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.๐ซโฃ
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๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ! Studies have shown that the brain continues to mature and develop throughout childhood, adolescence, and well into early adulthood.โฃ
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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.โฃ
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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 – ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ’๐ต ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐บ๐ฆ๐ต.โฃ
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