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Comic from the New York Post about brain development

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Comic from the New York Post about brain development

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"Parenting an adolescent is like the shortsighted leading the blind. The adolescent is “blind” because she or he has never grown this way before; and parents are “shortsighted” because most of what they believe is important is rooted in their own personal experience growing up."

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"Parenting an adolescent is like the shortsighted leading the blind. The adolescent is “blind” because she or he has never grown this way before; and parents are “shortsighted” because most of what they believe is important is rooted in their own personal experience growing up."

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Growth toward individuality and adult identity is one function that the process of adolescence is set to accomplish. One challenge for parents is continuing their acceptance, love, and understanding as these changes in their daughter or son’s developing personhood unfolds.

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The rational adolescent: Strategic information processing during decision making revealed by eye tracking

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The rational adolescent: Strategic information processing during decision making revealed by eye tracking

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This article describes a study conducted to show how teenagers are capable of the complex thought require for financial planning, despite what common assumptions would have you believe.

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Up vote or down vote each meme, if you think it accurately represents teenagers! Add a comment to share your thoughts!

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How teens view the media's portrayal of teenagers

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How teens view the media's portrayal of teenagers

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Understanding adolescent's thoughts on how they are portrayed in the media can help educators understand how to shape their interactions with teens.

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Teachers' Corner asked, "Are teens portrayed accurately in the media?" Responses are from Jennifer Gray's English and honors English classes at Ursuline and Cardinal Newman high schools in Santa Rosa.

The media makes teenagers out to be disobedient, disrespectful, sleazy people with no regard to anyone but themselves. They make it look like we think of nothing but sex. Everyone knows the majority of teenagers in society today are nothing like anyone you see on TV. It makes me sick that I can't turn on the TV without being insulted by the "ideal" image the media tries to send out to teens. All it does is lower people's self-esteem and self-worth.

MARISA FOPPOLI, 15

Teens are not just at the extreme ends of the overachiever-underachiever spectrum; there are many in-between.

MIKE O'CONNOR, 16

The media is constantly criticized for misrepresenting virtually every population group in the United States and around the world. My age group is no different.

What is a fair representation of the youth of America? Is it the anti- social computer nerd that owns a sawed-off shotgun, or do most of us exhibit the characteristics of controversial music videos? In a past edition of Newsweek, a political cartoon gave a history of the evolution of garbage receptacles; MTV was the modern wastebasket. Inconvenient as it may be for political analysts, we are the most diverse group in America.

We cannot be represented by a stereotype. We are deciding our own identity.

PHIL SNYDER, 16

I wish the media would give us credit for thinking on our own. We're not 4 years old anymore. Don't try to hold our hand.

LUCAS MEEKER, 16

The media does not accurately portray teens. The media portrays what sells. On daytime television shows like " Jenny Jones ," segments involving teens always involve sex, drugs, crime and violence. Nobody wants to tune in to watch "My Teenager is Helping the Community." The viewer wants to watch shows such as "My Teenage Daughter is a Slut" or "My Teenage Son is in a Gang." Another false portrayal of teens shows them fitting one of two stereotypes. Either the teen is a nerdy loser or the popular quarterback or cheerleader. Maybe if we had actual teens writing the scripts, people would see what teens are really like.

HANNAH VAN SICKLE, 14

Teenagers are either portrayed with adult problems or as hormonal roller coasters. Did you ever notice in television shows that teens are played by 20- year-olds who have never had a zit in their lives? Also, their lives are much more dramatic than any normal person's, always having some serious decision to make, or some guy desperately chasing some girl. Honestly, in real life a guy is more likely to sprout wings and fly than romantically chase some girl around. The guys at my school can barely ask a girl on a date.

ELLEN BEITING, 16

I see the media portraying teens as always happy because their life is so easy and everything they want they get, when really, life for a teen is not very easy these days. We have to deal with peer pressure, drugs, alcohol and sex, while also dealing with who we are as a person. Every teen wants to be the one with all the friends and seen as cool. But not once have I seen the media portray a teen as someone who has to deal with those kinds of problems.

JESSICA CARR, 14

I believe the media portrays teens fairly well.

MARK BRINKER, 16

The movies usually portray teens as slackers or stoners. The magazines portray teenage girls as cliquey and boy-obsessed. As a teenage girl, I do like clothes, shopping and things of that nature, but that is not all I want to read about when I look through a magazine. I am interested in global issues,

cultures and the environment. I feel that the media creates a false image of teenagers.

MEGHAN LLOYD, 14

The media does not show who the majority of teens are. They also make it seem like girls need to trade in their individuality to date certain popular guys. For example, in the movie "She's All That," a girl is changed so she is liked by the hot perfect guy. The media should get to know teens better.

CHARLOTTE WELCH, 14

Screenwriters work very hard to find words that sound young and fresh in order to accurately portray teenagers. Unfortunately, these efforts are transparent and turn out to be more corny than realistic. When teenagers on television say something like "radical" or "tubular," it's obvious the media is trying too hard.

NICK BROWN, 16

The media never attempts to portray the true nature of "average" teenagers. Rather, the media seeks to address the culture that seemingly governs this group. If a new trend is born among teenagers, the media will inevitably link that new fad or style to those people who embrace it, no matter how long or short a time it may hold their attention. With the media today, a "teen culture" is manifested. But the plurality of any large group of people harbors diversity that goes far beyond the Big New Thing. The media portrays trends accurately, but rarely the people who subscribe to them.

RYAN KOVEN, 16

The media simply shows what a minority of teens are like. For that minority,

the media is for the most part accurate.

COLLEEN WHITMAN, 16

In the sports section, many times the stories are incorrect due to the reporter's lack of knowledge. A key example of this was last year's girls soccer NCS. Ursuline, the underdog, came out to win the championship, being better focused, having excellent coaching, but mostly heart. The media missed these points, reporting on superstition and a full moon helping Ursuline win.

ELIZABETH SANTOS, 16

A story about a teen will attract attention on the front page if he gets in a car crash or commits a felony. However, if a teen does hundreds of hours of community service in a single year, it rarely gets published. If by some fluke it does get published, it is on the back page of a middle section.

MICHAEL MARTIN, 16

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Does the media portray teens as they really are?

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Teachers' Corner asked, "Are teens portrayed accurately in the media?" Responses are from Jennifer Gray's English and honors English classes at Ursuline and Cardinal Newman high schools in Santa Rosa. The media makes teenagers out to be disobedient, disrespectful, sleazy people with no regard to anyone but themselves.

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Watch this quick video and in the comments reflect on three things you learned or found surprising

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How Teenagers' Brains Are Actually Wired Differently