2014-10-10
58 分钟If all you care about is whether your kid can get into Stanford and therefore what you care about is not necessarily what your child learns, but whether your child gets all A's, then you maybe don't want the teacher to be too demanding.
You want the teacher to teach your child enough, but not so much that your child doesn't get perfect grades.
So I think this whole thing turns into this terrible cycle.
Adolescence, also known as the Oyve years.
It isnt really a time that most families look forward to.
But what if almost everything you thought about those angsty teen years was wrong?
What if the rules we laid down as parents, as teachers, and people who supposedly knew better were actually doing more harm than good?
Well, it turns out that just might be the case.
New research on the adolescent brain seems to be turning everything we thought we knew about the care and handling of young adults on its head.
And its also exposing something else, something that just might be a little bit terrifying for a parent or two.
Adolescence is now twice as long as it used to be, starting at around ten and continuing to almost 25 years old, which is really important because until it ends, your impulsive, hedonistic desires are on overdrive.
But the part of your brain that stops you from doing stupid things hasnt really developed enough to keep you safe.
So how do you handle that?
How do you create a world that lets kids take the risks that they need to, you know, to rock adulthood without destroying their futures and maybe even themselves along the way?
And how do you take a part of life that most families look at as a battle to be survived and turn it into something to be exalted and even enjoyed?
Well, that's what we're talking about on today's episode.
I'm Jonathan Fields.
This is Good Life project.
My guest today is Professor Lauren Steinberg.
So he's one of the world's leading experts on adolescence.