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Why Your Parents Are Driving You Up the Wall and What To Do About It: THE BOOK EVERY TEENAGER NEEDS TO READ Paperback – 22 Aug. 2019

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'A wonderfully useful book, told with wit and wisdom' - Adam Kay, best-selling author of THIS IS GOING TO HURT

"Get up or you'll miss the best part of the day!"
"You treat this place like a hotel."
"Can you just put that phone down for one minute?!"

After years of reliable performance, has something recently gone wrong with your parents?
Do you find yourself stressed out, arguing about the most ridiculous things?
Is it like you're processing the same world with entirely different brains?

Do you and your parents want to fix things?
There are hundreds of books for them about how to deal with you.

Now, for the first time, doctor of brains and international bestselling author, Dean Burnett has written a book for YOU to understand just what on earth is going on.

Like, just WHY are your parents:

- Obsessed with tidiness
- Not letting you get enough sleep
- Just generally not getting anything that's important to you!

But don't worry. These are very normal parent malfunctions, and by understanding the science behind where they're coming from, you'll know exactly how to troubleshoot conflict when it occurs (and even fix it before it does).

You'll never be able to remove arguments completely. But imagine what you'd be capable of if you weren't wasting all that time and energy arguing about tidying your room.

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    22 Aug. 2019
  7. ISBN-10
    0241403146
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Dean Burnett has written the book I needed in my teens...It's too late for me, but parents and youths, save yourselves ― Holly Brockwell, Evening Standard

A wonderfully useful book, told with Dean Burnett's trademark wit and wisdom ― Adam Kay, best-selling author of THIS IS GOING TO HURT

A transformative book that could save many troubled teen-parent relationships ― Alom Shaha, author of Mr Shaha's Recipes for Wonder

A light touch on a serious subject. Great for helping teenagers learn how to maintain good mental health through the tricky years of adolescence, and understand just why their parents are so annoying! ― Dr Beth Ross-Gilles, Child Clinical Psychologist

Every kid should have a copy of this book (parents can read it in secret late at night) ― Tracy King, STEM Campaigner

Refreshingly frank, warm, honest and funny and really does relate to all the realities of the parent-teen relationship... Read this book if you're a teenager. If you know a teen, do them a favour and buy them a copy. ― Make (Good) Trouble

About the Author

Dr Dean Burnett is a PhD Neuroscientists, experienced tutor and lecturer, regular blogger/contributor for the Guardian and other mainstream publications, and now international bestselling author. He has written four books for adults, including The Idiot Brain, and Why Your Parents Are Driving You Up the Wall for children.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Penguin
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ 22 Aug. 2019
  • Edition ‏ : ‎ First Edition
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 352 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0241403146
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0241403143
  • Item weight ‏ : ‎ 285 g
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 11 - 16 years
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 12.9 x 2.2 x 19.7 cm
  • Best Sellers Rank: 3,150 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • Customer reviews:
    4.6 out of 5 stars 1,050 ratings

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Dr Dean Burnett is a PhD Neuroscientists, experienced tutor and lecturer, regular blogger/contributor for the Guardian and other mainstream publications, and now international bestselling author following his debut book The Idiot Brain ('Idiot Brain' in the US).

The genesis of Idiot Brain is unusual in that Dean Burnett hadn't actually planned to write a book but was offered the opportunity following his highly-popular blogging efforts. When he expressed reluctance at writing a book about the brain because "all brain books treat it with such reverence, but I think it's a bit rubbish", his publishers suggested he write a book about why he thought that, and that were Idiot Brain first began.

Expecting it to be a flash in the pan that people would just nod at before getting on with their lives, Dean had no plans or expectations regarding the writing of a second book, but Idiot Brain's success meant one was soon expected. In a panic, Dean asked all his colleagues/friends/fellow writers/passing strangers what they thought would be a good subject for a second book. Everyone provided different ideas, but one common refrain was 'You just need to write about whatever makes you happy". Being an intensely literal sort, he decided he would indeed write about the neurobiological mechanisms that make us happy.

And that's how Happy Brain was created.

Dean Burnett has appeared on NPR's Fresh Air, CBC's The Current, Ireland's NewsTalk and countless platforms and publications in the UK. The TV rights for Idiot Brain were purchased by Whoopi Goldberg's 'One Ho' productions.

He is currently a Research Associate (Honorary) at Cardiff University Psychology School, and lives in Cardiff with his wife, two children, and alarmingly psychopathic kitten Pickle.

