Admiring youthful accomplishments is one thing but using children and teens to drive policy forward is another
. Politicians are responsible for all manner of complex matters, ranging from education and energy to the national finances, foreign policy, diplomacy and, as we have seen recently, even war. Fully understanding such things requires intelligence and maturity. But teenage brains are still developing and they continue to develop into the early 20’s.
Teen physiology is such that the frontal lobes of the brain remain more “plastic” or open to experience during the teen years and do not hard-wire until early adulthood. As measuring executive functioning and frontal lobe maturity suggest, the developing brain is more adaptable to experience but also more prone to error and to being too easily swayed by impulsive tendencies and emotionally based responses.Article content
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