How Teenagers' Brains Are Actually Wired Differently
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- Опубликовано: 11 мар 2014
- Have you ever wondered why teenagers truly seem like another species? Turns out their brains are actually functioning in a completely different way during this stage of development! In this episode, Hank explains what is happening chemically during this angsty, hormone fueled time in this new episode of SciShow! Let's go!
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And yet during this period we are asked to make probably some of the most important decisions of our lives...
Yup ;-;
Precisely :/
Nope! Only for the school,and for the job in the future,so nope!
yes for school, subjects in senior, and then uni, all in the common age of 16 - 20
Lol so true
I swear to god teenagers get so much shit for thing they can't always control
Yah and yet all the parents say we’ve been there we know how it is just control it and teenagers are all like bruh 😑
Samuel Wiley -_-
Samuel Wiley you do know That your parents were teenagers too, right?
Samuel Wiley actually most don’t... and I don’t understand how they forget they were there
@@MissBunny850 They were teenagers but went through things we didn't because they aren't in the same generations as us and they forgot they were there because they either forgot or they aren't thinking about it because of how busy or stressed they are especially in a society like this now
“Your teen may be moody because of chronic sleep deprivation.”
Me watching at 3AM: Pshhhh.
"YOU CANNOT FUNCTION ON FOUR HOURS OF SLEEP!" --my dad, when he caught me taking a shower as preparatory before bed at 2 AM when I was 15.
@darkness r u ok
watching this at 1:22 am before exams tomorrow. Wait it’s 1:22 am I have exams today
My brain
1% Useful stuff
99% Everything anyone says automatically becomes dirty
My brain
40% useless stuff
10% school
50% musicals
This video could explain my extreme forgetfulness, or it just could be me.
My brain 100% DIS IS MY PP (it's a song btw lmao)
My brain:
9% happiness
47%stress
56% forgotten knowledge
4% Knowledge
1% anger
72% Sadness
@@maxy03 aw I hope everything will get better
And yet when you are teenager that's when they give you the longest and earliest school hours
where the hell do you live.
+- luigiisgreeny - mine starts at 8:40 and ends around 16:30 + a few hours of homework combined with 2 time consuming hobbies and a parttime job. gotta start making schedules xD
i feel so sorry for you
and the most important tests
You're in for a rude awakening when you get to college and get a real job
Teenagers are treated like kids and expected to act like adults
+Rocko Pistachio I know, right? I think John Green summarizes it best.
"Shut up and stop condescending to teenagers." My world history teacher insists on treating us like we're five, and yet we're still expected to be fully awake and prepared to work at 7:20 AM like adults. Treat us like we're five, we'll act like we're five. Treat us like adults, and we'll act like we're adults.
I know, I find it so annoying! Like come on, seriously people? :/
So true, so freakin true.
Pretty much.
Yes, it's RACIST!
When I was a teenager we had a 9 p.m. no sound whatsoever rule in my house, except for dad and his television set. He would fall asleep watching the news and I would be in my bedroom until midnight or maybe 1am just laying there barely hearing the TV, but I couldn't sleep. I think teenagers, now, are not necessarily distracted and kept awake by technology, but being entertained and learning instead of just laying there staring at a dark ceiling. Teenage life (2018) is far better than what we had.
Mine was a more military "lights out" which if I were to use a desk lamp and a towel/blanket to block the bottom door gap. I hated it because I felt like my dad was a hypocrite who didn't lead by example. I was aware that he would oftentimes wake up to watch HBO or Cinemax with a snack.
Mine was lights out, no sound, in bed, etc. I became very good at moving around the house silently and in the dark. Or left the house entirely. Not that I necessarily recommend that. But I wasn't going to be sleeping anyway. Might as well go outside and watch the stars.
I get that you "had it worse" but the whole point of this video is for parents to understand how teenagers work, You probably have Truama from that but you don't want to do that to your kids? Awesome.
That isn't childhood, that's 1940s air raid vigilance. That is legit medieval nonsense.
Yep. I've had people "inform" me that if I just stopped spending all day on my phone I would fall asleep when I go to bed no problem. Yeah, except that I didn't get a phone till I was 17 and have struggled to fall asleep in under a couple hours for as long as I can remember. Sadly even my parents say this, because apparently I didn't have sleep issues as a kid. You know, aside from being impossible to wake up in the morning because I'd only fallen asleep 4 hours before.
"IT'S NOT A PHASE, MOM!"
it's not a phase mom, its fuze
gold ingot would be great a cinemasins
*ding*
"IT'S MY BRAIN DEVELOPING UGHHHH"
I bet that's gonna be me in a few years at age 14.
@@williamtang4905 I mean technically depression is a phase (hopefully) but just needs more attention. The only problem is now some teenagers think having depression is “cool” or “trendy” and just assume that they have it after being said for 2 days. I’m not saying this for all teenagers with depression, just the small percentage
Everything is a phase, there's no permanent body
I'm a teen, so throughout the video, I just kept saying "Oh thank God, its just science"
+dennis robinson Phew, not the only one!
+dennis robinson Me too.
+dennis robinson me too
Shouldn't that be even more worrying?
