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The Teenage Brain7.November.2006Studies, and when I say 'studies' I mean my random observations, have shown that the teenage brain's ability to make good decisions is hampered because it's not fully developed and the area of their gray matter responsible for such tasks won't be up to snuff until around the age of, oh, twenty-six. With males, the age has yet to be determined.As with most impressive articles touting scientific findings, I will now back up my statements with two anecdotal stories showing the veracity of my in depth study. First story. My son is insane. I say this with affection and love, but with the conviction borne of having known him these fifteen years and 7 months. He almost didn't make it to fifteen years and 8 months. Over Halloween he carved his pumpkin. It was a small pumpkin, a tiny one in fact. He did it quickly, and at one point was having difficulty getting the knife into the gourd, so he stuck it between his legs and took the knife down there to cut it!
He mocked me for being 'over protective' as usual. This from the son who has placed his fingers into a blender, jumped from a second story onto a trampoline and been drug by a dirtbike about 20 feet into traffic. So yes, this was me being 'over protective'. After the carving, he disappeared for a minute and then went out the sliding glass door to our back patio. We weren't paying a whole lot of attention to him, but apparently his movements need to be monitored at all times. The next thing I hear is yelling from my ten year old. "His pumpkin is on FIRE!!!" He'd gone to the garage and got gasoline from the gas can, filled his pumpkin, carried it outside and lit it on fire. Flames shot out the mouth, eyes and nose holes. In an attempt to put out the flames, he removed the top lid and blew into it. This of course caused huge flames to blow out the eyes and nose and mouth of the carved pumpkin, right at his face. This did not deter him at all and didn't do much to put out the flames, so naturally he did it again. This time he lost all the hair on his hands. Still burning. I'm yelling at him to stop blowing on the pumpkin, so he of course does the next best thing. He kicks it down the steps. This spilled what was left of the gasoline onto the the steps and created a lovely dance of fire across the patio. He yelled for water to put out the fire. Um, no. Pouring a lot of water on top of burning gas would have knocked it onto the lawn and perhaps set it ablaze as well. It finally burned itself out and now he's very proud of what he calls his Goth Pumpkin. Second story You may have noticed by the roads that have turned into rivers, that it's been raining a little bit around here lately. It's to be expected as we live in the Pacific Northwest and we're known for our liquid sunshine. This makes for some interesting driving. Just ask my 17 year old daughter. Yesterday, during the worst of the downpour, my cell phone rang.
“Mommy? Mommy I can't see a thing!”
“On the freeway!! Mom, it's so bad I really can't see the road!!” “So you thought calling me on your cell phone while you're driving was a good idea?? HANG UP NOW and go as slowly as you need to but HANG UP NOW!! Call me when you get to work!” I rest my case on the limitations of the teenage brain and it's ability to make good decisions. |
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