Risks at teenage

It’s normal for teenagers to want new experiences – although it can be stressful for you as a parent.

Teenagers need to explore their own limits and abilities, as well as the boundaries you set. They also need to express themselves as individuals. It’s all part of their path to becoming independent young adults, with their own identities.

•   Also, the parts of the teenage brain that handle planning and impulse control don’t completely mature until about age 25. This means teenagers are sometimes more likely than adults to make quick decisions without always thinking through the consequences. fighting

•   truancy child missing school could be a sign that she or he is having serious problems. They may be being bullied, or having trouble with school work, or struggling to deal with situations at home.

•  dangerous driving 33% of deaths among 13 to 19-year-olds in 2010 occurred in motor vehicle crashes.

•  16-year-olds have higher crash rates than drivers of any other age.

•  56% of teens said they talk on the phone while driving.

•  Statistics show that 16 and 17-year-old driver death rates increase with each additional passenger.

•  Only 44% of teens said they would definitely speak up if someone were driving in a way that scared them. Teen drivers with involved parents are twice as likely to wear seat belts.

•  More than 40% of teen auto deaths occur between the hours of 9 p.m. and 6 a.m.

•  Talking on a cell phone can double the likelihood of an accident as well as slow a young driver’s reaction time down to that of a 70-year-old.

•  1 in 5 of 16-year-old drivers has an accident within their first year of driving.

•  56% of teenagers rely on their parents to learn how to drive.

•   Crash risk for teens increase incrementally with each mile per hour over the speed limit.

•   illegal activities like trespassing or vandalism.

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