David Walsh

WHY Do They Act That Way? (eBook, ePUB)

A Survival Guide to the Adolescent Brain for You and Your Teen

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

In this national bestseller, acclaimed, award-winning psychologist Dr. David Walsh explains exactly what happens to the human brain on the path from childhood into adolescence and adulthood. Revealing the latest scientific findings in easy-to-understand terms, Dr. Walsh shows why moodiness, quickness to anger and to take risks, miscommunication, fatigue, territoriality, and other familiar teenage behavior problems are so common -- all are linked to physical changes and growth in the adolescent brain.

Why Do They Act That Way? is the first book to explain the changes in teens' brains and show parents how to use this information to understand, communicate with, and stay connected to their kids. Through real-life stories, Dr. Walsh makes sense of teenagers' many mystifying, annoying, and even outright dangerous behavioral difficulties and provides realistic solutions for dealing with everyday as well as severe challenges. Dr. Walsh's techniques include, among others: sample dialogues that help teens and parents talk civilly and constructively with each other, behavioral contracts, and Parental Survival Kits that provide practical advice for dealing with issues like curfews, disrespectful language and actions, and bullying. With this arsenal of strategies, parents can help their kids learn to control impulses, manage erratic behavior, cope with their changing bodies, and, in effect, develop a second brain.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Simon + Schuster LLC
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2007
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780743274821
• Artikelnr.: 37839369

Autorenporträt

David Walsh, Ph.D., is one of the world’s leading authorities on children, teens, parenting, family life, and the impact of technology on children’s health and development. He founded the internationally renowned National Institute on Media and the Family. He is on the faculty of the University of Minnesota and lives in Minneapolis with his wife, Monica. They have three adult children and five grandchildren.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
One: Making Sense of Adolescence
Two: A Guided Tour of Their Brains
Three: Why Adolescents Are Impulsive
Four: Risky Business: Helping Teens Put on the Brakes
Five: What We Have Here Is a Failure to Communicate
Six: Male and Female Brains: Sexual Stereotyping and Sexual Identity
Seven: Love, Sex, and the Adolescent Brain
Eight: Monkey Wrenches in the Brain: Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs
Nine: Adolescents and Media
Ten: The Story Behind Tired Teens
Eleven: When Things Go Wrong in the Brain: Adolescent Mental Illness
Twelve: The Psychological and Social Dimensions of Adolescence
Thirteen: The Importance of Connection and Guidance
Fourteen: In Conclusion
Notes
Acknowledgments
Index