Product reviews for Growing Minds

Teen stress is skyrocketing in an age overflowing with brain-building superpowers – yet, as this book shows, even tiny shifts in how teens sleep, move, and focus can rewire their brains for flourishing. Growing Minds: The Science of Raising Thriving Teens is that rare book that is both scientifically rigorous and immediately usable in everyday life with teens. As a university professor teaching undergraduates and working at the intersection of flourishing and organisations, and as a father of two adult children, I experience this work as a beautifully integrated view of the teenage brain – choices, emotions, bodies, and lives – brought together in a coherent, research-grounded narrative. Granville-Chapman, with Lazar and Seldon, weaves contemporary neuroscience, psychology, and physiology into accessible tools, endnoted with care yet always translated into concrete practices for families. The book advances the literature by connecting brain health, meaning, and relationships in adolescence, and by framing parenting as the design of contexts that shape attention, habits, stress, and purpose. For practitioners, it offers a flexible toolkit, honouring the diversity of teens and families. I strongly recommend Growing Minds to anyone who lives with, teaches, coaches, counsels, or leads teenagers.