Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Teen Brain

Today for class I had several articles and book chapters to read about teen brain development. I really enjoyed this comment from the author of "Primal Teen":

Can we look in a teenage brain and find, hidden in its folds, some answers to even the most fundamental questions, such as why an otherwise tame and timid teenager goes out one morning and puts a big silver ring in her nose?

As it turns out, yes. As it turns out, teenagers may, indeed, be a bit crazy. But they are crazy according to a primal blueprint; they are crazy by design.


The chapter I read was really interesting and funny! It took me back to the days at BYU when I took my adolescent development class.

I'm really enjoying this young adult literature class!

3 comments:

Jon said...

So they're SUPPOSED to be crazy? God does indeed have a sense of humor.

kat said...

a primal blueprint of crazy.

insert unoriginal "your mom" joke HERE.

Kirsten said...

my sister is a teenager. I would love to understand her better.