Primal Teen by Barbara Strauch
Risky Business: Why they do the things they do
This chapter interviewed teenage kids and ask them why they do the stupid things that they do. Many of their answers were just "because it is fun" or "because I wanted to try something new". It says that the risky behavior is normal and even necessary for teens. Parents all think that risk are all one bad thing but they are wrong. Many child Psychologist say that teens need to do some risky business because they need to find out who they are and where they fit in. The level of risk taking is different for every kid and parents need to realize that. This passage also talks about how dopamine works in the brain. It works in the pleasure circuit, when it gets activated we get a good feeling in us. Too much dopamine is possible as well. when Dopamine is over done people get something called a massive bomb attack. Volkow says, "I believe that novelty, risk taking, activates dopamine in humans, no question. That's also the system nature has of telling the organism to pay attention to the new thing, figure out if it is positive or negative. And teenagers, after all, have many more new things to figure out." Risk taking is not a bad or good thing, it is part of a teenagers life growing up and maturing and can help develop who they become as a person.
Is there a scientific explanation for why , if kids get in trouble for their first risk, why do they keep doing it?
Is it possible to be born with naturally higher levels of dopamine or lower levels of dopamine?
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