Today I thought I’d share some of these models with you, particularly the ones that are helpful for schools, organisations and parents/carers working and living with traumatised young people. For fans of Grace Helbig and Alexa Chung comes a fresh, hilarious guide to growing up your way from social media influencer and lifestyle vlogger Arden Rose. If a refund is payable to you we will process the refund as soon as possible, and, in any case within fourteen (14) days. My aim was always to unpick and reveal what we know about teenage brains, beginning with neuroscience and fitting it with observed behaviours and an understanding of the societies adolescents live in, explaining in a reassuring way so that young people and the adults who care about them and work with them can make better use of those brains.

This month, I have a few articles scheduled to introduce to you the new edition of Blame My Brain – the Amazing Teenage Brain Revealed.Reading about what goes on in an adolescent's brain can make all the difference to a teacher or parent who deals with the fallout of it each day. One of my GP colleagues who’s also working in an excellent youth service in East London recommended this book to me. As well as my non-fiction, I'm an award-winning novelist, with titles such as Mondays are Red and Fleshmarket. More unusually though this book is very much pitched at teenagers themselves and in that regard it is a 4 star read.

It has always been my belief that the more we understand how something – in this case, a brain – works, the better we can make it work, the more surely we can prevent things going wrong and fix them when they do. I was intrigued by the title of Nicola Morgan's book and only slightly disappointed to learn that it was aimed at teenagers. Some of what is covered in this book will, hopefully, help me understand what my children are going through during this particular time.Other cancelled products: If you want to cancel products that are not damaged or incorrectly supplied, then you must inform us of this within seven working days following the date of receipt in accordance with the Distance Selling Regulations or otherwise as soon as possible. While the generalisations are fascinating, and the basic biology explained well, it is not written by a scientist and a lot of the assessments are very simplistic. With all the pressures of school, friends, and dating, you're especially vulnerable to low self-esteem in your te. Each section includes a case study, a description of what’s going on in the teenage brain, some theories of why the teenage brain might work the way it does, some useful facts and hints to help teenagers and parents survive this stage, and a quiz or activity to do.

When you think about how much goes wrong in communications between teens, their parents, their teachers, and each other, this little titbit of information goes a long way towards explaining it. I originally got this book for my son to help him to navigate the inevitable changes that the teen years bring! This video that I’ve added is a longer version than I’ve used before as it explains more of the workings of the brain. BMB opened my horizon and led to all my later books on stress, resilience, sleep, screens, peer pressure etc but a couple of years ago I realised it needed an upgrade, as the last re-edition dates back to 2013.PERIOD founder and Harvard College student Nadya Okamoto offers a manifesto on menstruation and why we can no longer silence those who bleed-and how to engage in youth activism. of any different behaviours could be put down to nurture (society) more than nature (biology) but that there are some differences that we observe that are more likely to be down to biology – and that those differences are not, in my view, very interesting or meaningful. The patterns forged now are what will be more easily maintained/harder to quit when they are adults.

Applicability of cancellation rights: Legal rights of cancellation under the Distance Selling Regulations available for UK or EU consumers do not apply to certain products and services.Teenagers and their parents will find much to fascinate them in this updated edition of Nicola Morgan’s skilful, non-scientists explanation of the complex and specific science that makes teenagehood such a specific period of growing up. The book makes no reference to this and just asserts that autism is more likely in boys - a more nuanced explainer would have really helped.