Teenagers Without Brains
Posted On July 21, 2011
Get this … a new study showed that more and more teenagers don’t think heavy cigarette smoking is a high-risk activity.
So. Sucking in benzene?? … and tar?? … and formaldehyde?? is not seen as a high risk activity?? Really??
I know, I know … their brains have not fully grown in yet. We know there’s a kernel in that skull because they do rattle a bit when they shake their heads. But whatever is bumping around in that bean, has obviously not filled the space yet.
As parents, we call this the “teen gene”, which makes them know EVERYTHING and you, by the way, are an ALIEN. But actually, the issue is less about genetics than neurology … what you are seeing, dear parents and family members, indicates a medical condition known as kid-osis, which is Latin for “brainless”.
Here’s the data
According to a U.S. study on substance abuse and mental health, the perceived risks of smoking one or more packs of cigarettes a day dropped between 2007-2008 and 2008-2009 in 14 states among youths aged 12 to 17, and in 31 states among those aged 18 to 25.
How do we address this problem?
It may be a global epidemic of brain-free children. But what’s amazing is that they are living a brain-free life, and still walking around among us. Oh sure, they can feed themselves and many of them can go to the bathroom by themselves, although getting them OUT of the bathroom can require a crowbar — all with their quasi-brain matter stuck in “failure to launch” mode. But brains just don’t seem to be very important for this demographic.
You might be of the naive opinion that education can be an effective approach for this particular species of young person. But, if you have been a parent, you know that speaking to walls, teenagers, or any other inert object can produce the very same blank effect.
Remember, their brains just haven’t grown in yet. It’s not their fault.
The best we can do is to keep cigarettes away from them and hope that they’re not totally addicted to this ridiculous carcinogen by the time their brains grow in.
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