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Teenagers : a natural history / David Bainbridge.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: 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
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1553654374
  • 9781553654377
  • 1846271215
  • 9781846271212
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 305.235 22
LOC classification:
  • HQ796 .B35 2009
Contents:
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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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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