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By Stephany Tlalka
(http://www.mindful.org/stephany)
Dan Siegel, award-winning educator, child psychiatrist, and author of New York
Times bestseller Brainstorm, explores the power and purpose of the teenage brain in
Mindfuls June issue. Siegel talks about the brain science behind teen angst and how
to turn parents concerns into understanding and confrontation into connection.
Siegel warns that some of the popular misconceptions we have about the teen brain
are making life more difficult for adolescents and adults alike. He shares how
science is refuting three long-held myths we mistakenly believe about what makes
teens tick:
Myth No. 1: Raging Hormones Make You Crazy
Yes, hormones do increase during this period, but they dont determine the ins and
outs of adolescencethats for another piece of anatomy. We now know that what
adolescents experience is primarily the result of changes in the development of the
brain, Siegel writes:
Knowing were dealing with developmental and neurological changesand
not a kid hopped up on hormonesundercuts one of the most powerful
myths we hold about the teen years.
Myth No. 2: You Just Need to Grow Up
That old phrase, Its just a phase, is not helping. It stems from this idea we have
about teenage-hood being a time of mindless upheaval that has to be endured by
parents and teens alike. On the contrary, argues Siegel, this upheaval is fruitful and
even foundational. Even seemingly senseless behaviors have purposebeyond
confounding parents. Siegel writes:
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