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		<title>Why Kids Are Smarter Than Cats</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2024 19:42:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been a Dad to over a dozen cats in my adult life. The cat in the photo is Cookie, one of the three cats in my family right now. All three display signs of intelligence. I see this in the way they make decisions. For example, at a certain time each afternoon, Cookie will [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>A Teen&#8217;s Huge Window of Opportunity</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 May 2023 16:24:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[At puberty, a child&#8217;s brain is primed to develop the kind of critical thinking that will make them successful as adults. This fact of adolescence is massively important but all too easy to forget. At puberty, the brain cells in their prefrontal cortex, the part of the brain right behind the forehead that handles critical [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Precious Window for Teen Brain Development</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2022 14:56:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[When asked about teen brain development, I&#8217;m challenged to boil a huge amount of research down to a few facts. Here&#8217;s how I explain it: At the onset of puberty, a child&#8217;s body and brain are flooded with growth hormones. The resulting changes in the body are visible; the changes in the brain are not. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Truth about Your Teen&#8217;s Brain</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dennis Coates]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2022 18:47:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[If you like to read, here&#8217;s a good article from the Stanford Children&#8217;s Health website about the developing teenage brain. It attempts to explain how teens eventually grow out of thinking emotionally to thinking logically. As the article says, not all teens develop their prefrontal cortex at the same rate. A good article, but not [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Does Your Child Think about the Future?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dennis Coates]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2021 15:14:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Driving home, I saw a young man walking on the sidewalk. Shirtless in the midday sun, he sported a tanned, muscular body. He seemed oblivious to a future consequence: excessive exposure to solar radiation (sunlight) can cause skin cancer. The sight reminded me of a college student I spoke to recently, who had neglected to [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2020 21:36:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[It seems like yesterday when I published Conversations with the Wise Uncle: The Secret to Being Strong as a Teenager and Preparing for Success as an Adult (First Summit, 2012). Eight years ago! It&#8217;s a series of stories about a young boy named Chris and his uncle Ray, who mentors him during his growing up years. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Do Youth Sports Really Benefit Kids?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Dec 2019 20:58:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I once had a conversation with an intelligent woman about the value of team sports. She said emphatically that the idea that team sports promoted teen development was utter nonsense (not her words) and that team sports promoted aggressiveness and generally callous behavior. Her outburst took me by surprise. I participated in basketball, wrestling, and [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>How to Help Your Child Become a Better Thinker</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dennis Coates]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Aug 2019 16:21:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This weekend we&#8217;re headed to Corpus Christie to celebrate our niece&#8217;s wedding. Since our go-to cat sitter isn&#8217;t available, we found a 15-year-old young man who wanted the job. He came to our home to be briefed, and I had a chance to talk with him. Me &#8211; &#8220;School starts again in a couple weeks. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Growing a Stronger PFC during the Years Before Puberty</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2019 16:10:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[My book, How Your Teen Can Grow a Smarter Brain, and most of the hundreds of articles on this blog, address how to encourage, support and coach a young person during the adolescent years to wire their prefrontal cortex (PFC) for the thinking skills that they&#8217;ll need to be a happy, successful and independent adult. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Pot &#8211; It May Be Legal But It Can Damage Your Kid&#8217;s Brain</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dennis Coates]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jun 2019 15:01:43 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[You don&#8217;t want your teen to smoke cigarettes. You don&#8217;t want your teen smoke marijuana. There&#8217;s the danger that normal development of the prefrontal cortex will be disrupted, with permanent consequences. Damage to lungs. Addiction. Gateway to other drugs. Why do they do it? Many teens think smoking is a way to relax and appear [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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