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"our brains undergo a massive reorganization between our 12th and 25th years. The brain doesn’t actually grow very much during this period. It has already reached 90 percent of its full size by the time a person is six, and a thickening skull accounts for most head growth afterward. But as we move through adolescence, the brain undergoes extensive remodeling, resembling a network and wiring upgrade." (Dobbs 12) Through the ages of 12 to 25 it is hard to characterize most things people in that age do as rational, since they are going through a rewiring. They are getting used to their new brains, emotions, and feelings. Locking them up during this process will turn them more cold then they were before.

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"Teens take more risks not because they don’t understand the dangers but because they weigh risk versus reward differently: In situations where risk can get them something they want, they value the reward more heavily than adults do" (Dobbs 32).

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"showed that our brains undergo a massive reorganization between out 12th and 25th years.The brain doesn't actually grow very much during this period./But as we move through adolescence, the brain undergoes extensive remodeling, resembling a network and wiring upgrade."(Dobbs 12) Its saying that even through our 12 to 25 our brains aren't developing and processing as fast as it does, technically we still don't think like a matured person would when we take decisions for our self. And teens and kids should not be punished for crimes they make because their brains aren't fully developed like a adult brain would.

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"These imaging tools offered a new way to ask the same question—What’s wrong with these kids?—and revealed an answer that surprised almost everyone. Our brains, it turned out, take much longer to develop than we had thought. This revelation suggested both a simplistic, unflattering explanation for teens’ maddening behavior—and a more complex, affirmative explanation as well."(Dobbs 11)

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"These studies help explain why teens behave with such vexing inconsistency: beguiling at breakfast, disgusting at dinner; masterful on Monday, sleepwalking on Saturday. Along with lacking experience generally, they’re still learning to use their brain’s new networks. Stress, fatigue, or challenges can cause a misfire. Abigail Baird, a Vassar psychologist who studies teens, calls this neural gawkiness—an equivalent to the physical awkwardness teens sometimes display while mastering their growing bodies." (Dobbs 19)

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"These studies help explain why teens behave with such vexing inconsistency: beguiling at breakfast, disgusting at dinner; masterful on Monday, sleepwalking on Saturday. Along with lacking experience generally, they’re still learning to use their brain’s new networks. Stress, fatigue, or challenges can cause a misfire. Abigail Baird, a Vassar psychologist who studies teens, calls this neural gawkiness—an equivalent to the physical awkwardness teens sometimes display while mastering their growing bodies." (Dobbs 19)

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"Without these two necessary pieces, a crime does not exist. State legislatures across America have largely changed the traditional common-law idea that children are unable to formulate criminal intent"

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"The neural networks and dynamics associated with general reward and social interactions overlap heavily. Engage one, and you often engage the other. Engage them during adolescence, and you light a fire. " (Dobbs 39) . I think this is a powerful statement that gets the authors main point across to the reader.

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" they value the reward more heavily than adults do. " paragraph 32

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" they value the reward more heavily than adults do. " paragraph 32

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Dobbs "Beautiful Brains"

Teens generally weigh the risks in a different way than adults. In a situation where the teen wants something really bad, they will generally value the reward differently than adults do.

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"As we move through adolescence the brain undergoes extensive remodeling, resembling a network and wiring upgrade" (Dobbs para 12). Young people's brains are still developing and growing and as a result we  will make impulsive decisions. However that is part of adolescence and they shouldn't be punished like adults because they don't think like one.

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"as we move through adolescence, the brain undergoes extensive remodeling, resembling a network and wiring upgrade." (Dobbs p. 12) is a relevant quote to discussing how juveniles should be dealt with because it's giving an explanation to the reasons why a juvenile might commit a serious crime

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¨as we move through adolescence, the brain undergoes extensive remodeling, resembling a network and wiring upgrade.¨ (Dobbs p. 12) This is saying that young kids brain are not fully developed yet. This is determined rather the young teenager or kid should go to prison or to juvenile. This shows that a kid or a young teenager should not be charged as adult at all.

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"This long, slow, back-to-front developmental wave, completed only in the mid-20s, appears to be a uniquely human adaptation. It may be one of our most consequential. It can seem a bit crazy that we humans don’t wise up a bit earlier in life. But if we smartened up sooner, we’d end up dumber"( Dobbs para 53). This is a relevant quote to the author's claim that teenagers are impulsive because it states how brains take a long time to develop. Takes longer than we imagined.

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"To see past the distracting, dopey teenager and glimpse the adaptive adolescent within, we should look not at specific, sometimes startling, behaviors, such as skateboarding down stairways or dating fast company, but at the broader traits that underlie those acts." (Dobbs 25)

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"Teens take more risks not because they don’t understand the dangers but because they weigh risk versus reward differently: In situations where risk can get them something they want, they value the reward more heavily than adults do" (Dobbs 32).

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"Seeking sensation isn’t necessarily impulsive. " (Dobbs para 27). This is relevant to the topic because kids are more likely to make impulsive decisions. "Impulsivity generally drops throughout life, starting at about age 10, but this love of the thrill peaks at around age 15." (Dobbs p27). Throughout life people grow out of phases and emotions, just because you act out or made bad mistakes as a kid, that doesn't have to truly be you.

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" The teen rightly perceives that she must understand not just her parents’ world but also the one she is entering. Yet if allowed to, she can appreciate that her parents once faced the same problems and may remember a few things worth knowing."(Dobbs P48)
This quote says how teens perceive the world we are entering through what we see our parents doing and other adults around us.

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Maxwell Wright, "But natural selection swings a sharp edge, and the teen’s sloppier moments can bring unbearable consequences. We may not run the risk of being killed in ritualistic battles or being eaten by leopards, but drugs, drinking, driving, and crime take a mighty toll"( Dobbs paragraph 46). 

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Maxwell Wright, "But natural selection swings a sharp edge, and the teen’s sloppier moments can bring unbearable consequences. We may not run the risk of being killed in ritualistic battles or being eaten by leopards, but drugs, drinking, driving, and crime take a mighty toll"( Dobbs paragraph 46). 

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´ And it shows in real life, where the period from roughly 15 to 25 brings peaks in all sorts of risky ventures and ugly outcomes. This age group dies of accidents of almost every sort (other than work accidents) at high rates. Most long-term drug or alcohol abuse starts during adolescence, and even people who later drink responsibly often drink too much as teens.´ (Dobbs 29)
These children, teens, minors, are not fully developed. They are young and make many dumb decisions without thinking. They take risks because they like the adrenaline that rushed through them.

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" " (Dobbs para 4). Write your response.

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"Are these kids just being stupid?" (Dobbs para 30) this relates for the reason that they dont know if kids are just doing things for the fun of it or what they are doing.