The Primal Teen
What the New Discoveries About the Teenage Brain Tell Us About Our Kids
Strauch, Barbara
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For anyone who has ever puzzled over the mysterious and often infuriating behavior of a teenager comes a groundbreaking look at the teenage brain written by the medical science and health editor for The New York Times. While many members of the scientific
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For anyone who has ever puzzled over the mysterious and often infuriating behavior of a teenager comes a groundbreaking look at the teenage brain written by the medical science and health editor for The New York Times. While many members of the scientific community have long held that the growing pains of adolescence are primarily psychological, Barbara Strauch highlights the physical nature of the transformation, offering parents and educators a new perspective on erratic teenage behavior. Using plain language, Strauch draws upon the latest scientific discoveries to make the case that the changes the brain goes through during adolescence are as dramatic and crucial as those that take place in the first two years of life, and that teenagers are not entirely responsible for their sullen, rebellious, and moody ways. Featuring interviews with scientists, teenagers, parents, and teachers, The Primal Teen explores common challengeswhy teens go from articulate and mature one day to morose and unreachable the next, why they engage in risky behaviorand offers practical strategies to help manage these formative and often difficult years.
BOOK REVIEWS
Provocative . . . . A contender for every parents reading list. --Newsday
Strauch [has] . . . a light, anecdotal style and a sense of humor. This is a very useful book. . . . These are conclusions parents will want to consider carefully The Washington Post Book World
Strauch tackles loaded questions with all the scientific instruments at her disposalThe latest findings neurological, biochemical, and psychological, with an illuminating dose of anecdote thrown in. The New Scientist
An important book. . . . Strauch writes masterfully, making scientific research understandable to lay readers. Library Journal (starred)
Upends the longstanding belief that the teenage brain is largely complete, concluding instead that it is undergoing dramatic changes that can help explain what appears to be a gap between intelligence and judgment. The Hartford Courant
Readers will be struck by the wonderfully candid comments by those interviewed as well as Strauchs insightful narrative. Publishers Weekly
This is such a smart book. . . . Barbara Strauch acts as a world-class guide to a mysterious place, taking us on a journey through the teenage brain and making sense of the scenery. In turns, funny, curious, explanatory, vivid, she does an absolutely compelling job of helping us to understand our children and ourselves. Deborah Blum, author of Love at Goon Park: Harry Harlow and the Science of Affection
Through interviews with parents, physicians, neuroscientists, and teens, Strauch has compiled impressive insights about the nature of being a teen or the parent of one. Science News
Entertaining as well as informative.Teacher magazine
An intriguing look at cutting-edge studies that now tell us the brain is not finished growing in a childs early years but continues into the teens. The Plain Dealer
Can knowing more about the teenagers brain help us to understand the teenagers behavior? Can an account of the neuroscience of adolescence be lively and readable? Barbara Strauch provides convincing evidence that the answer to both questions is yes. Judith R. Harris, author, The Nurture Assumption
Strauchs well-researched book explains studies that were impossible without such advanced technology as the MRI in clear, compassionate laypersons language. . . . A parents must-read. Booklist
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MORE BOOK INFO
ISBN: 0385721609
ISBN(13-digit): 9780385721608
Copyright: 2004
Dewey Decimal: 616.8900835
Library of Congress: bl2006006682
Book Publisher: Random House Inc
Language: ENG
No. of Pages: 242
Paper Weight (lb): .22 lb
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