The Teenage Brain: Why Your Adolescent is Like a Puppy Dog
You are probably wondering why I chose such a puzzling title. It’s not that I truly believe that adolescents and puppy dogs have a lot in common. However, I believe that there is a lot to be learned from a comparison of the two. The puppy dog analogy stems from recent developments in our understanding ofteenage brain development. We had believed that the human brain was fully mature by the age of puberty, usually around thirteen. This meant that our…