Chapter Summary: The Teenage Brain

In the book, ¨The Teenage Brain¨ by Jensen Frances I read the chapter titled Taking Risk. Did you know that taking risks could be a bad choice or good choice but you should not get rewarded for the risk that you just took. The author states that ¨It all goes back to the brain's craving for rewards, and the fact that anything that is learned, good or bad,that stimulates the production of dopamine is construed by the brain as reward.¨ What the author is trying to say is that the rewards that you give to your student or child it is like a addiction to their brain and it is not good to keep rewarding them. The author also states that ¨ one thing you can do as a parent, guardian, or educator to help adolescents avoid giving in to immediacy and the