Teenagers : a natural history / David Bainbridge.
Material type: TextPublisher: Vancouver ; Berkeley : Greystone Books, [2009]Distributor: [Berkeley, Calif.] : Distributed in the U.S. by Publishers Group West Copyright date: ©2009Description: 358 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 1553654374
- 9781553654377
- 1846271215
- 9781846271212
- 305.235 22
- HQ796 .B35 2009
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Book | City Campus City Campus Main Collection | 305.235 BAI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | A455146B |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-343) and index.
Introduction: A silver lining -- 1. Aches and Gripes and Lumps and Bumps: Why growing up is hard to do -- Where did the teenagers come from? -- What flips our sexy switch? -- Why all the bodily unpleasantness? -- Why do teenage girls and boys look different? -- Why are girls more mature? -- 2. Thinking, Risk and Rock 'n' Roll: Why teenage brains are different -- Why are teenagers brainier than everyone else? -- Are teenagers driven by their hormones? -- Why are teenagers' brains different? -- Why all the sleep, risk and anger? -- Why do teenagers start to think in new ways? -- 3. Out of the Ordinary: The truth about alcohol, nicotine and other diversions -- Where did all the drugs come from? -- Why do drugs affect teenagers differently? -- So is teenage drug use really a bad thing? -- 4. Love and Loss: Why teenage relationships can be the best and worst things in the world -- Why do teenagers get so sad? -- Why do teenagers get so confused? -- Why do teenagers get so worried? -- And what is love? -- 5. Teenage Kicks: The ifs, whens and whys of sex -- Why do teenagers have sex? -- When are teenagers meant to have sex? -- Why do teenagers get sexually transmitted diseases? -- Why is teenage pregnancy different? -- Why are teenagers meant to have sex? -- Conclusion: The Long Game.
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