New Neuroscience Reveals 5 Rituals That Will Make You An Awesome Parent
By Eric Barker
The teen years. This is the age where one’s room can simultaneously resemble a FEMA disaster site and a meticulously curated museum of personal angst, each discarded clothing item a testament to a fleeting mood or an identity crisis.
What causes all the problems? The teenage brain. It’s a marvel of nature, a biological enigma wrapped in a riddle, encased in a skull that’s often adorned with questionable hairstyle choices. But say a word about it and you’ll invoke an eye roll so powerful it could shift the Earth’s axis.
But we need to have some sympathy for teens. We’ve all been there. Your body’s betraying you on a daily basis, your emotions are on a perpetual roller coaster, and the world expects you to make life-altering decisions about your future when you can barely decide what to have for breakfast. The billionaires are a lot younger these days and social media constantly reminds you you’re not one of them. A thousand things competing for the title of “Most Likely to Be Discussed in Therapy Years from Now.”
As a parent you’re primarily concerned with how to get them to do better in school. “I study better at night,” they claim, as if their brain only activates under the cover of darkness, ignoring the fact that “night” is code for “when you’ve gone to bed and can’t see me not studying.”
What are parents to do? Time to get some insight on how the teenage brain works and tips that might help you deal better with its often perplexing and infuriating behavior. Who has answers?
John Medina is a developmental molecular biologist and a professor of bioengineering at the University of Washington School of Medicine. And he specializes in gray matter issues. His book is “Attack of the Teenage Brain.”
Let’s get to it…
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