Although there is evidence of the rate of brain development stuff, this article sounds like a lot excuse analysis. How did teens cope for the last 5000 years?
I’ll tell you. They were given NO CHOICE.
Families and cultures demanded discipline and contribution to family chores—or else.
Somehow teens just had to bang through all that and not wig out.
I hated this mincing article.
For most of human history there were no “teenagers”. People went from being a child to being an adult.
This situation we have created with teens wanting to live like adults but having no adult responsibility is crazy.
Strong male role models are very important for both girls and boys.
Also, we have gotten to this thinking that your kids should never get their feelings hurt. That is BS, it is what it is, there are times when they should get their feelings hurt and feel shame for their actions.
One of the toughest things in raising my teens has been how lax and lazy their friends are. Nice kids but with lots of money and no responsibilities. My kids have always held it against me that I have required them to take on chores. Hauling in the wood to heat the house, Heck I BOUGHT IT, lawnmowing, washing dishes, washing their clothes, going to the dump, cleaning the garage, etc. My kids are right, their friends are at swimming, golf, dirtbiking and fourwheeling, snowmobiling,and other things that I cannot afford and do as a single mom. My son earned and owns the two dirtbikes we have.