The Wild, Wonderful Teenage Brain: Hardwired to Test Parental Patience?
Understanding
the teen aged brain.... Science is giving us insight into how the brain
is wired and how it matures. This is valuable information as we try to
stay connected with our teens.
Are you fuming with anger, sick with worry or just plain bewildered?
You’re probably living with a thrill-seeking, risk-embracing teenager,
simultaneously capable of precocious wisdom and incredibly foolish
choices.
Although teen transgressions, such as driving too fast, skipping
curfew or choosing delinquent pals, may seem like personal affronts,
this behavior actually may have very little to do with you, says Temple
University psychology professor and researcher Laurence Steinberg, Ph.D.
According to Steinberg, teens act differently because their brains are,
in fact, different.
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