Same
Mother... Sit down and watch this I'll be back soon
Yes
Lyle Sargent exactly what I'm about to do
Lyle Sargent k
Aragorn King I wish I could do the same, it's a lot harder when parents don't understand much science and psychology in English... *sigh*
SAME
Funny how there's a whole scientific explanation to why teenagers are mostly dumb, tired and emotionally conflicted and yet adults don't even try to help or at least understand it, even tho they already experienced that and know how it feels.
That seems very strange to me, too. And I'm an adult. I feel very sympathetic because I know what it's like. I don't understand why other adults aren't that way.
@@virglibrsaglove Empathy > Sympathy
@@Mii.2.0 I do empathize, too. So many people are judged unfairly. I often am, too. So, I feel those who are.
@@virglibrsaglove Great to hear! 😊
I’m a not *too* stupid self aware child
*Aaaah......science. That makes so much more sense.*
School: Sleep is very important for your brain
School: Here have four hours of homework
School: And wake up at 6 AM
School: You're in huge trouble if you're late
School: or if you don't finish your homework
School: Sleep is very important for your brain
Exactly.
I wake up at 4.
I wake up at 5 :P
so truee
+MaeMae II preach Mae Mae!!!
SciShow > Biology Class
agree fully
sex ed < Sci show
+Andrew Del Rosario Exactly, but it's just funnier.
+A Brick he said he was joking
#true
thanks for scaring me about that brain connection „use it or lose it” thing
"Sleep is especially important for teens because of a growth hormone." So that's why I'm so short.
Same bro, never slept for more than 6 hours ...
My mother would play the TV loud abs i couldn't get to sleep for a long time. I'm 33 and i still have sleep issues
I barely sleep and yet iam 173
I barely get any sleep and I’m like half grown lmao. What I mean by that is my arms are super long but I’m only 5’2 I know thi because I do archery and I have a 27’’ draw length which is typical for someone 5’6” so my arms are super long compared to my body
same 😢
School:Have a 5 page essay and 30 problems for homework work out for 1 hour get 8 hours of sleep go to school for 7 hours and wake up at 6 AM
AHHHHHHH
I'd do anything for just 7 hours of college.
*When you're in IB and having just a 5 page essay and 30 math problems and nothing else for homework sounds quite relaxing*
+Mr. Gecko the Salamander I wrote this comment over summer break and now I am back in school and remember how much work we actually have 😂😂
EliM Because every elementary, middle, and high school is exactly the same.
"Sleep is important!"
"yeah, sleep is important, so let's make kids wake up at 6 am and go to school!"
"that's a great idea!"
true😂😂😂
I never had a problem with it.
...Then again, I'm up at 3 AM for no reason other than that's when my body wants to wake up.
+Jaelynn G. What time do you got to sleep?
5 am *
They need to stop school. Like literally what is the point? you literally learn nothing useful except basic maths and writing at a young age. which ok that's useful but after 3 years just stop let the kids have a break for 14 years and then bring on back the hard graft at o and a level
I don't know why I never went through the whole teenage rebellious state. I was for most part really mellow.
Same. My future was always in my sight. Never cared about the emotions, cause all I saw was happiness in my future. And now I can say that I am happy now, with room for improvement
@@gregzorn1905 Exactly.
This is great for teens
ruclips.net/video/FElGUIYnbUM/видео.html
Same.
Me
Title: The Teenage Brain Explained
Me: Wat? No, that’s impossible.
No its possible what is impossible is a womans brain good luck on that
@@ryukobestwaifu3319 lmao what?
@@ryukobestwaifu3319 women are very easy to understand.... well, most of them...
PRO GUN GAMER maybe when they aren’t so god damn emotional which is basically all the time
teenagers scare me but i am one
same
Same, like there so mean, but I am one so i know what there going through
Me too
XD, so profound.
Wow rad mcr reference
Puberty is when your parents get difficult
Monsieur Bernoulli I just had fight with them lol
puberty is when your parents are sick of living with you
Abacus_Paradox yeah i do
puberty is when your parents get divorced
Monsieur Bernoulli that is so true
All adults need to be reminded of this every day. School times must change for tweens, teens and kids. School times must allow parents to work without causing job loss, and it does cause job loss. Healthcare must also become a basic human right for this reason, it affects teachers, parents, students and society at large..
i can't agree enough with your statement that healthcare should be a basic human right. i have so many things i need to go to my doctor and probably specialists about, but i can't afford it. it ought to be a basic human right, no matter someone's socioeconomic standing.
I'm glad he said that teens should play sports, instruments, and speak other languages, because I play piano and I speak Spanish, too.
I speak spanish, i draw well, and apparently now I can write interesting things too😄
I learn German, draw and write often, and I also love doing parkour. So, that's pretty good.
Edit: I can also sew.
I play all racquet games, and play the tabla( an Indian instrument) and speak English, Hindi, Sanskrit, Bengali and Rusaian.
I love you
Languages are awesome
I love sitting On the couch...
Jk
I'm one of the lucky ones that never had "teenage emotions or attitudes" I've always had a grumpy 70+ year old world view.
Me too.. But maybe I just don't remember well enough
I have teenage feelings and I am enjoying it a lot because I really like girls.
Unfortunately it makes it hard for me to talk to them. I seem to always answer them with short answers because I do not want to say something stupid.
+DeepForestCrafter
Just say something stupid, it might make them laugh
+Mario Ramirez
It could. But one time I did that, they were weirded out.
