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It’s my brain’s fault! Why teenagers make often unwise decisions

Adults exhibit a general tendency to make better decisions than adolescents, and this improvement drives an increase in specific and more sophisticated choice behaviors, according to a study published November 14 in the open-access journal PLOS Biology by Vanessa Scholz and Lorenz Deserno from the University of Würzburg, Germany, and colleagues. Learning and decision-making change […]

16-year-old abandoned on birthday weekend to study for school while parents take 13-year-old brother on vacation: ‘It wasn’t right of her parents to exclude her’

Focusing on your kids’ schooling and future is important, but it’s easy to lose sight of the little things and moments along the way that are also important. Failing to nurture their unique skills and interests may cost them the chance to do something that they feel is fulfilling and rewarding and what they deem […]

18-year-old concert ticket “scalper” refuses to give or sell Taylor Swift concert tickets to his 19-year old girlfriend, choosing instead to sell them for double what he paid: ‘She ended in tears when I told her I wanted to sell the remaining two tickets’

You might be thinking that asking her to pay for both of them would even be a stretch and that it might be nicer for the young couple to go together, maybe asking her to pay for half of the costs, including the price of her own ticket. But, not only was he not interested […]

‘[She is] selling the samples to her little friends’: 17-year-old steals hundreds of dollars worth of perfume from relative, mother insists she’s “just a kid”

Some kids are too smart for their own good. This teen is also too entrepreneurial for her own good! Even from a young age, some children just crave money. It’s hard not to, since money buys basically everything good in this world. However, kids don’t always know that there are ethical ways to make some […]

Step-mother won’t drive 12 and 13-year-old step-daughters to dance class 50 minutes away, painting her as the villain, she wonders if she’s wrong: ‘Their mom’s negativity changed how they treat me’

Family dynamics are always tough, even in the best of circumstances…  Parenting teenagers is difficult enough when they’re your own flesh and blood or they’re otherwise your sole charge and are obligated to follow your direction. It gets infinitely more difficult when you have another adult who is influential in your life—especially one of their […]

Do Religious Teenagers Make For Better Students?

(ANALYSIS) In recent years, there has been a noticeable decline in academic performance across the United States and beyond, coupled with a significant decrease in religious belief. This dual trend got me thinking. Are these two developments connected? The answer appears to be a pretty resounding yes. The relationship between religious belief and academic success […]