![]() ![]() > 'Cause that's when the unofficial report cards are distributed. > How come you don't have to go to school on Friday? (Charles burps) > About three more days, you're all done school's out. It's almost like he's a different kid than he is at home because they don't get the attitude that we get. ![]() > We have to remind him, "Do your hair, get your books, take your backpack, have your key for the house." It's a school day, and there is a teenager to get out of bed. > NARRATOR: They happen to live in East Providence, Rhode Island, but parents everywhere will recognize the look and the pacing. > By the time he gets up in the morning to the time he walks out the door, there's a matter of, like, 11 minutes maximum. > NARRATOR: The sun is up, and inside the O'Donnells' house, they are trying to get Charlie up. > NARRATOR: Tonight, "Frontline" takes you "Inside the Teenage Brain." ![]() I know it's very stressful on adults, but they're going to have to realize that it's today's world. > Living in teenage life today is completely different from before. > With all of the things that teenagers have available to them, their sleep has been shoved into an ever-narrowing window. Those cells and connections that are not used will wither and die. > Those cells and connections that are used will survive and flourish. I'll never talk to you again, I swear to God! > I swear to God, I'm never talking to any of your friends again. In many ways, it's the most tumultuous time of brain development since coming out of the womb. > We now know that there's a lot of dynamic activity. > They need to learn how to relate to being a kid. I think the problem parents have is that once their kid becomes a teenager, for a brief period of time, it's as though they've been invaded by another body. ![]()
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