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Our brain changes a lot during adolescence, time of big changes,

radical changes of the mind and soul that make the person unrecognisable.

There are the hard-to-control mood swings, identity crisis and the hunger for social approval, a taste for risk and adventure, and a seemingly complete inability to think about the future repercussions of their actions.

adolescents are consistently valued for their academic potential.

we need to acknowledge the anatomical changes that are occurring within their brains.

to pay closer attention to what adolescents are going through – including the enormous social challenges that they are navigating

MRI scans shows

areas associated with reward tend to develop faster than those linked to self-control, which may encourage impulsive decisions

increase "white matter."

The frontal cortex builds and then prunes networks during adolescence, which helps the brain become more efficient

teens' famous risk-taking, rule-breaking, and general rebelliousness.

, teens are more likely to be tempted to try new experiences

Teens' mood swings can be similarly explained by the physiological and psychological processes associated with maturation.

his ability to understand social interactions and networks is incredibly important in the formation of teens' friendships, but it may mean that they are especially sensitive to any signs of hostility, increasing their susceptibility to social anxiety

This is often mistaken for laziness or apathy. their body clocks are programmed in a way that is simply out of sync with adults' rhythms.

For teens, melatonin simply rises and falls later in the day than adults – meaning that they will feel alert and active when their parents are ready for bed, and tired and drowsy in the early morning, when their parents may have already been up for hours.

For more effective discipline, Apter suggests asking the teen to make up for their actions. If the teen has been neglecting his/her studies by partying too hard, parents might emphasise how he/she can earn the right to socialise by proving that his/her studies are now under control, instead of calling him/her lazy or grounding him/her.

Given the increased dopamine activity in teens' reward circuits, praise and positive feedback should also help

expressing a genuine interest in what teens are feeling.

Exemple: Braden Kiang ; he took the decision to have one of his friend who been drinking earlier in the night drive him home. It’s a big risk but he justified this.

The adolescents is a very important part of life, educational choices, the career choices, the school choices, all of these factors all intersect with risky decision making and with health.

Teenagers got many changes in their brain cause of gray matter change and white matter change.

Process pruning; getting rid of the connections it no longer needs and reinforcing the important ones; sculping as a result of experience.

Our brains mature by learning from experience;

Sometime the experience are risky, teenagers need to decide if that risk is really worth it

Healthy risk taking helps teen learn, develop and shape their identity

Teens sometimes more interest in the immediate rewards than the long term consequences

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