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TODAY’S CHILD
DEMYSTIFYING THE TEENAGE BRAIN
By Nicoleen Davies, Director: Life Talk Forum
or some adolescents, the adolescence can be used to help risk-taking; this may be spurred on
teenage years are a breeze; for teenagers achieve their potential. by the need for peer approval, which
Fothers, this developmental phase becomes paramount at this age.
is a difficult journey; and for too many These changes can be extremely
teens, it is a soul-destroying period challenging. Teenagers may suffer By the same measure, they seem
dominated by feelings of low self- mood swings which are often hard incapable of considering the
worth, depression and anxiety. Recent to control or they may undergo an consequences of their actions. All this
groundbreaking research shows identity crisis. Some teens rebel or while having to cope with academic
how brain changes that occur during discover a taste for adventure and pressure. Given these factors,
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