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Research suggests teen brain changes come before new friend groups

Original: The friend group shows up and seems to change everything. Research keeps finding that something in your teenager shifted

A parenting article argues that parents often blame a teenager's friend group for behaviour changes, but adolescent development research suggests shifts in the teen brain happen first, with friendships following rather than causing the change. It examines peer pressure and adolescent development, challenging common parenting myths about how teenagers choose their social circles.

Why now: Parents are discussing new research challenging the assumption that a teenager's friend group drives their behaviour changes.

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• The friend group shows up and seems to change everything. Research keeps finding that something in your teenager shifted first. # Parenting # Teenagers # PeerPressure # AdolescentDevelopment # TeenBrain # ParentingMyths # amazing https:// mumblog.org/teenager-friend-gr… · Econopass@flipboard.com · 4
• The friend group shows up and seems to change everything. Research keeps finding that something in your teenager shifted first. # Parenting # Teenagers # PeerPressure # AdolescentDevelopment # TeenBrain # ParentingMyths # amazing https:// mumblog.org/teenager-friend-gr… · Econopass@flipboard.com · 4
• The friend group shows up and seems to change everything. Research keeps finding that something in your teenager shifted first. #Parenting #Teenagers #PeerPressure #AdolescentDevelopment #TeenBrain #ParentingMyths #Momsky #Bluesky #Flipboard You Blame the Friend Group for... · mumblog.org@bsky.brid.gy · 1

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