tea (4 min)
  • Plain Speaking About Consent and Boundaries (5 min)
  • Intro to Infections (7 min)
  • Understanding Porn (7 min)
  • The Truth About Sexting (10 min)

Module 4: Chemistry and Connection (Age 13+)

  • Emotional Health (7 min)
  • Communication Skills (13 min)
  • Finding Love not Limerance (10 min)
  • Emotional Closeness and Compatibility (13 min)
  • Influences on Relationship Dynamics (6 min)
  • Attachment Styles and Relationship Boundaries (15 min)
  • Love Bombing and the Cycle of Abuse (19 min)
  • Decision Making (7 min)
  • You are Already Complete (5 min)

Module 5: Advanced Systems and Risk Management (Age 14+)

  • Advanced Anatomy (18 min)
  • Male Anatomy and Medical Care (10 min)
  • Female Anatomy and Medical Care (14 min)
  • Preventative Healthcare (15 min)
  • Deciding to Become a Parent (7 min)
  • Contraception (13 min)
  • Pathology, Prevention, and Treatment of STIs (8 min)
  • Clinical Management of Pregnancy Termination (8 min)
  • Infertility and Assistive Reproductive Technology (11 min)
  • Pregnancy Loss (4 min)
  • Sexual Pleasure and Sexual Response (15 min)
  • Rape and Sexual Assault (16 min)
  • Exploitation, Coercion, and the Digital Landscape (16 min)
  • Through the Lifespan (12 min)

Module 6: Lifelong Literacy and Next Steps (Any Age)

  • Evaluating Evidence in the Digital Age (12 min)
  • Being Your Own Advocate (13 min)
  • The Future of You (7 min)

Frequently Asked Questions

And the truth you’ll want to know.

Is my child or teen too young for this?

By the time most parents think the timing is right, their child has already been getting a biology education, from social media, from Google, and from friends who don’t actually know what they’re talking about. 

Waiting doesn’t protect them, it just means someone else fills the gap. The first module starts at age 7, and every learner starts at the beginning regardless of where they are now. 

It’s also never too late. Many adults are finding that they are learning right alongside their kids because we never got the opportunity to learn this the first time.

To a younger kid, there isn’t any weird or “sexy” about any of this. It’s just science and no different than learning about their digestive system. We are the ones who made it weird.

Studies are very clear that youth who have received comprehensive sex education are more likely to delay intercourse and avoid risky behaviors than youth who did not receive that level of education.

Accurate information doesn’t create risk, it prevents it. Kids who know the clinical facts about their bodies, consent, and relationships are the ones who can recognize danger, name what happened to them, and get help.

You can be present for it and should definitely discuss it (which is why we’ve created so many resources to help with those conversations). 

But most parents (even physicians in unrelated specialties) don’t have the in-depth clinical knowledge of these exact topics to teach this well, and don’t know how to start the conversation. Making More Humans handles the hard parts so you don’t need all the answers, you just have to create the space.

Most school sex ed covers the mechanics of reproduction and STI basics and stops there. Making More Humans covers the full arc: development, puberty, relationships, consent, and what to do when something goes wrong. Whatever your school does or doesn’t teach, this fills the gap.

Truth: MedPath was designed by a physician-educator to be clinical from day one while staying appropriately challenging and accessible at each level.

No. Reproductive biology, sexual development, and gender are scientific facts that have been studied and understood for generations. This curriculum teaches what’s actually known about how the human body works, not what someone believes about it.

Because we know parents have questions about how Dr. Robin handles sensitive topics, we’re created a page where you can look up the details. [Click Here to See How She Teaches]

Yes. Families can watch the video lessons together, or a student can work through them independently, at whatever pace fits.

Parents can listen ahead using the private podcast feed. Kids can watch on any device from a phone to a computer to an internet-connected television.

Meet Dr. Robin

Dr. Robin taught her first lesson on human reproduction as a teenager, not a doctor. Her brother had just gotten “the talk” from his stepdad. It lasted about a minute before he left the room. So she picked up her biology textbook and finished it herself: genetics first, then how conception actually worked, then why people don’t get pregnant every time.

Her brother’s first response was disbelief. His second, once she walked him through the actual science, was complete understanding. No shame, no fear, just information delivered plainly.

She went on to medical school and spent over a decade in family practice, watching what happened to patients who never got that same plain explanation. Making More Humans exists because of what she couldn’t unsee: that the clinical truth, delivered without shame or scare tactics, is the only thing that actually protects people.

Dr. Robin Dickinson MD teaches pre-med for kids and teens at Dr. Robin's School

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