These letters challenge some conclusions and help round out the discussion started in the June 29 Sunday Review piece “Why Teenagers Act Crazy.” They address when anxiety is caused by societal practices (or by properties of the brain), when the use of stimulants is warranted, and the importance of connections in making the biggest difference in children’s lives.
Summary: Readers discuss physiological and cultural factors that may explain adolescent angst.
Excerpt from Andrew Malekoff’s letter: Readers discuss physiological and cultural factors that may explain adolescent angst.
In a 2002 “Frontline” show on the teenage brain, Ms. Galinsky said: “Even though the public perception is about building bigger and better brains, what the research shows is that it’s the relationships. It’s the connections, it’s the people in children’s lives who make the biggest difference.”
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