Growth Mindset & Gratitude Journal for Teens and Tweens (Ages 11–17) – Guided Workbook with Prompts, Reflection & Goal-Setting to Build Confidence, Positivity & Resilience – Gift for Teen Boys & Girls

I’m a social scientist who works in a laboratory and a student doctor of clinical health service psychology at a med school. I’m extremely particular about the self-help books I pay attention to or suggest to others, for obvious reasons. I was shopping around for a solid, evidence-based workbook/journal for my 13-year-old son and came across this journal. After reading more about it, I decided to purchase it and I’m so glad I did. I’m very impressed with it. It’s easy to read, the pages are attractive, and from all the pages I’ve flipped through and read for myself, I can say that the claims are based on contemporary scientific research, rather than just a bunch of baseless claims or someone’s subjective experience. The quality of the book is great; the pages are nice and thick and the hardback has a lay-flat design. If you’re shopping for an older child or a younger teen, buy it. It’s worth the 30 bucks.

This journal arrived within a day or two of purchase and I was really pleased with it overall! I was looking for gift ideas for my 16 year old daughter when I stumbled across the Big Life Journal. She’s interested in anime, graphic novels, and your typical blank journals; so I thought this would be something she’d like. The graphics jumped out at me and the content seems positive and compelling enough to keep my daughter invested in it beyond the first few pages. Teenage life is weird. I figure they all could use the esteem boost and motivation, without this being the cornball parent move. For the price it’s very substantially sized with quality paper and vibrant graphics. I ordered the adult version which is similar in price but, unfortunately, is smaller, thinner and the print quality is much worse. I’m a little surprised the teen version is better quality. I’ll be returning the adult version but am happy with this teen version. Will update my review once I have a chance to see how she interacts with it and get feedback from the actual teen.

When looking for Christmas gifts, this book popped up in my feeds and I am sure glad it did. I was hesitant if our 5th grade son would appreciate the pages as much as I was hoping he would. With everything going on during this pandemic, he has struggled to cope. Everything in his world seemed to flip upside down...can't have friends over, can't go to school, have to school online, extracurriculars cancelled, etc. For a socially active kid, these were hard for him to deal with. We would talk about things, but he needed more. At first he was like 'yay a book'. But then we talked about the purpose and flipped through some of the pages after others were off playing with their gifts. That night he 'worked' through several of the pages and asked if he and I could talk about them. AMAZING progress! He has since worked through more of the book and I'm seeing him slowly begin to use words from the book...positive talk. I would recommend for any parent looking for something to help their child during these unprecedented times and our new normal. Their little brains (while absorbent) are not wired to deal with things like this. If you are looking for a lot of empty lined pages, this is not the book for you. There are numerous guided activities to help your child think about how they deal with things or the people in their lives. Worth the buy, in my opinion. I'm a very pleased parent.

This is a great way to reinforce growth mindset & goal setting. We’ll be using this in our homeschool for our middle schoolers. I love the graphics and color. Not a fan of the $26.50. It feels a little pricy in comparison to other growth mindset journals out there.

Great journal for getting kids to think creatively!

My 11 year old received this for Christmas and has been doing it each night before bed for the last couple of weeks. It is very engaging, interesting to look at, great information, well written, concise, and accessible. My child has been struggling with social anxiety and executive function issues, and this has really helped them shift their mind set about themselves and things around them in a positive, growth oriented way. Highly recommend.

I wasn't sure my 11 yo girl would like this journal. The reviews seemed positive and reviews on youtube were limited, but I was still skeptical. At this age, meaningful holiday gifts are getting a bit harder to find. The journal arrived after the holiday; however, since it came out of the box she has spent many hours working on it. She's really into it for the past few days; unusual for her. She is a picky kid and I haven't had much luck with buying these sort of gifts. Just because I like the concept, doesn't mean she'll have interest. This journal was a big win!!!! Hopefully there are others to follow this one because I'll definitely get her those too! * I ordered 2 by mistake when the company emailed me direct from their website for not completing my order there, thought the Amazon didn't go through and I completed it. They did say I can return it at my cost on both sites. Not cool. So I gifted it as a birthday present for the new tween girl next door. She seemed to like it as well.

I have three girls that I’ve tried to raise to be confident ,compassionate, and strong people. We all want our kids to great things and be happy inside, right. So each of these girls is very different. Different likes, dislikes, attitudes, and of course personalities. My youngest is the one I was most hoping to help as she seems the most insecure and most anxious of them. She is also the least likely to read or write without a teacher assigning it to her. My oldest reads with wild abandon, middle one just likes projects and is a people pleaser so she started right away on her book. My youngest, “well, where is it?”🤦🏻‍♀️ I don’t want to force them to do this even though I think it would benefit them. I didn’t think about how it would actually get done when I bought them. Maybe I’ll do one for me. So, in conclusion, I think this is a great concept and could be a good conversation starter with your kids and might enlighten them a bit. But they have to put in the work.

The layout is fun. My son enjoys using his own. He completed the initial one and moved to this one. Its different and unique.

Very disappointed the book had been used and tipexed out with some writing still visible. Book cover was all scratched too.

Good book

Great for adolescents / teenagers. Very creative

This product was used. There is a name in the book and on some of the pages, the answered have already been written down. Easy to erase, but not what I expected for a $39 book.