Helping girls understand more about whats going on with their brain during their teenage years
Understanding what is happening with the brain can help us understand more about why we feel the way we do and why we make the choices we do during our teenage years.
Websites Offering Support:
Hey Sigmund – Where the Science of Psychology Meets the Art of Being
Just one of the many pieces on this website
Social Media and the Teen Brain – How to Make it Work for Them
In a groundbreaking study, published in the journal Psychological Science, teenagers had their brains scanned while they used social media. Thanks to some brilliant technology, and social media’s almost magical way of having teens be still for a while, there were some remarkable findings.
Psychology Today
Teen Mental Health
have developed two presentations and a video to help your understanding of the teenage brain.
Only in the last decade has science provided us with some real insight into how the brain works, develops and adapts. The best way to learn more about the brain is to learn about the hardware (what makes up the brain) and then the software (what it can do, how it functions).
Check out the slideshows and then watch Dr. Kutcher and David Suzuki unravel the teenage brain on the Nature of Things “Surviving the Teenage Brain” by clicking here.
Books on this subject:
Blame My Brain: the Amazing Teenage Brain Revealed
During the teenage years the brain is undergoing its most radical and fundamental change since the age of two. Examination of the ups and downs of the teenage brain dealing with powerful emotions, the need for more sleep, the urge to take risks, the difference between genders and the reasons behind addiction or depression.
Brainstorm
shows parents how to turn one of the most challenging developmental periods in their children’s lives into one of the most rewarding.
How Not to Lose It: Mental Health – Sorted
It’s not just your body that should be fit and healthy – your mind needs to be, too! How Not to Lose It is the go-to guide for achieving a balanced mind and strong emotional well-being.
