What Age Do You Think Their Brain Has Fully Developed?
Parents, I know you don’t understand why your teenager occasionally behaves impulsively, irrationally, or recklessly. At times, it seems like they don’t think things through or fully consider the consequences of their actions.π«β£
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The frontal cortex, the area of the brain that controls reasoning and helps us think before we act, doesn’t fully develop until early adulthood.β£
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So while you are trying to figure out why they are doing what they are doing, and how they make some of their decisions, just understand they differ from adults. In the way they behave, solve problems, and make decisions – π£π¦π€π’πΆπ΄π¦ π΅π©π¦πͺπ³ π£π³π’πͺπ―π΄ π’π³π¦π―’π΅ π§πΆπππΊ π₯π¦π·π¦ππ°π±π¦π₯ πΊπ¦π΅.β£
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What age do you think their brain has fully developed? π§ Click the link to watch the full video!
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