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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.🚫⁣
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π“π‘πžπ«πž 𝐒𝐬 𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐑𝐚𝐭! Studies have shown that the brain continues to mature and develop throughout childhood, adolescence, and well into early adulthood.⁣
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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.⁣
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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 – 𝘣𝘦𝘀𝘒𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘡𝘩𝘦π˜ͺ𝘳 𝘣𝘳𝘒π˜ͺ𝘯𝘴 𝘒𝘳𝘦𝘯’𝘡 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 π˜₯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘦π˜₯ 𝘺𝘦𝘡.⁣
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What age do you think their brain has fully developed? 🧠 Click the link to watch the full video!
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