[et_pb_section][et_pb_row make_fullwidth="off" use_custom_width="off" width_unit="on" use_custom_gutter="off" padding_mobile="off" allow_player_pause="off" parallax="off" parallax_method="off" make_equal="off" padding_top_1="40" padding_bottom_1="20"][et_pb_column type="4_4"][et_pb_text admin_label="Title" background_layout="light" text_orientation="center" text_font_size="52" use_border_color="off" border_color="#ffffff" border_style="solid" custom_padding="10||10|" text_text_color="#666666"]<strong>Adolescent Brain Development</strong>[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type="4_4"][et_pb_text admin_label="Content" background_layout="light" text_orientation="left" use_border_color="off" border_color="#ffffff" border_style="solid" custom_padding="20||20|"]<p>According to National Geographic, Dr Amen, and UCLA, changes occur in the adolescent brain 18 months prior to puberty (as early as eight for girls and nine for boys) when the hormones that lead to puberty are released.  These hormones usher in a phase of brain development where synapses are created between different areas of the brain in its back lobes.  This change leads to many of the behavior and performance challenges with adolescents as they become more forgetful, emotional and oppositional.</p>

<p>YTN’s qualitative research concluded that the predominant leadership style and parenting approaches employed today do not align well with the changes occurring in youths’ brains.  As a result our desire to assist adolescents through such approaches can be counter productive and lead to increased distance with the adolescents we seek to influence. We inadvertently trigger their oppositional nature resulting in push back, dismissal, and a loss of influence.</p>

<p>Our research and coaching with parents and adolescents found that parents tend to interpret the changes they see in their sweet kids as issues they need to fix.  They attempt to do so using the strategies they employed with their kids who were less emotional and oppositional than adolescents.  This then results in the commonly accepted breakdown in the parent adolescent relationship.  Parents often do not perceive the breakdown as youth quickly learn to act a part for their parents to keep the relative peace.  Rather the breakdown takes on the form of an emotional divorce on the part of youth from their parents.  As a result, the predominant influence in their lives becomes their friends and the youth culture.</p>

<p>Aligning our approach with the changes that occur in the adolescent brain can bring about powerful changes in the relationship, motivation, and influence we have in students’ lives.</p>

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