Miscommunication

          The emotional part of your brain is not fully developed so its hard to read the faces of adults. Because of this, even though you feel misunderstood it is really you that is missunderstanding adults. It is important to not try to read the adult face. If you try to, you won't understand them correctly, and you will create confusion. The best way to tell what a person means is to go by what they say, not what their face says. It is usually us that missunderstands them and not the other way around. Basically don't try to figure out what a person is telling you, listen to what they say.

Use It or Lose It

          Part of a growing mind is the "use it or lose it principle." This compares to a tree. As it grows certain parts get more prominent based on how often they are used. At the same time though, things we don't use get less prominent and eventually unnecessary. This is because even though the brain reaches 95 percent of its full size by the time you are six-years-old, your brain as a teenager grows bigger in different ways. You gain more abilities and a higher range of skills.  Because of this your brain becomes more and more focused but also limited. So work hard at a number of things so that you gain more skills, and lose fewer. 

Brain Development and What Really Matters To Teens.

Your brain is 95% the size it will ever be at age six. However as you grow your brain becomes more dense increasing your learning capacity. As an infant your brain is maturing at the same rate as it does as an adolescent. The second most important time in all of your life to take care of your brain is in adolescence. It is growing at an intense rate and is processing as much as it can.

Now what really matters to teens? Truly who can answer that but you? Now instead of just saying the first thing that pops into your head truly think about what you want. Many teens will say that what matters most to them is their parent’s approval. They want love and respect of the older generation. One day, why don’t you take a step back and instead of operating solely on the fact that you want to be rebellious think about how life is going to be after your emotions are done freaking out.

                                                                                                -Morgan Leishman

Emotions

                  Emotions. We all have them. Especially us teenagers. In our early teenage years they were pretty extreme. Do any of you remember when you were mad one minute, and perfectly fine the next? Now that our hormones have calmed down, they aren't as bad as they used to be. Teenagers react differently than adults and children. Sometimes we look at things different from other people, which is kind of often. 
                  We also have a bunch of mood swings but a lot of us don't notice them until we analyze the situation we're in. Our emotions are unpredictable and sometimes overwhelming.  Now think about the time when you had a major mood swing. Did you know you were having one? How did you feel right after? I'm pretty sure that when we get older we'll learn to control how we feel. Hopefully :) 

Sleep

The National Sleep Foundation recommends keeping an eye out for signs of sleep deprivation:

               ·         difficulty waking in the morning

               ·         irritability in the afternoon

               ·         falling asleep during the day

               ·         oversleeping on the weekend

               ·         having difficulty remembering or concentrating

               ·         waking up often and having trouble going back to sleep

        Teenagers And Sleep." About.com Teens. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Sept. 2012. <http://parentingteens.about.com/cs/teensandsleep/a/teenssleepwell.htm>.

The recomended hours of sleep Is 9.5 hours a day some schools have even changed their time to better fit the schedule of an teenager so they can get that sleep even though it is fun to go out and party it is better to get sleep. It is proven countless times that if you sleep you will do better and be more alert during the day.  So if you find that you have one of the listed problems above then you really need to sleep. Best ways to have the best sleep is get into a habit you need to go to bed at a good time and do it often. Don’t have bright lights on late at night. Do not eat sugar before you go to bed because it may cause nightmares and restless sleep. also if you can’t fall asleep do something calming not watch a screen because that may also keep you up but read a book or listen to a tape . lastly just go to bed  you really do need to sleep.