This is just outstanding. In my opinion, this is targeted towards teenage boys - which I have two prepubescent boys, but it has given me lots of information which is handy for future use.
This book does not pull any punches and is straight forward and I laughed out loud in quite a few places.
Gives advice on drugs, internet and social media use, sex and relationships.

An excellent read

As the mum of a just turned 13year old I was excited to read this book for a potential insight into my child’s life. It did not disappoint but I must admit it scared me a little- I think I’m quite a modern parent, I sometimes forget it’s been more than a year or two since I was a teen, but this book has made me realise that yes a lot has changed since I was a teenager myself.
The chapters about mental health, relationships and the internet (hello 13 year old YouTube addicts everywhere) were the ones I found most interesting and possibly the most useful in the future. I really liked the tone of this book, it had just the right amount of humour too.
Yes this book is just one point of view and yes it isn’t going to be accurate for every household but I think it’s an important tool to prepare a parent for some of the things we may not notice in our teenagers life.

I felt this book was very much geared towards raising male teenagers, understandably as the author is a man in his 20s, but I felt though it tried, at times it just missed a lot of nuance that other sections of teens encounter. It didn't cover friendships much, a bigger part of teenage issues amongst girls than boys, and other obvious issues with sexuality, gender, racism, etc, probably because they're not in this authors experience,but there could have been ways this would have incorporated, such as co-authors, or essays within written from other teenage experiences.
Having said that there was a lot covered that I think offers an alternate perspective to teenagers that many academic books get wrong or at least look at wrongly. It's graphic and terrifying to read at times but it's necessary and certainly a modern take on how to understand teenage behaviour.