What’s it Really Like to Be a Teenager?

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   15-year-old Ellie Wilson says, “___ problem with being a ___ is that one minute ___’re up and then we’re ___; one minute I want ___ shout the house down, ___ next I feel very ___.”

   The turbulent process of ___ an adult is one ___ for generations has baffled ___ and scientists. When almost ___ other species manages the ___ from infancy to adulthood ___ relative ease, why do ___ seem to find it ___ hard?

   First we blamed ___. Then scientists found that ___ human mind undergoes a ___ restructuring during the 12th ___ 25th years. Between childhood ___ adulthood, critical physical changes ___ taking place. These result ___ behaviours that parents might ___ thought were designed to ___ them pain, but which ___ in fact vital processes ___ the brain’s development.

   The ___ remains that science offers ___ rational explanation, but it ___n’t make everyday communication with ___ any easier. Which is ___ Lovegrove and Bedwell step ___. These friends published a ___, Teenagers Explained, that was ___ to help adults understand ___. Because “there are things ___ talk about that adults ___ don’t understand.”

   “Try to ___ us make our own ___,” pleads Lovegrove. “If we ___n’t get to make our ___ mistakes when we’re young ___, at some point, as ___ as you’re not around, ___’re just going to explode. ___’s OK to be concerned ___ to ask questions, but please don’t question us on everything. Do try to talk to us and make an effort to get to know us, but also understand that there are some things we don’t want to talk to you about.”

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Have fun....and take care! 271 JUN-B-2013