[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 eighteen months prior to puberty (as early as age eight for girls and age 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 issues parents encounter with their adolescents.  It is also the reason youth begin to reevaluate all they once held as true or believed.  Simply put their brain now has new ways to analyze and in affect perspectives from which to view information, concepts and beliefs so a natural revaluation occurs.</p>

<p>YTN’s qualitative research concluded that the predominant parenting approaches from the past and which are being taught today do not align well with the changes occurring in youths’ brains.  As a result our desire to help our kids address issues through such approaches can result in a break-down in the parent adolescent relationship.  Parents often do not perceive the breakdown as youth quickly learn to act a role for their parents to keep relative peace.  Rather the breakdown takes on the form of an emotional divorce on the part of youth from their parents and results in the predominant influence in their lives becoming their friends and the youth culture.</p>

<p>Aligning our approach to parenting with the changes that occur in the adolescent brain can bring about powerful changes in the relationship and in the motivation and direction of our kids.  Watch Session One of the Secrets of Influential Parenting for free today.</p>

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