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Parents talking with teens

Teen Brain: Behavior, Problem Solving, and Decision Making

Source: American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

Parents do not understand the risks teens take. Scientists say that because the brain is changing and maturing into adulthood, teen brains cause adolescents to behave differently.

This entry was posted in Decisions that Matter and tagged Culture & Society, Health & Medicine, Science & Nature on July 1, 2016 by Marianne Rafter.

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