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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The average age of a prison population is a misleading statistic. Crime peaked in 1994 and the population is aging. People are most likely to be arrested between ages 15-25. That stat stays pretty constant.

Of course there are other factors other than brain development involved. Nothing is ever so straightforward. And nobody is saying kids can't make good decisions per se. But you need to be aware as a parent that this is statistically a difficult time for humans. Boys/men especially. OP's kid may get arrested. Others get in car accidents, drive drunk,try drugs, get STDs, get pregnant, get in debt, fail school, cheat, etc. it's a rough age and parents shouldn't hide their heads in the sand.  [/quote]

It really comes down to how good of a job as parents you have done preparing your children to be adults. the problem is now that parents treat teens like children and then wonder why young adults can cope with the basic expectations of being a young adults. It is a time of increasing independence however if teens have had lots of responsibility and independence built into their lives, with consequences that have impacted them and life experiences that have taught them the importance of how they act, most will actually get through those years without being arrested or any other horrible things happening. Having taught high school I can pretty much tell you which kids are the ones that are going to get in trouble - they either don't have parents involved or they have parents who will swing in and rescue them so they can avoid consequences. Parents who say - it isn't his fault, his brain isn't sufficiently developed to be able to do the right thing, poor Johnny, he is really a victim in this, he meant well, he just got carried away. [/quote]

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