Inside The Teenage Brain

I thought that was an interesting show from a medical standpoint, and I intend to order a copy of that for myself. I may need it if, as I suspect, I go into pediatrics.

For the younger thread-readers, y'all don't take too much offense at that, OK? Yes, it does lump teenagers into a scientific study category, but that, of course, was the point of the show. That wasn't meant to offend or denigrate but to educate. That's all. You need to know that you can find Frontline and other in-depth science reporting on all sorts of other groups, from pregnant women, to small children, to senior citizens, to people of eastern European descent. And they all talk about those groups like a group of scientifically separate individuals, too. That's how we can tell the video itself wasn't aimed at offending you.

Now, whether or not CityBoy looks down his nose at teenagers, I'm not sure. I rather get the feeling he does, and I hope he'll learn to open his mind and heart and see that youth doesn't necessarily equate to bad behavior or immaturity. Most of the worst losers I know are adults. And anyone who criticizes first before taking measure of people as individuals is the one who's got the most learning and growing to do.

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Originally Posted by birdgirl73

Now, whether or not CityBoy looks down his nose at teenagers, I'm not sure. I rather get the feeling he does, and I hope he'll learn to open his mind and heart and see that youth doesn't necessarily equate to bad behavior or immaturity. Most of the worst losers I know are adults. And anyone who criticizes first before taking measure of people as individuals is the one who's got the most learning and growing to do.

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I don't look down my nose at teenagers and I don't think of them as losers. They think I hate them because I don't believe minors should smoke weed. I think they should be doing better things with their time, like homework.

I'm sorry if that makes me a bad person, but if it does, oh well. I guess I'm a bad person.

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Originally Posted by BabyFacedAbortion

It doesn't really anger me that teenagers are spoken as another type of species, because in reality, we are. When you're an adult, being a teenager is hard to understand and while you're a teenager (while we hate to admit it) being an adult is usually impossible to comprehend. We just don't get it, our brains aren't mature enough. Atleast, the majority. Luckily, I think I can say I'm one of the few teens that can appreciate an adult conversation and an adult life style while being a mere teen.

To the teens: lighten up, what can you expect from a bunch of silly adults ;)
To the adults: You were all teenagers and I'm almost positive you remember what it was like.

That said..nice video and I actually thought it was quite interesting.

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Shouldn't you be outside riding your bicycle or baby sitting the neighbors kids?

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Shut up daddy, shouldn't you be babysitting me? Ya old fart.

I'll never understand YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!

-bawl- I HATE YOU!!!!

- DAD phones psychatrist -

"My Daughter is being naughty and not behaving .. she is smoking weed and hanging out with older boys... what should I DO!!!!?????"

CityBoy, you're an idealist, I see! Well, glad to know you don't look down your nose at them. I'm sure in the ideal world, everyone'd wait to do everything until they were at the proper age, although often those ages are arbitrary.

But in reality, my impression of myself and my own son and his pals during those years makes me ask me ask "Since when teens ever wait to do anything?" I certainly didn't. And as that "Frontline" report pointed out, that 15 to 20 age range is when impulse control and judgment are still developing in the temporal lobe--and when an urge to seek sensory thrills is standard behavior.

I don't think you're a bad guy at all. You've just forgotten what it was like to be that age yourself!

YOU'LL NEVER UNDERSTAND ME!

i thought it was pretty cool, and im a teen. as for what citybiy thinks, i couldnt give a fuck (in the nice way), thats his opinion, and mine is ill smoke weed if i want. to me, he seems like a chill guy and all,and thats all that matters. as for the vid, it was pretty interesting, makes sense to me