On Jan 26, 2010, at 3:04 PM, Darryl Johnson wrote: > I once read that the area of the brain that deals with planning ahead and thinking of consequences was under-developed in humans until about the age of 19 or 20. If that's true, it is remarkable that so many kids survive at all. > Last summer my 16 yr old was driving me to the lake. We were traveling on a rural road. Three state troopers raced up to pass us with their lights on. My son dutifully tried to pull over onto the unpaved shoulder while maintaining 55 mph. I mean he never even took his foot off the gas. The shoulder was very muddy and sloped downward. He received immediate feedback from me on that decision. Much immediate feedback. Jim et al *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Jan 26 2010 - 12:52:55 PST
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