Understanding what goes on inside the teenage brain has been a preoccupation of parents from time immemorial, but over the last 20 years, neuroscientists have made real progress in understanding how the adolescent brain differs from the brains of both younger children and adults.
Two local teachers, Andrea Schmitz and Mary Fitch, are on a mission to bring this knowledge to local parents and teens in hopes of increasing their understanding of the promise and vulnerability of the teenage brain.
They’ve been offering a class, “The Care and Feeding of the Adolescent Brain,” at Twin Hills School once a month for almost a year. The class is open to all parents and teens, regardless of where the children go to school.
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