Brain Development


The Brain that Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science
Brainstorm: The Power and Purpose of the Teenage Brain
The Whole-Brain Child: Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind
Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School (Book & DVD)
My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey
The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
Thinking, Fast and Slow
Brain Rules for Aging Well: 10 Principles for Staying Vital, Happy, and Sharp
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Ben: Diary of A Heroin Addict
Brain Rules for Baby: How to Raise a Smart and Happy Child from Zero to Five
Boys Adrift: The Five Factors Driving the Growing Epidemic of Unmotivated Boys and Underachieving Young Men
Focus: The Hidden Driver of Excellence
Buddha's Brain: The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love, and Wisdom
Avi Tuschman
After leaving home, people become closer to who they really are.
Avi Tuschman, Our Political Nature: The Evolutionary Origins of What Divides Us

Too many of the teenagers I encounter in my practice and across the country are late in developing what it will take to function as an adult and create adult relationships: agency, independence, intimacy, fortitude, and self-reliance. Often it's because their community (not just parents but also peers, teachers, and extended family) is focused exclusively on the high-school paper chase and fails to encourage these qualities. I try desperately to convince these teens and their parents that delayi ...more
Madeline Levine, Ready or Not: Preparing Our Kids to Thrive in an Uncertain and Rapidly Changing World

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