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Frontal Lobe To Blame
It’s more than just brush your teeth, take a bath at least once a week and put on your deodorant or you won’t have very many friends. Tey figure that one out eventually. It’s more than telling your daughters that boys will like them even when they say, “No, I don’t
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do that.” It is not about cooking lessons and driving lessons, letting them do their laundry (why they
would want to is beyond me) or any of those “things” that shape our daily lives. Don’t get me wrong, those are all very important, especially the shower one. I think “it” is about being respectful human beings to their siblings, their parents, their
friends, their friend’s parents, their teachers, their bosses, ad infinitum. It’s all about taking pride in themselves, having a work ethic and understanding the results of a smart mouth on all of the above people. Teens these days get a bad rap. I understand this, but sometimes I think it is deserved. I think
social media plays a large part in a young person’s inability to deal with their elders in a respect- ful manner. What’s easier than to say something bad about, or to someone, you talk to in short, abbreviated sentences? “OMG, BTW, W/E.” (Translated: Oh my gosh, By the Way, Whatever.) To me anyway, it’s about earning trust and respect. Tese two things are not automatically
conferred on a child because he or she lives under your roof. With trust and respect come privi- leges. Yes, respect is earned, not demanded of, as intelligent adults already know. I know that even at the close of their high school years, they still have a lot of growing to
do. Did you know that the frontal lobe of their brain is not fully developed until about age 25? According to Wikipedia, “Te frontal lobe reaches full maturity around age 25, marking
the cognitive maturity associated with adulthood. Te executive functions of the frontal lobes involve the ability to recognize future consequences resulting from current actions, to choose between good and bad actions (or better and best), override and suppress unacceptable social responses, and determine similarities and differences between things or events. Terefore, it is involved in higher mental functions.” Tere you have it, parents. Te magic switch will be turned on at age 25. Some of us can only
hope. When it comes to helping your child get “it,” start early, stay strong, keep telling them, keep showing them, be persistent and be patient. Your hard work will pay off.
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