The Teenage Brain by: Katherine Galvan Rios by Katherine Galvan

Taking Risks

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Tabacco

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Alcohol

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Pot

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Hard-Core Drugs

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Stress

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"Experimental behavior is actually important for adolescents to engage in because it helps establish their autonomy. The problem for teens is that their underdeveloped frontal cortex means they have trouble seeing ahead or understanding the consequences of their independent acts, and are therefore ill equipped to weigh the relative harms of risky behavior" (P. 104).

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Risk has now increased for teenagers via the internet, media, and travel

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Contrary to the belief, teenagers are not irrational. They know if a certain activity is dangerous or not

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Teens get a sense of reward more then adults do. Dopamine (Feel good chemicals) are enhanced in the teen brain.

"Because the frontal lobes are still only loosely connected to other parts of the teen brain, adolescents have a harder time exerting cognitive control ober potentially dangerous ituations" (P. 106).

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Teens who have never experiences negative consequences from risky behaviors are more likely to countiue to do those behaviors because the rewards outweighs the risk.

Because teenagers brains are still develeoping it is more likely that teens get addictied to substances and have a harder time quitting the rest of their lives.

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"Those who begin smoking in adolescence are also three times more likely to begin using alcohol, and ong-term ingestion of nicotine has been shown to increase tolerance to aclchol, meanng it takes more alchol to produce the same effect" (P.122).

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It is hard for teenagers to see the consequences of the future but it is important as parents to constantly remind them the activities that one is part of can have serious consequences in the long run.

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"Every day in the United States 4,750 young people between the ages of twelve and twenty take their first full drink of alcohol. According to the National Institution of Health , any alcohol use by underage youth is considered to be alcohol abuse" (P.127).

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"Early teen users are twice as likely to become addicted, and those who indulge in pot before the age of sixteen have more trouble with focus and attention and make twice as many mistakes on tests involving planning, flexibility, and abstract thinking" (P. 150).

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"MetlLife Foundation in 2011 reveled that the use of Ecstasy had risen 67 percent among teens" (P. 160).

Other drugs that have risen in teenagers use are:
*Cocaine
*Amphetamines
*Methamphetamines
*Ritalin
*Adderall

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Click the image below to learn more about the effects of tabacco on the teenage brain

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Click the image below to learn more about the effects of alcohol on the teenage brain

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Click the image below to learn more about the effects of Pot on the teenage brain

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Click the image below to learn more about the effects of various hard-core drugs on the teenage brain

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Teens talk about their stess

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Reasons why teens are more stressed than adults

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Deeper explaination on why teens so stressed

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As parents you need to tell your child that they must find someone who will listen to their problems. As respobsible parents you also need to be aware that listener may not be you. "Whether or not the adult your teenage can cnfide in is you, what is indisputable is the importance of adults and healthy family functioning in the lives of adolescents, esoecially when those adolescents are experiencing extreme stress" (P.182).

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For tips on how to help your stressed teen click on the image below