Blame My Brain

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Writing Blame My Brain (full title – Blame My Brain – The Amazing Teenage Brain Revealed) changed my life. One of my GP colleagues who’s also working in an excellent youth service in East London recommended this book to me. Full details of your rights under the Distance Selling Regulations are available in the UK from your local Citizens' Advice Bureau or your Local Authority's Trading Standards Office. I’ve already written a whole book on this – The Teenage Guide to Life Online – so it at least needs a chapter in Blame My Brain! The goods do not need to be in their original packaging however in a sellable condition, and at your own cost and risk.

The information was presented in a really nice easy to read way and I think the stories that are presented also help to make it a more interesting read and help to put it into real life perspective rather than just facts on a page.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.

I did glean a couple of interesting insights - about recognising emotions, and sleep - but the premise that you can blame teenage behaviour on their brains is deterministic and depressing! 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. From strops to tantrums to Neanderthal behaviour in boys and princess-like diva nonsense in girls - this should be read by every teenager, sibling and parent in the world. Nicola speaks in schools and at conferences all over the world about issues concerning teenagers and creates original resources for teachers.It’s odd to think that this wasn’t mentioned in the first edition, considering what an overwhelming part of life screens and social media now are. Contrary to popular (parental) opinion, teenagers are not the lazy, unpleasant – frankly, spotty – louts they occasionally appear to be. During the teenage years the brain is undergoing its most radical and fundamental change since the age of two.