Why Do They Act that Way? A survival guide to the adolescent brain for you and your teen by David Walsh

Teenage moodiness, quickness to anger, miscommunication, fatigue are all linked to physical changes and growth in a teen's brain. This book helps make sense of teens' mystifying, annoying behavior and offers good advice of how to manuever choppy parenting waters of the teen years.

A Fairy Godmother personal note about Why Do They Act That Way?: This book saved my teenage son's life because once I understood his brain and development better, I didn't kill him! It really is a lifesaver.