This book really helped me to understand some of the struggles my daughter has been having in school. I only wish I read it way before now. If you have kids in school who are stressed and struggling— Read this book!!

I recently completed the e-ARC version of this text. I found it to be interesting , informative, and practical for two major platforms in my life: parenting and teaching. Jannot’s focus on why formally good students are balking at challenge in the latter years of the education offers a perspective on the commonly known struggles facing learners today. She discusses both biological and social reasoning for the lack of resiliency within “disintegrating” learners. She then provides clear strategies for parents, educators, and students to use to help form more meaningful connections, develop more appropriate life skills, and cultivate a growth mindset. I appreciated the practicality of this book and found it to be a quick and enjoyable read.

This was a good book for the 21st century educator to read. We must save our students before it is too late. There are so many tangible suggestions in this book, things parents and students can embrace right away for students' benefit. As children progress in middle and high school, this book is absolutely invaluable.

The Disintegrating Student: Struggling But Smart, Falling Apart, and How to Turn It Around by Jeannine Jannot is a valuable book for all parents to read. I love the author's approach to this topic. There are so many tangible suggestions in this book, things parents and students can embrace right away for students' benefit. As children progress in middle and high school, this book is absolutely invaluable. I highly recommend it, both as a parent and as an educator. I received a digital copy of this book from the publisher with no obligations. These opinions are entirely my own.

Jannot's "Disintegrating Student" is full of practical tips and tools for helping teens remain engaged, productive students and young adults. Her anecdotes provide background for each chapter and she offers a fresh perspective to parents and teachers alike.

**I received a digital copy of this book from the publisher, through Netgalley, in exchange for an honest review.

I have a classroom full of these students: bright, curious, but drowning in the ocean of pressure and responsibilities. There is a lot of good information in this book about what exactly our modern-day students are facing, and concrete steps we can all take to help them thrive.

I was granted a free copy of this text in exchange for an honest review by Netgalley. This was a good book for the 21st century educator to read. We must save our students before it is too late.

This book is a great starting resource for parents or teachers with children struggling to keep up with the demands of middle or high-school. It explains the neuroscience behind adolescence and the difficulties many children encounter growing up and handling increasing responsibilities, and gives helpful tools for both parents and students to implement to get through this stage successfully.

Firstly, I really like the premise of this book. As a teacher I see these students year in, year out, I work between Special Educational Needs and pastoral support, so I feel equipped to say that I've seen all 77 strategies work and ensure better academic, social and wellbeing progress.

I really loved the way the 77 tips were written to the student, rather than the parent. I think they are well written and articulated and I will be purchasing a copy for my SpED work as a mentor/coach. I am not American but the schools I have worked in are or at least follow an American style model (or are accredited by NEASC to award High School Diplomas), therefore I understand a lot of the acronyms. I think this book would also be great for international schools and would love to see a version with less of a USA focus though I know that this is not the intention of the book. I would recommend to parents I work with too just with the caveat that they may need to research some of the acronyms but they shouldn't be put off by this.

The science part I thought was a great touch and I learned a lot about the science behind the fights I had with my own parents during my adolescence. I really appreciated the push towards making students independent and how to do this, how to understand what's going in on young people's heads. It's really clear the book is well researched for the most part.

A few things that I wanted to comment on that I felt as I was reading it as a "millennial" teacher that bristled or I wanted to question:

This book is really accessible for a mid range parent- but I wonder how accessible it might be for other backgrounds. The demographic seems to be pegged as middle class, possibly white. It's great when parents can recognise these disintegrating behaviours but a privilege. Some parents work a lot of hours, have lots of domestic duties within their family that might stop them from being able to pinpoint the disintegrating student before it's too late and some teachers won't speak up for these students. What do we do then?

There is a section about social peer pressure. This is definitely real, I have seen this. BUT not all students crave social interaction or social interactions in traditional ways- whether that's because they are neurotypical or not, it doesn't really matter. "Remote relationships are problematic"... I hope this was written before the pandemic. Even so, I cast my mind back to my teenage years. My only refuge as a teenager at the turn of the millennium was online, my friends there got me, they didn't bully me or think I was weird, I have travelled the world to meet them as I have grown into an adult and towards my late 20s and well into my 30s, they remain my closest friends. I met my first boyfriend online for the same reasons that I didn't want to or wouldn't have met someone in real life. I didn't appreciate the sentiment that connections online are "empty, inauthentic and devoid of meaning". That is absolutely not true in my instance and many others and a huge sweeping statement. I notice a lot of my students seek friendships with people more like minded through the internet, this needs to be closely monitored for safeguarding but otherwise I think this sentiment comes across as really old fashioned and doesn't take into account students who don't fit the mould. I'd hate for one of my students to read that chapter and be told their way of communicating is wrong, or meaningless.

Adulting section: It's very clear the book comes from a place that is of absolute experience, the book is really well written but there is also something that irked me about how the books talks about millennials in this section. For me, it bordered on patronising. I am a "millennial" as in, I was born in the time frame the book gives. I have over 12 years experience as a teacher and there are teachers who could have much more experience than me and still classed as millennials, they could be half a decade older than me. My husband is classed as a millennial and he could have a child comfortably in high school- so I think the target audience could really be put off by careless aspersions that are cast towards this demographic and the differences between today's students and prior generations. I don't believe the book is written in mind that there are parents and teachers with LOTS of experience who are themselves millennials. We have not "shifted in and out of adulthood simply by "adulting" whenever we find it necessary, or convenient". I wanted you to help me understand my child, not patronise the life out of me that I am not in fact a "real" adult and that I shirk responsibility when it's convenient for me.

These two points aside I will buy copies for our resource zone and I would recommend to parents (hopefully they are not millennials). I really like the way some of the tips are articulated and I will use my copy to inform my delivery.