WHY Do They Act That Way?: A Survival Guide to the Adolescent Brain for You and Your Teen
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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.
WHY Do They Act That Way?: A Survival Guide to the Adolescent Brain for You and Your Teen
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Dr. Walsh, your book was recommended to me last week, and I thoroughly enjoyed reading it from cover to cover. As I read your analysis of how adolescent brain development and chemistry impact teen behaviors, I was better able to understand the academic reasoning behind my new teen self-help book “What Your Mother Never Told You: A Survival Guide For Teenage Girls.” What Your Mother Never Told You: A Teenage Girls Survival Guide
I am not an expert trained in psychology or child development, but I found myself reading the thoughts and passion in my book in almost every page of yours! “Why Do They Act That Way” is the first book written for parents of teens that I fully appreciate. You explain to parents in digestible scientific terms, what I have tried so hard to explain to the teens in their own language. Your book in it’s entirety, beautifully articulates and clarifies everything I try to communicate, and so much more, in the five page “Letter to Parents, Caregivers, and Counselors” at the beginning of my book.
Although our respective books target different audiences, the combination of the two books give both the scientific and practical advice that will have a definite positive impact on the quality of life for both teens and parents of teens. I intend to recommend your book at every opportunity.
Rating: 5 / 5
I have just one thing to say to Dr. Walsh:
THANK YOU! Again, THANK YOU!
Rating: 5 / 5
I highly reccomend this book. It clearly defines what is going on with teens and why….amazing that most teens have the same behaviors….and this is why. A must book for all parents.
Rating: 5 / 5
(…) I have encluded the original text here because I truely believe in the value of this book!
BOOK REVIEW
Why Do They Act That Way?
David Walsh, Ph.D.
A Survival Guide to the Adolescent Brain for You and Your Teen
Copyright 2004 by Free Press, a division of Simon and Schuster Inc.
Dr. Walsh, relying on the most up to date science, gives us a tour through the
complexities of the adolescent brain. He has been able to successfully connect behavior to
the physical changes occurring in within the mind of the teenager.
This is a fourteen-chapter, 276-page book that is written for the general reader. The
intended audience are parents of teenagers and others that come into intimate contact with them.
After reading this book my body of knowledge, as it applies to teenagers, has expanded. The information as been so intertwined within my original consciousness that I hardly know what is new and what is not. I find this type of information absorption highly valuable. I am certain that should I take the time to re-read this book in the future even more could be gleaned and would be well worth my time and effort.
I am so impressed with this books content that it should be recommended reading for any class, whether for foster parents or others learning to understand and successfully deal with teenagers.
Each chapter is arranged around a topic and then is concluded with either a punctuated do vs. don’t list or a yes or no questionnaire. This is an efficient method of examining our own beliefs, reviewing relevant information or confronting new ideas. I found these lists insightful and helpful.
Rather than do a chapter-by-chapter review of this book I would like to talk about different portions of the book over the next few weeks, so that I can take time to look at a subject in more depth. To conclude, let me give this the highest possible rating when it comes to the value vs. time investment for parents, foster parents or others that come in contact with teenagers. I hope you run, don’t walk, to your nearest bookstore and order up yourself a copy!
Rating: 5 / 5
This book was suggested to me by a school administrator who has been working with pre-teens and teenagers for 15 plus years. I just received the book a few days ago and can’t seem to put it down. My child will soon be 13 and have another 10 year old. Already, I feel I can put the ideas in the book to work immediatly and gives me insight in how the brain works in an easy to understand way. Being a teacher myself I am finding it helpful to relate to my students as well and editing my behavior towards them in a more beneficial and productive way. I’ve read MANY books with related topics but not hit the nail on the head and got straight to the point as this one. If you are struggling to relate to your teen or even have a child who is constantly in trouble I hightly recommend this book.
Rating: 5 / 5