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Brainstorm
- The Power and Purpose of the Teenage Brain
- Narrated by: Daniel J Siegel
- Length: 10 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Health & Wellness, Psychology & Mental Health
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Summary
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- Katharine Cameron-Clarke
- 28-04-19
Interesting 'bridge' reading for Parent & Teen...
Shared with 13 year old daughter and opened lots of discussions - very insightful experience.
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- Tony
- 24-04-20
An absolute must for all!
The holy grail of understanding me as a teen and understanding my teenage daughter. I keep coming back to this book it's really helping me through parenting a teen. My daughter won't read it though, so maybe a teen friendly version would be good as she would get so much from it .
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- samhabib
- 11-06-19
Essential listening
What a wonderful book. I think it should be essential reading for parents, prospective parents or anyone interested in the betterment of life and our world.
Daniel's reading was lovely and soothing with an, almost, 'John Boy Walton' feel to it.
It took me a while to get through the book and, whilst listening to it over a series of months the chapter markings were updated (correctly) making it much easier to, finally, digest.
Excellent.
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- Miss Pitstop 2
- 17-05-22
So great .
A must to help navigate your teenage child’s world No your engagement in it . I have already downloaded his other books to get more of the essence of his wonderful knowledge and advise .this book calmed my mind and made sense of what I was experiencing wit( my teenager. A must for every parent . Read the whole series and prepare for every stage . The most wonderful thing is that you learn so much about yourself and therefore are in a better place to help your child and family cope with the changes happening in this busy and blink and you will miss it life .
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- Sigrin
- 26-03-22
Yawn
Like this genre for learning, but the author just made this very dull listen. i barely managed a couple of chapters.
Admittedly I do not like american narrators, so it was a double whammy of ear bleed.
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- Amazon Customer
- 14-12-21
Useful and practical
if one can incorporate the advice in their daily routine gradually then the mindsite practice is really helpful.
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- Nicola
- 17-11-21
slow but grew on me at 2nd reading
Very slow reading, listened on 1.35 speed . Informative about supportive relationships though self awareness and social integration
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- Learn
- 26-09-21
Excellent book for all
Very nice book. Narration is amazing and smooth. Content is very systematic and informative. I bought the book as well and reading it.
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- Miss Lucy C Perkins
- 30-09-19
Brainstorm
Informative and empowering. Helps provide an empathetic and factual understanding of teenagers and their brains. Love the concept of MWE. Thank you.
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- Anonymous User
- 07-11-20
Good listen
Book is very rich with exact scientific information which can give you great insight on brain development. If you are a parent or a teacher this is just a must to cover!