Teenage Boy Brain

The 15-year-old boy brain is… a journey.

The prefrontal cortex (the part that handles planning, risk assessment, and common sense) is still under construction until around age 25. Meanwhile the “act now, think later” reward center is fully open for business.

Which explains why our 15-year-old got a fidget ring stuck on his finger for the third time…
Swelling… panic… and before we could regroup, he was outside with garden shears cutting it off in crooked little scraps.

Zero hesitation. 100% teenage confidence.

Mom frustration aside, it’s a reminder I see on job sites too:
When the brain wants fast relief, people take risks.
When the work starts to suck, they just want to get it over with.

Whether it’s teenagers or craft workers, the job is the same:
Teach the “why,” model the safer way, and keep showing them how to slow down before grabbing the metaphorical garden shears.