http:\/\/www.parade.com\/news\/2010\/11\/28-inside-the-teenage-brain.html<\/a><\/p>\r\nIt’s not just hormones that account for\u00a0the moodiness, cluelessness and sleepiness of teens.\u00a0It’s what’s in their noggins. The takeaway from the story is that PET scans and fMRI tests have shown that the brains of teenagers are much different than those of adults.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\r\n
The brains of youths are still developing, and\u00a0are works in progress.\u00a0The skills\u00a0a child or pre-teen starts, and continues to\u00a0practice as a teen, are\u00a0the ones that\u00a0their\u00a0brains will continue to develop.\u00a0And those that one avoids, or rarely does, will fall by the wayside.\u00a0So\u00a0it’s a smart idea for teens to establish\u00a0good work practices during this period, as\u00a0those aptitudes will follow them the rest of their lives.<\/p>\r\n
Secondly, teenagers don’t have fully developed frontal lobes, or a developed\u00a0prefrontal cortex.\u00a0In fact, the prefrontal cortex doesn’t\u00a0fully form until someone is in their late 20s. And this part of the brain\u00a0governs controlling impulses and making plans.\u00a0So your teen does have an excuse for some of his or her foolish behavior.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n
And according to the Parade article, the brains of teenagers are “physically programmed to\u00a0stay up later and sleep later.”\u00a0These kids also need more sleep than adults, up to 9.2 hours compared with\u00a07.5 to 8 hours for adults.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n
So don’t be so tough when Sally doesn’t want to rise and shine, or when Billy’s teacher calls to complain that he’s falling asleep in morning math class.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n
Parade also offers some “Stay Sane” tips about how to deal with your teenager.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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