Why Teens Act That Way

“So if teens think as well as adults do and recognize risk just as well, why do they take more chances? Here, as elsewhere, the problem lies less in what teens lack compared with adults than in what they have more of. Teens take more risks not because they don’t understand the dangers but because they weigh risk versus reward differently: In situations where risk can get them something they want, they value the reward more heavily than adults do.”
 — This is a good read on how the teen brain works. God, you couldn’t pay me enough to be that age again. [Via]