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Brain research shows that the human brain goes through a slow maturation process between ages 10 through 25. The emotional make-up of a child is generally fully developed by age five.
A Dartmouth College study reveals there is a significant shift in a person’s brain after age 18, when the individual is emerging into young adulthood.
The human brain reportedly becomes fully developed at age 25.
Prior to full brain development children exhibit the following more coincidentally vs. consistently:
• Decision making
• Use of appropriate judgment
• Rational thinking
• Integration of emotion & critical thinking
• Ability to think clearly about long-term outcomes that stem from behaviors
• Global thinking vs. self-centered thinking
Brain research shows that the human brain goes through a slow maturation process between ages 10 through 25. The emotional make-up of a child is generally fully developed by age five.
A Dartmouth College study reveals there is a significant shift in a person’s brain after age 18, when the individual is emerging into young adulthood.
The human brain reportedly becomes fully developed at age 25.
Prior to full brain development children exhibit the following more coincidentally vs. consistently:
• Decision making
• Use of appropriate judgment
• Rational thinking
• Integration of emotion & critical thinking
• Ability to think clearly about long-term outcomes that stem from behaviors
• Global thinking vs. self-centered thinking
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Multiple Intelligences’ empirical brain research conducted by Dr. Howard Gardner of Harvard University describes specific areas of human intelligence.
Dr. Gardner urges educators (those in schools and those in the home) to pay close attention to, and regularly invest in nurturing these areas in the children they are responsible for:
• Linguistic Intelligence–spoken & written language
• Logical-Mathematical Intelligence–analysis, logic, computation, calculation, scientific investigation,
problem-solving
• Musical Intelligence–perform, compose, appreciate musical patterns
• Bodily-Kinesthetic Intelligence–use body to solve problems
• Spatial Intelligence–recognize & use patterns
• Interpersonal Intelligence–understand intentions, motivations, desires of other people
• Intrapersonal Intelligence–understand & appreciate oneself
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- Naturalist Intelligence –recognize, categorize, and
draw upon features of the environment
- Spiritual Intelligence –spiritual or religious matters
- Existential Intelligence – “ultimate issues”
- Moral Intelligence –rules, behaviors, attitudes
Studies conducted by Dr. Gardner, Dartmouth College, The Baylor College of Medicine, etc; remind caregivers about the important role adults play in helping children “use their developing brains wisely” to make good decisions and use appropriate judgment.
Children can’t do this with consistency on their own until they are about 25 years old, so they need helpful and mentoring adults to guide them to make good decisions and avoid risky behaviors.
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Sharon M. Biggs, M.A.
Co-Chair & President
Lifeline Foundation, Inc.
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"Children are the globe's most precious commodity." (Terence H. Biggs, Jr., 2009)
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