Blame My Brain: the Amazing Teenage Brain Revealed: The ultimate bestselling guide to teenage behaviour and mental health, packed with advice for teens and parents to boost empathy and wellbeing

One of my GP colleagues who’s also working in an excellent youth service in East London recommended this book to me. Fascinating scientific facts about teenagers’ thoughts & behaviour, “storm & stress”, scenario based interesting explanations - really easy read. Highly recommended for parents who’re interested to know what’s actually happening in their teen’s brain.

Scientifically correct, written in conversational language. Double spaced - easy to read. Current, (effect of screen time). So helpful in recognising the challenges of teenage development.

A very interesting read. Gives great context which may be helful for this age group.

This book is absolutely fantastic.So far i am just over halfway through the book but it is so informative and very funny.If you have teenage children this book really tries to explain why they are SO DIFFICULT TO LIVE WITH SOMETIMES!.It explains how your once normal sweet little angels suddenly change into the Difficult,moody.awkward little bless-thems they now are!!! ha ha. We as adults of course never behaved like them when we were teenagers AHEM!And our parents have never even heared of TEENAGERS , to them they are lovely devoted grandchildren, ha ha, if only they lived with them !!Now theres a thought? All jokes aside being a parent is the BEST and most rewarding job in the world but also the hardest, there are no instructions with this job but so far this book is really helping me to try to understand their teenage years, because I find that even though my boys are now taller than I am , they are still very young and child like in their ways sometimes as they try to adapt to growing up to suit their new adult bodies. So I would RECOMEND this book for all the mums and dads and TEENAGE offspring to read. The good news is apparently they WILL grow out of this delightfull stage of development and turn back into ordinary people once more!!! HA HA !!!!! GOOD LUCK

As a school social worker I have used this book many times and have given copies to parents & students. I have recently bought this as I now have my own teenager & I needed to remind myself of what life is like for them and whats happening in their teenage brain ! This book is easy to read & is really quite funny in parts and helped me to remember that my child won't always be teenager and this too shall pass! The book gives the reasons behind sleeping late , untidy bedrooms as well as more concerning stuff like risk taking and being impulsive . It's a great read and has been and still is really helpful.

I bought this book and everybody in the family, my 18, 15 year old daughters and my husband read it. It contains a lot of relevant information, written in accessible language which make it easy to understand for all generations. Case studies are particularly useful which makes a teenager think they are not alone in their “ weirdness “. Worth reading and triggers good discussion with your kids. I am really glad that I came across this book.

Beware of the title and beware of the intention. This is not really a neurology book, and neither is it about the amazing teenage brain. It is a carefully disguised guidebook for teenagers about the emotional, social and (a little bit of) nuerological changes they are going through. The author writes and speaks directly to the children in a kind of teenagery cool language, which a wiser kid is going to see through pretty quickly, but most will like and find easy to read. There is some nice advice, references, numbers and explanations, but this is not a book to get if you are really wanting to know much about the brain. There are whole chapters about other subjects, followed by a barely hidden reference to the brain, just in case you were wondering how come this book has the title it has. In addition, I got the feeling the author didn't quite remain objective at all points either, but has taken her reputation as agony aunt and authority and written a few more words to help teenagers be a bit more thoughtful and conservative (or at least understand why they are not). Not a bad guidebook, but not so eye-opening for a parents wanting to know about their tennage child's brain.

Being once a teenager myself only a few years back, the title instantly caught my eye. It is an easy read and aimed at teenagers although I believe parents would take an enjoyment out of reading it too. The scientific research that has gone into this book is incredible and you don't need to come from a scientific background to understand it either, it is very accessible. It also has a case study at the end of each chapter. The book covers a range of topics; Emotions, Sleep, Risk-taking, Gender differences, Mental health issues and Brain development in older teens. It has useful hints and tips for dealing with different emotions during these hormonal times and also helpful tips for parents. This is a valuable read for any teenager and I would most definitely suggest that parents have a read too (you may not remember being a teenager as much as you think you do! ha)

an amazing book that offers valuable insights in to how a teenagers mind works and why it works so. Very clear and concise explanations put forth in an interesting way. Easy to read, and re-read. I definitely would recommend this book.

Easy to read and helpful to understand the phases children's brains go through from puberty to adolescence. It's a book written for young people, and as such it doesn't contain strategies for parents to deal with some of the more difficult aspects of adolescence. That would be a different (although necessary) book!

Youngster should be encouraged to read the book.