The Owner's Manual for Driving Your Adolescent Brain

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Kids and caregivers alike will be saying, "I didn't know that!" as they take a journey into the workings of their own minds in this fun follow-up to Your Fantastic Elastic Brain. A six-time award winner, The Owner's Manual for Driving Your Adolescent Brain is the exciting follow-up to Your Fantastic Elastic Brain! This adolescent brain development story is the perfect growth mindset book for teens. Let's pop open the hood and learn a little about what makes this (human) engine run in this informative puberty book for boys and girls ages 9-14! As a teenager, you think you know everything about your brain... Think again! Every creature experiences adolescence. It's during this time when your brain is in its second decade, that you have the opportunity to blaze your own trail by shaping your brain, building its strengths, and avoiding dangers with the decisions you make. Your brain is an amazing vehicle that will take you through every one of your life's experiences. Wouldn't it be good to have an owner's manual Packed with the goods on glia and the news about neurons, The Owner's Manual for Driving Your Adolescent Brain is a fantastic read for testing your brain power and understanding it's OK to make mistakes, they'll make you stronger, if you use them as an opportunity to learn. It's all about training your brain to help you become the very best version of yourself! The Owner's Manual for Driving Your Adolescent Brain has received several awards including The Academics' Choice "Smart Book" Award; The PubWest Book Design Gold Award; The Mom's Choice Gold Award; The Moonbeam Silver Award; The Nautilus Silver Award; and The IBPA Benjamin Franklin Silver Award. Fuel up your vehicle and let's start the drive to understanding your adolescent brain!

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"Peppered with colorful cartoons to drive home its serious points, The Owner s Manual for Driving Your Adolescent Brain lives up to its title and is enthusiastically recommended especially for grade school, high school, and public library collections. Midwest Book Review"
The Huffington Post-If you have adolescents in your house, at some point you must have said, What were you THINKING Such exasperating conversations with your teenage son or daughter probably happen all too often, but have you considered the dynamic changes occurring or how to empower your adolescent for better decision-making."

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JoAnn Deak, Ph.D., is an author and an international speaker, educator, and preventive psychologist. She also works with parents, teachers, and other adults who work with children as a consultant to schools worldwide on issues of brain development and gender equality. She is also the author of the award-winning book, Your Fantastic Elastic Brain.