Really useful article in the national Geographic looking at some of the recent research and understanding about brain development through adolescence. It's a good read that is really positive about this remarkable 're-wiring' process that gives rise to great adaptive thinking.
It also de-bunks the view that teenagers are less good at assessing risk ... showing this capability to be in place but that teens are much more influenced by the social reward or recognition that the risk may generate.
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