Matt Richtel connects to how modern life is solved, puberty

How do we grow
Matt Richtel (Mariner Books)

Real story initial How do we growPulitzer winner Matt Richtel’s latest book is creepy for reading children close to adolescence as a parent.

Elaniv was a happy, an efervesan girl. However, when puberty was activated, it began to change wildly and there was no significant reason. He could not concentrate on his work and was depressed. The drug did not help. Despite the efforts of his parents, he finally ended his own life. “It was not for a lack of personal relationships, nor for lack of treatment, Rich his father Richtel says to his father Richtel. “I did my best for my daughter.”

Inside How do we growToday, Richtel searches for the roots of a possible mental health crisis among young people, combines interviews, scientific research, historical data and the sounds of key researchers. The book draws a vibrant picture of the changes that our modern world has committed in adulthood to adulthood and brings new, challenging difficulties.

Adolescence depends on the beginning of puberty and a change in the balance of brain chemicals. As young people try to solve who they want to be, they can be rebellious, pessimistic and impulsive. However, puberty starts earlier and lasts longer in many countries, with serious consequences. Two centuries ago, adolescence came about four years later for children in the United States. Since 1900, the average age of the first periods of girls in the United States has fallen from 14 to 12. Most of this change depends on better nutrition and allow the body to develop faster.

The world turned into a well -mapped of our planet and technology has physically fed most people more safer and better. The areas where adolescents can rebel have become more cerebral-our men’s and morality-more interaction than ever, and more information to be committed and more people to judge yourself.

Richtel, dramatic decreases in excessive drinking and drunk driving accidents between young people in the United States can be attributed to this reduced focus on the outside world, but Richtel has a Flip side: reduced physical activity, less sleep and loneliness. Covid-19 Lockdowns also isolated some adolescents who said that Richtel needs personal interaction to develop emotional intelligence as support networks change and sometimes disappear.

All this means that adolescents’ bodies mature faster while their brains are immature, as well as to deal with the mentally challenging environment of modern life. For most, there will be no serious wrong adventure, but the influence of the world is far from being uniform.

Data about social media’s mental health effects are mixed, but How do we grow He claims to work like a volume button that strengthens an existing emotional state. Courtney, a 10 -year -old interviewer, summarized this well: “If I was born in Alps in 2000 BC, I would still be depressed, but I think it gets wildly intensified by the climate we live in.”

Scary, illuminating and hopeful, in turn, How do we grow Whether you are an adolescent or parent, it cleanses some realities of puberty and how to better handle them. For me, he helped to read that adolescence rebellions have a deep purpose – not just establish independence, but to rebuild the future in the image of the next generation.

Chris Simms, Somerset is a writer living in the UK

Do you need a listening ear? England Samaritans: 116123 (Samaritans.org); US suicide and crisis life line: 988 (988lifeline.org). Visit Bit.ly/suisithelplines For services in other countries.

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