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Customers find the book informative and funny, providing great insight into brain development during adolescence. Moreover, they appreciate its readability, with one customer noting it's a must-have for early teens. Additionally, customers value the book's discussion quality, with one mentioning it helps reduce confrontations at home.

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Customers find the book readable, with one mentioning they read it every night before sleeping, and another noting it's a must-have for early teens.

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"Fantastic book for my 14 & 11 year old! Gives them a teenage point of view of me moaning at them 😁..." Read more

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Customers find the book very informative, providing great insight into brain development during adolescence. One customer mentions it offers helpful guidance for navigating difficult years, while another notes it provides a teenage perspective.

"This is a really useful book - not just for teenagers, but for their parents too...." Read more

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"this was a useful reminder of what it is like to be going through your teenage years, and ultimately states that teenagers and parents are pretty..." Read more

"Well worth the money. Fantastic insight to how your teenagers brain works. I will now back off now, about the sleeping for days lol they need it...." Read more

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Customers appreciate the book's discussion quality, with one mentioning it helps reduce family conflicts, while another notes it serves as an important peace enabler in households with teenagers.

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Why Your Parents Are Driving You Up the Wall and What To Do About It
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Why Your Parents Are Driving You Up the Wall and What To Do About It
Written by neuroscientist Dr Dean Burnett, 'Why Your Parents Are Driving You Up the Wall and What To Do About It' is a witty and educational self-help guide for teenagers (with value also for adult readers). It is written to engage teenagers and is largely 'on their side' but does a great job of explaining why the differences between teen and adult brains cause conflict between kids and their parents, and also how this leads to mental health issues etc. He employs some brilliant analogies to explain complex ideas in accessible ways, and manages to make it funny, too. Brilliant book for teenagers (and well worth their parents reading, too).
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  • Faridah Ntege
    5.0 out of 5 stars Very informative book.
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 7 July 2024
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    I bought the book as a present for my 15yr old. He was very pleased with it. He kept it besides his bed and read it every night before sleeping.
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  • Roger Lowes
    5.0 out of 5 stars Quality
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 8 October 2025
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    Good fun
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  • Lucy
    4.0 out of 5 stars Great book!
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 18 October 2024
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    I bought this book as a Christmas present for a 16 year old boy, and he loved it!
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  • PM
    5.0 out of 5 stars Bang on!
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 9 August 2025
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    Highly recommended
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  • Michael Lalor
    5.0 out of 5 stars funny book
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 6 July 2025
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    Funny book I gave as a gift to a teenager. She enjoyed it.
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  • Donna Perkins
    5.0 out of 5 stars Fab!
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 19 June 2025
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    Looks like our boy will enjoy reading this
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  • wendy howarth
    5.0 out of 5 stars a page turner
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 23 October 2020
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    this was a useful reminder of what it is like to be going through your teenage years, and ultimately states that teenagers and parents are pretty much the same at the end of the day, only that your average teenager doesn't generally have the same pressures as their parents. both parents and their young adults just need to listen to each more rather than arguing all the time, if that is their state of affairs is what this book pretty much concludes.

    i was a kind of carer in my early teens, so you can't tar all teenagers with the same brush, some of us have more than average responsibilities foisted on us than others, and you care out of love, but it can still be difficult. this book had good helplines at the end of it for young people who are going through serious mental trauma. if i could have read it when i was in my teens, i may have had more fun earlier. as it was, a friend re taught me how to have fun again in my twenties, and i love him/her for it. thank you, sadie.

    being lgbt can still be hard these days, and dean burnett is sensitive to this. we are standing on the shoulders of giants, and today's teenagers will be tomorrow's giants, their shoulders may just be a bit broader than they are right now.
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  • April
    3.0 out of 5 stars Fun…
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 29 April 2022
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    Assuming the teen reads it…it is pleasant and cute…
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  • Boris Werner
    4.0 out of 5 stars To all you Teens out there…
    Reviewed in Germany on 17 February 2021
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    I am also in my Teenage years and found this book very helpful an understanding. FINALLY there was a book for Teens on how to deal with our parents instead of another one of the many books which are there for our parents to deal with us. Every Topic is well explainedd and easy to understand and follow. To any of you Teens out there who need some guidanced and help definitely read!!
    Thank you for writting this book!!!
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  • Hyally
    5.0 out of 5 stars This book catch your attention a lot.
    Reviewed in Brazil on 10 July 2023
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    It easy to understand it.
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