I’m reading this really good book called For Parents Only. It is a collection of survey results that explains why teens and tweens do some of the things that they do.

Well, has your child (or any child you know) ever done something and you think, “How could you have not thought ahead?” Here’s how:

“Science demonstrates that the frontal lobe of the brain-the area that allows judgment of consequences and control of impulses-doesn’t fully develop until after the teen years. So in the absence of a fully fuctioning frontal lobe, teenage brains rely more on the centers that control emotion-which in effect means they give in much more easily to impulses.”So the answer to our question, “How could you have not thought ahead?” is simple. “I am mentally unable to think that way Mom, sorry.”