Parents of teens often feel like they are back to the days of kindergarten, with the exception that the problems can be more serious and things lost or forgotten more expensive. To make matters worse, their table manners are horrible, many do not like to bathe or use deodorant, and forget to clean their teeth.
While no one can say that Bieber, with its 16 years, has an impeccable presentation at the Grammy experienced a typical episode of a teenager distracted by posing for photos with his white tuxedo ... and the open fly.
not see anything, but he was one of those moments that make a father ask, "Why is it that my son lives in another planet?" When will he return to Earth? ". Probably
take a while.
Most scientists thought that the human brain was fully developed for 12 years. But advanced technology research now suggests that the coordination of certain functions are not fully developed until after age 20, according to Lawrence Steinberg, a psychology professor at Temple University.
"It's not that teens are oblivious," he said. "Most likely, they are more aware than adults of the immediate rewards are much less likely to plan and think ahead. The future may be an hour later."
Steinberg is used to talking to parents as it is the author of "You and your teenager: The Essential Guide to the 10 to 25 years" (You and Your Adolescent: The Essential Guide for Ages 10-25).
Aimee Stern of Silver Spring, Maryland, suffering with a 11 year old daughter and a son, 15. "They lost several cell phones, keys and coats," he said.
Stern, who is writing a book about alcohol consumption by teenagers, said he felt "relieved" when he discovered he was "not crazy and forgetting that my children are part of brain development."
That kind of mental nebula also felt in the house of Marc Pitman in Waterville, Maine. Pitman is formed with one thing: that her 11 year old son close the door of his room. "It's going to close the door on the way to forget the room and returns to the room without having to be closed."
Another wish would be "to use the silverware on the table, no hands."
Pitman says he repeats ad nauseam the basic recommendations.
Shelly Walker takes a different approach. Tired of paying for things that lose their 11 year old daughter. "In one week he lost a shoe and iPod touch at school. She knows the value of money."
Sally Treadwell, of Boone, North Carolina, has two daughters aged 17 and 14 years. Like Walker, no pay for the things their daughters lost or broken. But does not attribute these incidents to the brain.
"The notion that teenagers can not keep things because their brains are developing is a very modern concept," he said. "In my family there were five. We had a lot of money and took care of things. Part of growing up is learning to be responsible. The world is not disposable."
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