You’re not imagining it. Your once-reasonable son, who used to ask before borrowing a biscuit, is now attempting to ramp a bicycle over the garden shed or launching himself down a flight of stairs on a skateboard. It’s not just hormones. It’s developmental neuroscience. Statistically, adolescence is the most dangerous stage of human development —… Continue reading Why Is My 14-Year-Old Son Suddenly Doing Stupid, Dangerous Things?
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Why Does My Teenager Actually Hate Me?
(They don’t. But their brain is doing something wild.) No — your teenager doesn’t hate you. They’re just embarrassed by your existence. Painfully, viscerally embarrassed. And it’s entirely normal. Adolescence is a time of radical brain development. Your child’s brain is being rewired at speed — especially in areas linked to emotion, social awareness and… Continue reading Why Does My Teenager Actually Hate Me?
What is learning? Give me the basics!
This is a great question, and the full answer would fill several books. But here we go – an attempt to distil the very basics of what we know about the brain, memory and learning to a few key messages.