"What Makes Teens Tick"
...when they are alone, but it is when they are with their peers that risk-taking is much higher. Research also suggests that an adolescent’s brain is still maturing and not fully developed until 25. This means that before this age, his or her decision-making, responsibility, and conscious control are still possibly uncontrollable at certain times making driving at 16, and voting at 18 an outrageously young age to give teens such responsibility. This is just a quick overview of what I read. I agree with this article. I think that it makes sense why teenagers are the way they are. With hormones going crazy, and brain development still occurring at the same time, chaos is the only term that comes to mind when dealing with the emotions, and cognition of a teenager. I think that it is crucial to have good parents as role models to love and care for their teenager as they grow and become thei...