Vendor
	Mohrbooks Literary Agency Sebastian Ritscher
Original language
English
Categories
Parenting: advice & issues

BORN TO BE WILD

Jess P. Shatkin

Why Teens Take Risks, and How We Can Help Keep Them Safe

A groundbreaking, research-based guide that sheds new light on why young people make dangerous choices—and offers solutions that work.

Texting while driving. Binge-drinking. Bullying. Unprotected sex. There are plenty of reasons for parents to worry about getting a late-night call about their teen. But most of the advice parents and educators hear about teens is outdated and unscientific--and simply don't work.

Acclaimed adolescent psychiatrist and educator Jess Shatkin brings more than two decades' worth of research and clinical experience to the subject, along with cutting-edge findings from brain science, evolutionary psychology, game theory, and other disciplines -- plus a widely curious mind and the perspective of a concerned dad himself. Using science and stories, fresh analogies, clinical anecdotes, and research-based observations, Shatkin explains:

•Why “scared straight,” adult logic, and draconian punishment don’t work
•Why the teen brain is “born to be wild”—shaped by evolution to explore and take risks
•The surprising role of brain development, hormones, peer pressure, screen time, and other key factors
•What parents and teachers can do—in everyday interactions, teachable moments, and specifically chosen activities and outings—to work with teens’ need for risk, rewards, and social acceptance, not against it.

BORN TO BE WILD offers new and counterintuitive insights coupled with fresh, actionable advice. It will be a great addition to the research-based teen parenting book category. Comps include Brainstorm, The Teenage Brain, Untangled, and How to Raise an Adult.

Nationally recognized child and adolescent psychiatrist Jess P. Shatkin, M.D., M.P.H., is one of the country's foremost voices in child and adolescent mental health. He serves as Vice Chair for Education at the Child Study Center and Associate Professor of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry and Pediatrics at New York University School of Medicine. He has been featured in top print, radio, TV, and Internet outlets, including the New York Times, Good Morning America, Parade, New York Magazine, Health Day, CBS Evening News, New York Daily News, Wall Street Journal, and the Los Angeles Times. In addition, for the past eight years Dr. Shatkin has been the host of "About Our Kids," a two-hour call-in radio show broadcast live on SiriusXM's Doctor Radio. He lives in New York City with his wife and two teenage children.

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Book Published 2017-10-03 by TarcherPerigee
Book Published 2017-10-03 by TarcherPerigee

Comments

Crafted with medical and scientific toughmindedness, empathy and compassion by one of the world’s experts in adolescent emotional behavioral development, this lovely book can help parents understand why they do not understand, help adolescents accept themselves for who they are, and assist psychologists, physicians, and teachers in supporting teenagers as they navigate this critical, lethal, and glorious period of brain development. Born to be Wild is terrific and should be required reading for anyone who has or plans to have a child.

Born to Be Wildis an insightful exploration of the adolescent mind. It also ventures some into the brain. Shatkin's clinical insights, backed by emerging scientific data and ideas, will be valuable for parents and teachers, and maybe even the adolescents in their lives.

Face facts, says Dr. Jess Shatkin: Kids take risks even though they know it is risky! They do so because their brains are wired that way--an evolutionary mandate, as he so wonderfully describes. But the battle with youth is not lost if you know what to do and say. This smart, engaging book by a great child psychiatrist and educator will show you how.

This book is brilliantly written, incredibly informative, and presented in a comfortable down-to-earth manner. It is definitely going to be my new go-to referral reading for parents, educators, and therapists who will better understand why kids do the darndest things.

From Socrates to Shakespeare, adults have always worried about young people. We fear and envy them, too, but now, withBorn to Be Wild, we finally have a chance to understand them. Dr. Shatkin sees the best in teenagers and helps his readers to see it too. Grounded in a lifetime of clinical judgment and compassion, this scientifically riveting and ultimately hopeful account will help adolescents and their families to survive and thrive.

Take what you know about your teenager and risk-taking and chuck it out the window. (Carefully, because you’re an adult.)While giving you research-based tools to curbing the truly dangerous activities teenagers engage in,Born to be Wildis also a joyous celebration of teenagers and their sometimes-inexplicable impulsiveness.Your heart may still sink when you hear those unfortunate teenage words, “It just happened.”But you’ll see how they do nutty things not to annoy us, but because those activities make them better grown-ups.Born To Be Wildis smart, funny, and deeply comforting.

Adolescence is a risky time of life.But finding thoughtful, research based and practical solutions to help navigate through this challenging period of parenting is hard to come by. Enter Jess Shatkin, a consummate and experienced professional whose fresh insights and practical advice move our understanding into the 21st century. Born to Be Wild is a game-changer.

Jess Shatkin’s book is a must-read….With colorful personal stories, he weavesa brilliant, highly readable and scientifically grounded analysis of the paradox of adolescence – a time when individuals think they are anything but invincible and are totally unprepared to accurately calculate risk.Without a doubt, parents, teachers, policymakers, and anyone who wants to better understand themselves, their children or the younger generation will benefit from reading this book.

In his new book, Shatkin has expertly met three challenging and important goals: He has presented an engaging and accessible overview of adolescent psychology, he has given us a fascinating glimpse into adolescent thinking and how they make choices and experience risk, and finally he has distilled a series of excellent and practical suggestions for parents, schools and policy makers for how to keep our teens healthy and safe.This is a highly valuable contribution.

From the opening paragraph, it’s crystal clear that you’re embarking on a fascinating ride helmed by a masterful storyteller and highly insightful expert in adolescent development, who is also a dad.Dr. Shatkin’s advice is evidence-based, no nonsense and doable. After reading this book, you will not only understand teens – you will also understand a lot more about yourself and how to be a better parent. Born to Be Wild should be in the hands of every parent. It will not only help you raise resilient teens but also save lives.

Born to be Wild treats adolescents and their brains with respect and affection, bringing science and also sympathy to bear on neurologic processes and social pressures to help all of us--parents, teachers, clinicians--think about how we can understand the ways that adolescents make their choices and decisions, and how we can help them choose wisely and safely. This book should be on your shelf if you live with or work with adolescents, and it will help you understand the people you love and your own development as well.

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Yes, it’s incisive, engaging and beautifully written. Yes, it’s well grounded in the science and provides practical, clear and thoughtful advice. But what I found most outstanding, at an emotional level, is that this book brought me back to myself as a teenager, reliving a state of mind I had almost forgotten…. and it gave me a clearer notion of what was actually going on inside my brain.

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