Teens and mood swings

A new study out of Amsterdam confirms that it is totally normal for teens to experience increased emotional volatility. Over time their ability to cope with emotions such as happiness, anger and sadness increases. They also found that anxiety actually goes down in as teenagers aged, and then increased again as they came close to adulthood. http://news.discovery.com/human/psychology/parents-rejoice-teen-moodiness-fades-with-age-20151014.htm […]

Further discussion on the research to date on the teenage brain: http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/08/31/the-terrible-teens