Ditto.
Adults seem like they couldn't give a damn about teenage development though. I mean if it was really for the next generation, I think it is worth it to change the whole new education system for teenagers. Sadly, that doesn't seem like so
It isn't that we don't care. It's just that we've all gone through it too and the human brain makes problems you already dealt with seem much smaller in retrospect. There's something about being on the other side and knowing the kids will get through it and generally be OK that makes you forget how it felt at the time. All the problems were new, it was (hopefully) the first time you were having to bear responsibilities and hardships, and you had nothing to compare it with so it felt like the worst thing you'd ever gone through. It was!
I still think it's a bad idea to ask teenagers to make big life decisions but that doesn't have the same impact to me now either. I failed my exams, didn't go to university, and have a successful career in the sciences. And when you've gone through bullying, abuse, mental health issues, and so on, and you've got through it, survived, and now you're fine, you do tend to feel that other people will also be fine one day. But it does, unfortunately, make you easily forget that right now they're not. It's too easy to make that oversight and not everyone is self-aware enough, or has gone through situations bad enough, to catch themselves doing it.
In essence I think the reason there hasn't been a big overhaul in the education system is a combination of two factors. First: pupils currently at school would have a massive upheaval in the way they're taught. If it doesn't work out, that's potentially an entire generation whose education was interrupted for nothing. Second: by and large we all got through the current system ourselves, so we're inclined not to feel strongly about changing it any more. It's that problems-in-retrospect principle at work again, we turned out OK so it's hard now to feel that it's too broken or unfair.
I'm only talking with experience in the English school system of course. I know other countries have pretty different and/or less standardised education systems so it may well be much more dysfunctional or more of a postcode lottery than it is here.
@@e.s.r5809 As mentioned in the video, sleep is when growth occurs. A person who is 5'8 (to simplify the science for the sake of example) never knows that s/he could have been 6'2 with perfect circumstances. Likewise, there is no guarantee that those survived aren't worse for not having the right sleep schedule, or other elements.
You mentioned failing your exams, and still having a successful career. For everyone who was successful, there is more that weren't successful. While having a degree isn't a guarantee of anything, it increases the odds for that aforementioned successful career. Even though Bill Gates dropped out of college, most college dropouts are less successful that their non-dropout peers. Likewise, while you were successful regardless of your failing exams, that doesn't mean that that is the best odds to take.
Likewise, survival doesn't always mean optimal operation. Yeah, we survived the education system, but does that mean that we are doing as well as we could be? Perhaps changing the system could create circumstances that maximize the net benefit. While a higher grade in high school doesn't guarantee anything, that can have ripple effects throughout the rest of one's life.
I wish I had the reality stone for this issue
Yes!! Schools should also incorporate learning that is appropriate for their age and development. For example kinder, should focus on developing social, emotional, and cognitive development; rather than giving them a desk with a pencil. Teachers ask why can’t they sit still? Because they need to active and actively involved with play based learning. Maybe if schools focused on emotions then they can learn new ways to deal with life events.
@Ted Hubert Pagnanawon Crusio That's a good way of putting it. Teens, myself included then, do some measure of stupid stuff but with a brazen boldness.
What i dont understand is when you get upset or emotional (as a teenager) people around you just call it a phase?
They probably want to believe it will be over soon, but it makes the teen feel like they're actions are insignificant in the long run, and it doesn't matter what they do.
@@longcat2992 Well said
@@GutPoacher I forgot this comment existed lol.
You listen to Billy eyelash don't you
@@ssssSTopmotion billy eyelash
“No human gets to escape this moody phase”
Anti-Vax kids: “ya sure about that?”
Can you explain what that means? I don't understand....
Hailey Mueller which part don’t you understand the anti-vax thing?
@@killimon1635 the whole thing.... Why do anti vax kids matter in this?
@@haileymueller6153 because they do get to escape this moody phase
Hailey Mueller because jokes anti-vac kids die before they become teens (also a joke sometimes they make it)
"teens stay up to 1 am"
the fuck dude
i can't even stay up to like 10 PM, i get really sleepy
am I supposed to stay until 1 am to show off my super puberty skills?
Try 6 AM.
I used to stay up to 7 pm
it's like 2:30 here
Am i the only one who stays up to 12 am to 1 am before i sleep
i went to bed at 6am and woke up at 1:30pm
Making people of any age wake up at times that they aren't comfortable with and then adding insult to injury by calling them lazy is inexcusable. Night owls unite!
finally someone said it
holy SHIT.
How do I thumbs this up a million times without making a million accounts? BTW I don't think many adults watch these videos, in fact the majorities are teens and young adults. So this should be on nation news lol just to prove our point across to our parents.
It's 4 AM :3
is there anyone sleeps alternately? Like at day+night active, then sleepy on day -> night+day active -> sleepy at night and so etc.
I watched this as a teen and sent it to my parents as I am the oldest child with mental illness. I'm watching it back for the first time as a married woman and reflecting on how different I am
He really had to attack me with the Candy Crush statement
you know when you decide to go to bed early and then you're awake for another 3 hours wondering if its the chemicals keeping you up or just your subconscious being rebellious when you really just want to sleep?
