A Source of Hope | Why Teenagers Act Crazy
- Joan Frimmer
- Aug 7, 2017
- 1 min read
What is now known about brain development in adolescence, should be a source of hope for parents that when their child's brain is fully matured (mid-20s), so will their decision-making.
Gary Panter - photo compliments of New York Times
Why Teenagers Act Crazy
The New York Times | Richard A. Friedman | June 28, 2014
ADOLESCENCE is practically synonymous in our culture with risk taking, emotional drama and all forms of outlandish behavior. Until very recently, the widely accepted explanation for adolescent angst has been psychological. Developmentally, teenagers face a number of social and emotional challenges, like starting to separate from their parents, getting accepted into a peer group and figuring out who they really are. It doesn’t take a psychoanalyst to realize that these are anxiety-provoking transitions.
But there is a darker side to adolescence that, until now, was poorly understood....
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