Inside the Teenage Brain
Parenting a Work in Progress- Authors:
- Publisher:
- 2010
Summary
Teenagers are perplexing, intriguing, and spirited creatures. In an attempt to discover the secrets to their thoughts and actions, parents have tried talking, cajoling, and begging them for answers. The result has usually been just more confusion. But new and exciting light is being shed on these mysterious young adults. What was once thought to be hormones run amuck can now be explained with modern medical technology. MRI and PET scans view the human brain while it is alive and functioning. To no one's surprise, the teenage brain is under heavy construction! These discoveries are helping parents understand the (until now) unexplainable teenager. Neuroscience can help parents adjust to the highs and lows of teenage behavior. Typically, this transformation is a prickly proposition for both teens and their families, but the trials and tribulations of adolescence give teenagers a second chance to develop and create the brain they will take into adulthood.
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Bibliographic data
- Copyright year
- 2010
- ISBN-Print
- 978-1-60709-118-9
- ISBN-Online
- 978-1-60709-120-2
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 138
- Product type
- Book Titles
Table of contents
- Contents No access
- Acknowledgments No access
- Foreword No access
- Introduction No access
- Chapter 01: The Teenage Brain: A Work in Progress No access Pages 1 - 10
- Chapter 02: Parenting Styles: What Kind of Parent Are You? No access Pages 11 - 18
- Chapter 03: Strategies That Work and Don’t Work with Teenagers No access Pages 19 - 30
- Chapter 04: The Unique Teen Mind No access Pages 31 - 40
- Chapter 05: Social Life: The Teen Scene No access Pages 41 - 50
- Chapter 06: Surviving Your Teenager’s Emotions No access Pages 51 - 60
- Chapter 07: Physical Changes: Under Construction No access Pages 61 - 72
- Chapter 08: Getting an Education No access Pages 73 - 78
- Chapter 09: The Family Rules No access Pages 79 - 88
- Chapter 10: Technology: The Medium and the Message No access Pages 89 - 96
- Chapter 11: Teens at Risk No access Pages 97 - 114
- Chapter 12: Parenting the Teenage Brain Book Club No access Pages 115 - 122
- Parenting Glossary No access Pages 123 - 126
- References No access Pages 127 - 132
- Index No access Pages 133 - 136
- About the Author No access Pages 137 - 138





