"How to have a conversation with the Teenage Brain"

This morning as I went to read the comics in the Charlotte Observer, I saw a article called "How to have a conversation with the Teenage Brain." Interesting. As a I read it found out some very fascinating things.

Scientists now know that the part of the brain responsible for making judgments, setting priorities and controlling impulses – the prefrontal cortex – is one of the last areas to mature. It continues to develop until the 20s.

Adolescents are believed to take more risks because their prefrontal cortex is immature. They have a hard time seeing the consequences of their actions.

Wow! Talk about low expectations, and they're even coming up with excuses for behavior issues! There also is more said on how parents should communicate with their teen, if you're intersted at http://www.charlotteobserver.com/104/story/251280.html.

Youth Talk Notes

I've notice that this blog is on a stand still, so I have an idea that hopefully help with this problem. Is there anyone who can take good notes( I am sadly lacking in this)? I think it would be nice if someone could take notes from Youth Talk and post them on here. Then everyone else could comment on how Mr. Detwiler's answer to this question helped them or any other thoughts they had. What do you all think?

Faith

Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see(Hebrews 11:1). I was thinking about how this verse really applies to what we're going through now. We hope for our houses to sell, and they will. It may just take time. Most of us do not see buyers, but we know they are there somewhere. Soon(hopefully) we will be able to look back and see how God was faithful, but now it seems we'll never sell our houses, never find a buyer. But if we have faith, we will be able to trust God more and more. This is a growing time and we will grow in faith as we go through it.