Jeffry Maiato its like i will not be able to function unless i get that 7 or more hours and its stupid but so so real
+Aisling A AMERICAN SUITEHEARTS
EllieFox ayYYYY
I'm sorry. I can't get over your profile pic.😂👌🏻💜
Ugh. I decide to go to bed early and my body just laughs and keeps me up for 26 hours straight. And that includes taking melatonin.
I wish school started later then I could be way more focused during the day. I hate waking up at 6 am and sometimes earlier just to go to something I hate. They should at least cut us some slack.
YAS PHAM
Same here!!!!!
Hope Loves RUclips Fact: The school timing system was and is still used from waaaaaayy back when education was a must. Kids wake up early coz thats the time they normally wake up (people way back wake up real early, especially farmer kids) den finish school at 2 PM to do help do some field/farm work.
Please correct me if I'm wrong in any part!
TestSubject11 Omg what?our school ends at 2:15 pm and we're suppose to be there at 6:30-7:00am
Hope Loves RUclips YES
I have 7 classes, 45 mins of hw minimum each night for each class, teachers want me to study each subject 30 mins each, and get at least 8 hrs of sleep.
Shit doesnt add up
Me too...
5:15 for homework
4:30 studying
9:45 school
Only 8:00 sleep
@@connorconnor2421 it feels like a prison, you don't have time to yourself.
I did the math and you wouldn’t even have an hour of free time
Sorry for necroposting, but it does.
24 hours in a day
0.75 * 7 hours: 45 minutes of homework for each class
0.50 * 7 hours: 30 minutes of studying for each class
1 * 7 hours: 1 hour long classes, 7 hours at school daily
24-(0.75 * 7) - (0.50 * 7) - (1 * 7) = 8.25 hours left.
Math is math.
"Teens need more sleep" *glances at the clock* it's 1 am, whoops
Schools: Lets make kids who need sleep and rest do a ton of work, and make them wake up at 5 or 6! Wonderful idea!!!
exactly
CanSteam yep fr
Sleep is for the weak
¡Ricola! Then I guess I’m weak
How about we get the U.S. government to update the school system 'cause otherwise nothing will change and we will stay with this abhorrent issue until Yellowstone destroys everything in the country
so while our brains aren't fully developed we are supposed to decide what to do with our life!
And expected to behave like adults whilst being treated like children.
This is nuts...we should consider changing things, but at the same time, most manage to sort themselves out eventually. Still the timing could be better.
No you dont
I really get anxious whenever the subject “what is your dream job?” comes up. Like, I still havent fully decided why are you asking me that question? Why cant you just give me more time to decide? This is a life changing choice and youre just telling me to pick a profession? It may be easy for you to pick, but i actually put more thought into what I want to do. What if the job isnt right for me and i feel upset all the time? What if it keeps me from doing what I love?
@@sweet.patata but you think you should be treated like an adult
So I'm 16 and the whole "use it or loose it," thing really stresses me out. Like, I feel like if I don't learn everything at once I'll never be able to learn it. (Which of course isn't true but Ahhh! emotional teenager-y brain!) Then I get stressed because there is no possible way for me to learn everything at once but I can't figure out a logical, productive way to learn a whole lot oof interesting stuff at once.
yeah thats how i feel about art
I'm 16 now feel the same😢
Yes exactly this happens with me
@Othello Barker he's almost 20 now, no longer a teenager but that's a nice piece of advice
I think it means it’ll be harder to learn after puberty. Not impossible.
I’m such an immature 17 year old.
When he said Pituitary Gland, all I thought of was “this is the pituitary gland, he may be small but he has biiiig plans” “goodbye childhood....” from Gravity Falls
Why's that immature
My high school science teacher literally keeps gravity falls things on her desk cause it's her favorite show. One of mine too. It's not immature
1am? Try 5am. My brain is in a different timezone or something and school starts in a week.. oh god
lol, I read this comment at 5 am. I have school in 3 hours
try 6
AnnaIsNotABanana
I've tried to only sleep every 2 days and now that is just how I live
LOL I have 2 finals (one on development, hence why I'm here) in two hours and it's 5am. I've been up for going on 24 hours. Hope you adjusted ok :)
This is also the time when teachers and parents start thinking too much of themselves.
👏👏👏👏👏
+Møbina Khan 8=✊=)💦😄
+waynestar100 wooooooaaaaahhhh
duuuuude i luuuuv bayblade! 😍
+anonymous what?
High school starts earlier than elementary school, but teenagers sleep later than young kids.
Teacher: "Sleep is important"
Same damn Teacher " Make me a presentation and write me an essay on it by tomorrow, oh also there is a huge test right after that"
We teens are not weak at all. We simply bear too much on our shoulders until we drop it all at once and say "fuck it."
You are not an adult. You are not forced to work without seeing a friend. You are not forced to worry about if you can or cannot get that one thing you want. You are not worried that you may be sacked. Damn I miss my teens.
Cool Blue "forced"
Yes but you're life is uncertain.
What seems to be small silly choices to you are big for a teenager; should I study chemistry or biology. A 5 second choice like that could change their op/ SAT scores, college courses, careers and of course their whole lives.
You don't even know if your work is paying off, you might not get the op or sat (depending where you live) you wanted.You may not get into the college you've saved up for. You might never get your dream job from when you were a child.
Basically what I'm saying is you're going to school and working hard and you don't even know what for or how/ if it's going to benefit you in the future.
