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A review by evergreensandbookishthings
The Teenage Brain: A Neuroscientist's Survival Guide to Raising Adolescents and Young Adults by Amy Ellis Nutt, Frances E. Jensen
2.75
Sometimes when my kids are frustrating me, I’ll download one of these types of books to make me feel better about the fact that they are just acting normal for their age! A lot of the stuff is not new, since I read a fair amount of these along with parenting articles in the news. Though it is endlessly fascinating to learn about the way our brains work, adolescent or not. It does get a little bit in the weeds with science at times. It’s also chock full of fear mongering stories, and may have gone a little overboard. Not just one or two stories about dead children from various bad decisions (usually around alcohol) but several. And I get it. We need to be repetitive with our children about the dangers of alcohol and impaired decision making - but I don’t think you need to tell the adults more than once or twice for the message to instill gut wrenching fear. Overall interesting and I would recommend.