Teen Brain Chronicles: Smart but Scattered

Raising a Powerful Girl by Maria Fuller

Nov 8, 202344:07Kids & family

This weeks podcast episode Maria discusses the development of the prefrontal cortex in teenagers and its impact on executive functioning, impulse control, working memory, and emotional regulation. It highlights the chall...

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