Plus juggle that will all the friendship, fitting in, bf/ gf and hormones drama. It's quite a difficult experience and if you don't acknowledge that then you're experiences don't have a right to be acknowledged either.
Schnappi fckingcrocodile Overstatements happen. What if I do not work?
Brittany Miller Well you should not take 5 seconds to choose. It's like job taking.
I'm 18 and I wouldn't believe anyone who says that lady was in fear
+Jack Conant she's totally in shock.
+rjdulac really? I'm 20 and she looks scared.
+Jack Conant 25: the photo is definitely a stock photo, so it's not really supposed to show real emotion and even though it's trying to be "well said". I'd say she could be used for showing shock, surprise, fear, stress. Not anger. Stock photos are often made to be more universal. You pay for one license and you can use it in a few different places to prove different points. Using image with fake emotion like THIS in a scientific research.....? Not valid. But I still think the point about misrepresenting emotions with teens is right anyway. I've been there.
+Haseo123653 Did you ever see someone put their hands on their head when scared?When scared people put their hands in front of themselves
+Steven Glikin it depends when big rat is on the floor then yes hands on head. it is a human thought process of where they want their feet to be during the first few seconds of that exposure.
#human psychology in fear graduate! :)
Teenagers need 9 hours of sleep and usually produce melatonin, which makes them sleep, at 11 pm. So here is the school grading for the school for their start times:
10:00 - A
9:00 - B
8:00 - C
7:00 - D
6:00 - F
D except on wednesdays
@@naolucillerandom5280 d? Ur school is effed up.
My school gets a C, for starting at 8:00. But luckily at winters, they let us sleep in for a bit, so school starts at 8:05 am! 😂
@@dpmotion_ Yeah, having school start at 7:20 is tough lol
Teach: you nedda decide your career
Me: I need more time
Teach: You indecisive teenagers
Me: at least I think my careers through
Lol.
Most teachers aren't people who wanted to be teachers, anyway
And that, my friends, is called wisdom.
Science: We should push start times at highschools back so that students can focus more in school.
School: Well, science, we get that you're important and all, but that seems like work, and we'd rather just ignore you and complain about the problem rather than actually fixing it.
Science: But wouldn't this benefit teachers and staff too? I'm sure they don't want to wake up at 6am every morning.
School: well yeah but these kids are fine. they wake up this early so they can learn about how important you are to the growth and development of society!
Science: So how important am I to the growth of a civilization if I'm just completely ignored.
School: *lectures random teen who isn't paying attention in class on how science is important*
Seriously though, I love how they teach ways that they could repair their own system, and then they just flat out ignore it because tradition.
Tradition, although it has its uses, should not be allowed to be a deciding factor. Tradition alone should not be a support mechanism.
actually it makes sense. elementary, middle and high school all have different start times just like jobs so it prepares you for whatever job you get.
Bruh my high school usually starts at 8:45 right but last year on Tuesdays we would start at 9:15 which was cool right everyone would go and buy munchies in the morning. But this year on Tuesdays school finishes at 2:45, 25 minutes early. The schools of New Zealand are different to over there in USA.
Luciano The Epic In England you start school between 8:00-9:00, you get up at 6?
Abiane in north America you start at 6-7 am
my puberty has gone too far i don't even feel like my old self anymore and it kinda feels great
***** thank you :)
One question... Are you from portugal?
sacha Brito yes
+Inês Silva ou fixe eu também sou de Portugal
I'm going through the same thing. When I was younger I vowed that I would never change like my sisters did, but I'm such a different person now. I'm glad I'm changing too, because I love the person I'm becoming.
As an australian student, my school days have always started at 9am. I had no idea kids in usa started school at 7:30. like wth thats when i wake up...
No sleep?
Coffee.
*Coffee.*
*_Coffee._*
*_This is being typed by a teen staying up at 5 AM. Sleep is for the week._*
weak*
Yeah, at this point, I'm an irl female Tim Drake. I go to bed at midnight, and get up at five to work out.
Luckily, I can blame my shortness on me being Chinese, not me getting no sleep and too much coffee, and andmpletely fool everyone.
Ya and apparently sleep is also for those with correct grammar but I mean u are doing this at 5 am so...
kickass he meant that the sleep he’s gonna get right now is what he’s running on for the whole week
The week? Good Answer.
I'm 15 and I have never even tried drugs or alcohol and I have never really wanted to either
You were taught well.
+ShunFatKid nobody is perfect you'll get there xD
***** what do u mean?
+Akatsuki ODD Hahah, yeah, all in good time XD
When you're 18. That's what they're trying to say.
No wonder I'm watching this at 01:00 in the night
I'm watching at 12:22...
1:30
02:00 am. I win.
+jakethesnakelover oh my God I am watching this at 11:22
Watching this at 5 am
“Chronic lack of sleep” well, ya got me.
I'm a teenager and I can relate to all the struggles and I'm just like thank goodness there is a scientific explanation
As a teenager, I feel like Hank would be a cool guy to hang out with
Me too I love this guy.
Jasper Perez oh yes! ;)
as an adult, he might think we are annoying :/ depending on your personality
As an adult, I feel like Hank would be a cool guy to hang out with. But I'm certain I couldn't keep up with him.
