Teens only hear "whaa-whaa-whaa" trombone effects......

[Monello]

When their parents talk to them. Now that surely would explain a lot of things.

Neuroscientists have found that a teenager’s brain shows decreased activity when listening to criticism from their mother.

Did you say something?

 

[Bann]

Bann's reply to the quote on the website:

Adolescents may benefit from understanding that when they ignore their parents, parents will quite likely experience a strong negative emotional reaction the next time the adolescents ask the parents for ANYTHING. The parents may have difficulty cognitively controlling this emotion and will quite likely find it challenging to give a “you know what” about the adolescent’s perspective or mental state.

 

[vraiblonde]

Bann's reply to the quote on the website:

Big scientific discovery, that. Imagine: teens tuning out their parents when they get in trouble. Shocking.

 

[MJ]

Big scientific discovery, that. Imagine: teens tuning out their parents when they get in trouble. Shocking.

The best "let me save you some grief" advice I ever received about raising a boy. Don't give him more than one thing to do at a time, he will never hear the "second" thing.