Teenagers often ignore people's feelings

[STEED]

Your telling me, I remember asking a teenager if she could move as I wanted to get by her on a full bus, I will not repeat what she said. She used very strong language with very strong remarks.

Study: Feelings matter less to teenagers

Big News Network.com
Thursday 7th September, 2006 (UPI)

British researchers at University College London say teenagers often ignore people's feelings and even fail to think about their own feelings before acting.

The scientists say teenagers today, when considering a course of action, seldom use the area of their brain that's involved in thinking about other people's emotions and thoughts.

Scientists say they've discovered that, when making decisions about what action to take, the medial prefrontal cortex -- a region of the brain associated with higher-level thinking, empathy and guilt -- is under-used by teenagers. Instead, an area of the brain, involved in perceiving and imagining actions, takes over.

Sarah-Jayne Blakemore of UCL's Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience said: The fact that teenagers under-use the medial pre-frontal cortex when making decisions about what to do implies that they are less likely to think about how they themselves and how other people will feel as a result of their intended action.

The study was presented Thursday in Norwich during the Festival of Science, sponsored by the British Association for the Advancement of Science.

http://www.britainnews.net/story/e4028446876d57a1

[Rose]

There are exceptions .

[snowsub]

it's the ME generation

Baahhh! Old people are overated anyways. It won't be until their generation dies off that the world sees any true peace.

[SkvyWvr]

Originally Posted by SubSerpent

Baahhh! Old people are overated anyways. It won't be until their generation dies off that the world sees any true peace.

Good lord man, give it a rest.

[TteFAboB]

STEED, foul mouths are the least of your concerns. Teenagers today and the next generation will bring up euthanasia for retired elders as a magical solution to many of their problems (pensions, medical costs, waste and benefits from recycling bodies like Nazis did).

Anyway, Europe used to be a place where elders were respected. Here's an advice: start learning Japanese.

[Yahoshua]

My sister is way ahead of you on that one. .

Maybe I should start working on getting citizenship for multiple nations (jump from nation to nation so nobody can really tie me down long enough to stick me with a needle).

[diver]

To be fair there are many teenagers who do not act so selfishly and carelessly.

And there are more than enough adults who do.

[STEED]

The problem is here in the U.K. they are on the increase, it's getting ugly out there people stay in and lock the door.

[The Avon Lady]

Whippersnappers!

[Captain Nemo]

Originally Posted by STEED

The problem is here in the U.K. they are on the increase, it's getting ugly out there people stay in and lock the door.

I totally agree, a lot of teenagers in the UK are out of control and roam the streets like packs of wolves. I put it down to lack of discipline in the home which is not rectified at school. If a teacher lays a finger on a kid they are suspended from their job, possibly arrested for assault and finally sacked.

Nemo

[kiwi_2005]

Originally Posted by STEED

Your telling me, I remember asking a teenager if she could move as I wanted to get by her on a full bus, I will not repeat what she said. She used very strong language with very strong remarks.

Yep i can believe that.
Heh! I once broke my toe - walked into the dumbbells lying on the floor one night when heading to the toilet .lol. I totally disjointed it the toe was pointing in the opposite direction and the pain i endured for two days before i finally saw a doctor was unbeliable how could a small part of my body such as a friggin toe give so much pain. I knew pain previously ive had broken two ribs, elbow and risk. But the toe was the worse pain ever.
Mentioned this to my son and he looks at me eyeball to eyeball and says "Dad harded up, anyone would think you broke your neck the way you go on about it" :rotfl::rotfl:I never mentioned a word about it again...

[Bezoomney]

Any of you guys 'n girls have teenage kids?

[The Avon Lady]

4 + 1 more just starting.