Even When Told True Risks, Kids Often Misjudge Them
by NANCY SHUTE
September 10, 2013 2:29 PM
Parents are forever warning children and teenagers that bad things will happen if they take big risks. But the kids never seem to listen. That may be because their brains just aren't properly processing the odds that they'll break an arm or be in a car crash.
To find this out, researchers at University College London asked 59 young people, ages 9 to 26, to guess the odds that particular bad things would happen to them. The list of 40 unfortunate events ranged from being seriously injured in a car crash to getting lice.
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1 comment:
I don't think that it's not that we aren't listening, but the fact that we are young and want to experience things for ourselves. Also some of us youngsters/teens just like taking risks and being spontaneous and also like the danger that come. Not saying that danger is good in anyway.
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