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Sunday, November 26, 2006
Go Ahead, I Dare You
A new study asks why teenagers do stupid and dangerous things. The answers might surprise you... It has long been assumed (and taught) that teenagers do stupid things because they can’t think very far into the future and therefore can’t fathom harm or death. But... there is no evidence for the “myth of immortality.” ... if anything teenagers overestimate the risks of such things as drunk driving and unprotected sex. They just do them anyway. Why? Because they have weighed the risks and weighed the benefits and made a cold calculation that the benefits outweigh the risks. That benefit may be immediate pleasure, as with drugs and sugary foods, or the emotional connectedness that. (Read story here)
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