It’s not so easy being an adolescent these days. We become aware of the world around us, are flooded with input through digital media about our extended global family, and learn about the world’s intense and overwhelming problems. And even more, puberty’s onset is getting earlier, and the time between our childhood dependence and adult […]
Pruning, Myelination, and the Remodeling Adolescent Brain Read More »
Our modern culture encourages deeply pervasive myths about adolescence. Those myths we hear casually in repetition—that teens are driven mad by “raging hormones,” that as people they are “just immature and need to grow up,” or that their “undeveloped prefrontal cortex makes them undependable and moody”—are all misconceptions that not only imprison how we as adults see
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National Public Radio Dr. Dan Siegel being interviewed by Michel Martin Teenagers are often seen as impulsive and moody. But psychiatrist Daniel Siegel says it’s time to rethink adolescence as a time of great opportunity, as well as challenge. Host Michel Martin speaks with Dr. Siegel about the teenage brain and his new book Brainstorm.
Teenagers Are ‘Crazy’ But Expert Says Behavior Is Vital To Development Read More »
These days it’s hard to hang out with parents of teenagers without hearing disparaging comments about how digital devices are devouring our kids’ time and attention. Or how our driving adolescents are driving us mad when they text on the highway, risking life and limb for the sake of a quick LOL or WITW or OMG. All for the sake of
3 Steps to Disconnecting from Our Phones and Reconnecting with our Teens Read More »
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Brainstorm: The Power And Purpose Of The Teenage Brain Read More »
NPR: The Diane Rehm Show Dr. Dan Siegel Adolescence is universally recognized as a trying time for parents and children. But new brain research suggests this period of immature and often reckless behavior is more than just a stage for parents and teens to endure. It is a vital time for adolescents to chart the
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In these fast and furious days of digital overload, we as parents often worry about our teenagers’ interactions with one another on social media. Who hasn’t seen a teenager deeply absorbed with a smartphone or breaking off a face-to-face conversation to take a picture for their friends on Snapchat? With heads down and screens lit
Why Our Teenagers Feel Compelled to Connect on Social Media Read More »
Social media has a reputation for being nothing but trouble for teenagers. There are many upsides to social media, not least of which is that it provides a way for teens to connect with one another. What concerns me more than simply the time spent on screens is the time not spent in direct face-to-face connection.
Seven Signals You Can Send To Your Teen Right Now Instead of a Text Read More »
When I was a child, I used to marvel at the sound of the frogs in our neighborhood creek. Perched on the rocks, they would find each other and croak out an exhilarating symphony of amphibious songs. Meanwhile, their tadpole offspring swam in the cool flowing water below, their parents seemingly oblivious to their offsprings’
Relationship Science and Being Human Read More »
Forbes by David DiSalvo The findings back up an assertion made by the progenitor and popularizer of Interpersonal Neurobiology, Dr. Daniel Siegel, who has convincingly argued that our minds are partly defined by their intersections with other minds. Read Article >>
Study: To The Human Brain, Me Is We Read More »
Parenting with Presence Summit Interview with Daniel J. Siegel, M.D. This interview is part of the Parenting with Presence Summit, a global teleseries building a community of conscious parents catalyzing positive change for their children, themselves and their entire family. For more information, please visit http://parentingwithpresence.com.
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