I have just finished watching a documentary on the teenage brain. This video is called "Inside the Teenage Brain," and can be found on Frontline PBS's website, www.pbs.org ( Direct link to their video archive.
This video's topic is all about teenager's infamous behavior and the motivation behind it. Advances in technology like the magnetic resonance imaging or MRI, has allowed scientists to look at the growth and development of the teenage brain. The doctors or scientists look for changes in different age groups on the brain. One thing that doctors do think can make a difference in the lives of teens is the amount of sleep they need each night. Scientists say that teens need at least 9 hours of sleep to fully function during the day. This helps them make good daily decisions and improves learning capability completely.
This video also talks about having a good, healthy, relationship with your parents. Having good family relationships can help mostly everyone but teenagers especially need family support behind them just so they're not lost in society. The video says having open communication in the house with everyone is best for keeping teens in good behavior.
There was a lot of information to be taken in from watching this video, being a teenager I can relate to most of what I have seen. Something I learned from this video and intend on doing is getting more sleep at night. Going to bed early will help me in school and give me more energy all around. I think this was a hard subject to make a documentary about but Frontline has definitely pulled it off. Here is the link to the video, "Inside the Teenage Brain".
--By Matt
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