I find a large degree of disillusionment with teens, especially in the United States. For one thing, children's entertainment is unusually childish while adult entertainment is unusually violent. There doesn't exist a proper bridge for teens to follow, so many of them start doing adult things a lot younger than they really should. They grow up being innocent children, and then suddenly they are forced into an adult world. Then there are other factors: alcohol is completely prohibited until 21, and it is spoken of so frequently in anti-drug classes, which is absurd, so teens wonder why alcohol is so bad and they suddenly go crazy with it. If they were introduced to small amounts of alcohol, perhaps some wine at home, it would satisfy their curiosity without harming themselves or society at large. Then the education can be accepted at face value. Teens tend not to trust adults during this time for obvious reasons.
There is also a lack of respect for the development process in the United States regarding schooling and education. Students grow up with recess and are slowly stripped of that, then are not allowed to make their own choices. Students who are not good at math will be forced to take math classes and graded by their performance, with the added stress of knowing their SAT scores will directly influence how "successful" they will be in life. These stresses coupled with raising difficulty but not maneuverability and unfair limitations as well as a general lack of representation in guiding their education makes teens compelled to speak and act out. Teens should be allowed to let their minds develop and experience the world in a safe and acceptable manner without harming themselves or anyone around them, but sadly the United States is content with trying to restrain them as much as possible, as though they are wild, vicious creatures.
Every single adult was a teenager at one point in their life, but they keep calling teenagers stupid. Maybe everyone's stupid, but there are a combination of cultural factors and biological ones too that should be considered before making that judgement.
Thank you
Propertyofbishco You're welcome. I only wish the development of children into teens and teens into adults could be better respected than it is. It's ironic that we currently have an obsession with youth culture and at the same time go out of our way to make development in life as difficult as possible for them.
Haha, yes! I have found this to be true as a teenager. With 4 brothers, I am the quiet, ignored girl. I study 24/7 and I want to eventually make it into Eckerd College, and all my teachers treat me like I'm stupid. And I am so respectful! I always have my hands behind my back, I only say "Yes Sir" or "Yes ma'am," and they look at me like I grew an extra head or something. Oh and my Granny hates me now, she thinks teenagers are stupid. Ugh, anyway, I'm glad I got to read your comment. :-)
+mrcoldman1515 What do you mean?
Roxanne Burke I hope you are able to study something you find an interest in and achieve a job in that field afterwards. Right now, I would seriously recommend researching what fields have the best outlook and try to explore all your feasible options. It's kind of difficult to do that without knowing what exactly those different fields entail, so branch out, ask questions, and hopefully you can get your answers.
Also, I don't want to say stop being disrespectful, but you should definitely have enough dignity for yourself to speak up. Contrary to the way it's handled in most cultures, respect is not something you simply build up with age: you were alive from the day you were born and capable of thought long before you could speak. Your opinion matters, it can improve the way we all live, and for that you are to be respected just as any other person should. I learned all this the hard way. I found out that older people will indeed lie and belittle my talents in order to falsely justify their position over me or control my life. My decisions to remain silent and accept that abuse did not help me to be where I deserve to be. To these people you need to stand up for yourself, otherwise they will continue belittling you and others.
After feeling lost and neglected for a year, I finally found a safe environment to work in with people who care about me, and of course I do indeed care about them. I could've been a store manager or continuing my education at Ringling College had I chosen to speak up, but instead, I wound up being a cashier working at Publix. I never thought it would happen, but my life is improving so dramatically just by changing the people around me. If you didn't know, Publix was founded by a man who became a manager at 17 and decided he could build a better company at 25. Right now I'm 22 years old, so who knows what the next three years could bring? Or even the next day? Call it destiny or coincidence, but I'm glad it happened this way. It was an important lesson to learn.
Don't be too modest: experience the world, be grateful for your opportunities, take life as it comes, and if it's not your fault, don't apologize for it. It's the least you can do, Roxanne, for what you have to give back. After all, nobody in the world knows what you're truly capable of right now. Today, you're "just" a teenager, but tomorrow, you can be a heroine.
Can you please make videos for how your brain works and what changes it goes through in your 20s? Or better yet, for each decade/life period. That would be so great!!!!
what if you're a teenager and you constantly start new hobbies/learn various things and then you just dont wanna do anything but then you try to increase your talents and continue having your hobbies and then you isolate yourself from the world but lmao ...... halp
I can totaly relate to it. I'm 18 and that mood swings are now more often. Back then it was a few days I felt confident of myself, that I can achieve something but then were few days I was totaly isolating my self in my room with books and movies, felt like a dumb loser. Now when school (I dont know if it's just a normal thing connected to a teenage age or my social anxiety) began that phases are switching more frequently. Sometimes it's a day or even few hours.
Dear Brain: Work harder, think better, grow faster, get stronger, hurry up because i can't stand being a teen any longer.
Take advantage of being a teen, grow and improve yourself while it's the easiest. Work on forming good habits, this is your one chance in life where you can define your future.
- Brain
Teenagers are expected to act like adults but are treated like children
Another reason to be moody all the time!
Like any community, you are not part of it till you act the part.
***** It was the other way around for me...
After watching this, I learned that teens should be given hugs.
