An article by Debra Bradley Ruder named The Teen Brain gives information of why the teen brain is not developed and reason to educate teens about it. After reading this article I was fascinated by it because of the amount of facts I did not know about the teen brain. For instance, I learned how teens are easily influenced by their environment because of unconnected synapses. Also that the teen brain changes constantly and adolescents have only 80% of their brain developed. This article impacts not only teens but their parents also as they can get to understand some of their children’s weaknesses and help prevent damage. The article impacts me because with all this information I can now take precaution from all the danger that lurks my way and
