You’re the most important role model your kids have. They weren’t thinking as much as they were feeling. That’s why when teens have overwhelming emotional input, they can’t explain later what they were thinking. In teen’s brains, the connections between the emotional part of the brain and the decision-making center are still developing-and not always at the same rate. Teens process information with the amygdala. This is the part of the brain that responds to situations with good judgment and an awareness of long-term consequences. Adults think with the prefrontal cortex, the brain’s rational part. In fact, recent research has found that adult and teen brains work differently. The rational part of a teen’s brain isn’t fully developed and won’t be until age 25 or so. Good judgment isn’t something they can excel in, at least not yet. It doesn’t matter how smart teens are or how well they scored on the SAT or ACT.
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