Raising a teenager brings with it myriad challenges, with mistakes or behaviors some parents couldn’t conjure up in their strangest dreams. It is important for a parent to learn to cope with the mistakes their teen may make to keep the relationship from falling into an unhealthy cycle of suspicion and resentment. One way to maintain a healthy relationship is to see your teenager for who they really are rather than how they appear to be. While a teenager may look like a little adult, their brains are not smaller versions of the adult brain. Many areas of the teenage brain are still developing, including the areas responsible for impulse control, logic, and rationale.
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