@@uncertifiedlinguist8396 _hugs._
Not to mention the teenage years are when you learn all about the world, but youre not yet as jaded as adults are, so you're more willing to go out and help people, and try to make things better, before inevitably realizing your insignificance and succumbing to the pressures of society and become a carbon copy of everyone else.
That's...cynical.
@@albertjackinson ya know, its been 4 years and im not 17 anymore, but i still stand by it, aging in a world that was built to break you down into submission to larger forces via distraction on the micro scale is really awful and its hard to keep caring when there is nothing that can be done to help the state of a world so far gone
@@jasperg5188 And that is something I disagree with. Right now, at least in the US, there's quite a bit of movement on important areas in society. I would say, at least for myself, that legitimizes my argument things *can* change. Or maybe I also see society differently because I'm an optimistic about things. It's probably both.
If teen-hood is an important stage to use your brain ... why aren't we allowed to use our brains properly in school for critical thinking?
exactly
*adolescence
please don't start off a comment about thinking with a fake word... really hurts your argument.
Lorissa Labudde You're thinking of boy scouts; which may not be mandatory, but it is highly suggested by the government and schools in general.
Tyler Wardle
"Fake word"
Looks like someone isn't in tune with the wonders of the English language; where everything is a word and the points don't matter.
Couldn't agree more. Right now, nobody can say exactly how much of the teenage situation is due to biology, and how much is due to the absurd environment they're forced to live in.
The average adult deals with bills, careers, and other life altering decisions. Teenagers are not allowed to make these decisions for themselves, so the biggest factor in their life is... the acceptance of the peers at school.
I need to show this to my mom
lol
My mom wouldnt even care if she watched this she would just be like : oh no this might be right but YOU still dont have the right to talk back!
this is not might right. this is 100% right xD
"it's been a long week"-me. in the middle of Tuesday
my friends- can't it be Saturday already 😅
I thought that the title was " Teenage Brain Exploded"
xD How what tf huh how TELL MEH HOW
IDK XD
Teenager walked to a school at 6 am. This is what happened to his brain (c) chubbyemu
Sounds about right tbh
This comment exploded.
Somebody show this to my parents!
Minty no you!
Minty ok
Minty fuck you!
Minty ok ok
fucking cute
I'm 20 so now I feel like it's too late and I've lost my brain haha
Miranda Lorett same girl
Miranda Lorett wdym
Typical blond
Did you at least play the flute like my sister did?
Schools seriously expect us to have the sleep schedule of a 30 something who is in perfect mental and physical shape whilst giving us enough school work to keep us from achieving either one of those goals if we wanted to.
It is undeniably insane to have high schools start at 8 AM. I couldn't imagine going to class that early.
wow you start at 8 am? i start at 6 am, try waking up after about 3 hours of sleep every single fucking day
I start at 9
Have to wake up at 6 and go at 7 omfggggggg ;-; I wish I had 8
I have to wake up at 6:20 and classes start at 7:30 at my middle school. I haven't had that late of a start time since elementary school. :(
Here middle school starts at 9 and high school at 8:55 .-.
"Teens don't get tired until late,"
Me: YES!! NOW I HAVE SCIENCE TO BACK ME UP WHEN I PLAY SKYRIM UNTIL 2am!!
"But playing Call of Duty doesn't help."
NOOO!!
Best comment i seen today
Thank you!! :D
But you're playing skyrim not COD... He didn't say you couldn't play that now did he 😏
Ahh... Yes!! LOOPHOLE!!! I guess I can justify it... FUS RO DAH!!!
Wolf Crew lol you only stay up till 2?
The teen years are even more fun when you become addicted to meth at 14 (sarcasm)
My oldest daughter who is 13, get's 11 hours of sleep, where as my youngest, almost 9, get's about 7 or 8!!
"...So you use it or lose it."
Oh, god. Better start learning how to draw before I lose it.
illuminati confirmed
MilkSkakes Kitty alloominarty cunfirnned
Bill Cipher lol
Gravity Falls is life, Gravity Falls is love...
It's not what people think it is. Society has developed a stigma as well as a pretty negative view of us.
reasonably so
Very true
Preach it.
Teens aren't a cultural group. It's only an age range that every adult has gone experienced. Societies' view of teenagers is formed by an understanding of teenagers through personal experience of being a member of that group. There can be no developed stigma, because all adults are former teens. To have a stigma against teens, we would have to have a stigma against our view of ourselves.
Quaxiji No you are dumb for making such an ignorant assumption.
You cant explain me ( MCR starts playing)
I was worried about clicking this video but as soon as I saw/heard Hank I immediately felt at ease
* Parents get kidnapped *
* Kidnapper leaves note: * "You will only get your parents back if you reach the next level in Candy Crush"
...and SciShow said i didn't need Candy Crush!
Clever.
Turns out we aren't wasting our lives...
NO!!! THAT WILL TAKE MONTHS!
Turns out teen can think differently huh :)
Sleep is vary important for an teenager *watching this video around midnight*
In conclusion:
It's not a phase mom.
Thank you so much for including sources... This really helped me with my research papers.
Teenagers: treated like children and are supposed to act like adults.
+The Derpy Cat being mature is much easier when people don't talk down to you or baby you all the time.
