Your teenager's brain will shape your relationships with them.

According to Dr. Daniel Siegel parents should "honor the teen's intense, emotional turn away from the safety of parents and toward novelty and peers. The brain is helping the teen get ready." 
We all know how teenagers shift their focus from family to their peers.  But, did you know there are biological parallels to these behavior inside the child's brain?  
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http://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/how_the_teen_brain_transforms_relationships