THE TEEN BRAIN: A CRITICAL PERIOD OF DEVELOPMENT Loosely defined as the years between 11 and 19, adolescence is considered a critical time of development – and not just in outward appearances. "The brain continues to change throughout life, but there are huge leaps in development during adolescence," said Sara Johnson, an assistant professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health who reviewed the neuroscience in The Teen Years Explained: A Guide to Healthy Adolescent Development (Johns Hopkins University, 2009) by Clea McNeely and Jayne Blanchard. And just as a teen may go through an awkward growth spurt, new cognitive skills and competencies may come in leaps and stutters, said Sheryl Feinstein, author of Inside the Teenage Brain: Parenting a Work in Progress (Rowman and Littlefield, 2009.) Parents should understand that no matter how tall their son has sprouted or how grown-up their daughter dresses, "they are still in a developmental period that will affect the rest of their life," Johnson told LiveScience. livescience/13850-10-facts-parent-teen-brain.html
Posted on: Mon, 05 Aug 2013 13:45:30 +0000
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