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Why Do They Act That Way? A Survival Guide to the Adolescent Brain for You and Your Teen

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ISBN-10: 0743260716

ISBN-13: 9780743260718

Edition: 2004

Authors: David Walsh, Nat Bennett

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Book details

List price: $23.00
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Free Press
Publication date: 7/20/2004
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 288
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English

David Walsh, Ph.D., is the founder & president of the National Institute on Media & the Family, a non-profit organization created to provide research & information about the impact of media products. A psychologist, educator, & parent, he is a frequent guest on radio & television programs as an expert on children & the media & has written several books & many articles on the subject. He lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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