Great, just great. The most important time for learning in our lives, meanwhile every single day we're forced to wake up way too early to "learn" about things that we're not genuinely, voluntarily interested in save for the fact that it helps us "pass" and get a "job". I knew something was wrong, I feel it every day. I'm losing my intelligence slowly, and it's because we go to school to spend the most vital years of our brain development on things we have no interest in, to go home and be expected to continue the process with homework, and constant never ending assignments. What should be on your mind all the time? School, school, school. This is the path that others have laid out for you, and you need to follow it. I'm not applying my mind because I'm not fucking interested, but that's not my choice, is it? They're gonna tell me what I'm interested in, and in the process I'm being shown no choice but to lose all will to be interested in anything anymore except for immediate reward and gain processes to make up for the lack of meaning in the life that has been predetermined for me. But I'm the asshole, I'm the idiot. By the time I get out of this fucking institution I'll be like everybody else, won't I? Fuck that.
No, you'll know better. And become more powerful than you can possibly imagine!
But seriously though, I'm only 26 so I can only speak with marginal authority but this feeling you're having? It's not gunna go away, at least not for many years if not ever. I spend my days at work thinking the exact same thing "my brain is wasting away". But it's not, not really. It's just adapting, you have to learn all that crap in school so you can see what sticks. You may not have a choice, but you can use it wisely.
My advice (not that you asked for it but here goes); do your sentence, pass the tests, ace the papers, spend the next 5-10 years just seeing what you like. Then disregard the excess and start over as an adult. You'll still be bored and frustrated as you get older for whole new reasons but all that baggage of youth slowly falls away and is replaced by shit you DO care about (having a family, changing the world around you for the better, falling in love etc.).
Nothing ever changes as you get older, you just get better at it.
Dead Parade, thank you for taking the time to think out your comment before submitting it, and on top of that you were constructive and positive, it's really appreciated and respected. I'm saying it's a shame that we have to waste our valuable time on "our sentences" and that people are able to tell me what's good for me without any option. Also for people with weaker minds than our own will be seriously affected by this, and whether or not I'm able to endure my sentence unscathed is irrelevant to them coming out of it with a warped, unnatural mind. It's also a shame that this time needs to be wasted enduring instead of rising to our full potentials by our own means on our own terms. Thanks :)
+john dwyer I.. am absolutely agree with you.
High five!
*high fives back
I can not agree more
"Adults - for the most part - know how to make decisions by evaluating choices and weighing consequences."
Good one, Hank.
One of the best explanations of teenagers I've found so far!!! Thank you!!
This actually explains so much.
Including why you always find teenagers in youtube comments responding something entirely different from the video itself, it's not their fault, they just interpreted the message wrong.
What do you mean?
Fadzilicious Sounds like a LeafyIsHere video title xD
i knew school shouldn't be that early
Here here!!
I don’t know who this guy is but he explained very well and had me interested the whole time. I wish I had this guy explaining my science lessons.
He does! He and his brother John Green teach on the Crash Course RUclips channel. They cover physics, chemistry, biology and a bunch of other subjects. The graphics are great too. They make me laugh in every video. The other teachers aren't as entertaining but they still explain things well.
Teens: wake up late and go to sleep late
School: let have them wake up at 6am! :D
My school requires us to wake up at 5 am and then the principal tells us to get good sleep every night... the nerve
@Matryoshka Doll "go to sleep early". Right.
Scientific studies have proven that when children reach their teenage years, their biological clock shifts forward by 2 hours, which means whereas adults and children sleep at 9 pm and get up at 6 am, teens would sleep at 11 and get up at 8.
Where I live, we have to get up at 5:30 am to get to school on time. So I normally get sleepy around 11 pm, which means I get only 6 hours of sleep on a daily basis during school season.
Sleeping early is a choice, yes, but have you ever tried falling asleep when you don't feel sleepy at all? And besides, we have too much homework to catch up with, as well as extra classes at night which last until 9:30 pm on some days.
It's really not our fault the school system is messy.
Oh, and it's no surprise to me that you're only 14.
@Matryoshka Doll That's true too. But getting 8 hours of sleep is like getting a C on a test. No wonder teenagers are so moody, sleep deprivation can do lots of crap to people.
I'm muslim so i wake up at 4 everyday to pray so... No problem for me.
@@larsswig912 are you still on Lars's head? 🤣🤣
"Make your bone grow" [insert Lenny face here]
just insert it!
Lol😏
Bruh u dirty af
I'm 17 and I act like a grumpy old lady lol.
I'm a fetus and I act like an ancient roman citizen lol.
+RYANimations haha xD
hi army
Same. I’m 17 and I act like a 70 year old but my body feels 80.
Same and I’m 13
Thank you people so much. May the injustice be put to an end.
i love these videos and show them to my science classes all the time, but i am glad that youtube has an option to run the video at 3/4 speed so that hank appears to talk at a more common tempo
I'd like to see the video on the brains of mature teens compered to not so mature ones.
I feel like mature teens just control their hormones better than immature ones.
@@aletanook or they have to force themselves to control their actions because the consequences of not doing so are worse. I was a very well behaved child, like too well behaved for my age. Because I knew if I acted my age I'd get a lecture at home. And by "lecture" I mean screaming.
"Adults, for the most part..." lol True, but still funny.
There was a paper on my floor and my mom picked it up and creased it so I started to cry...
It seems that every day I watch a SciShow episode that perfectly relates to what I'm learning in my Human Development class!