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"FacebookPinterest\n\n Researchers in the Netherlands studied teen brains and behavior and determined what anyone who's seen Mean Girls already knows: Teenagers are self-centered little assholes. Yep, apparently teens lack certain empathy skills! Who knew? This, scientists say, is because their brains are still developing and the areas dealing with not being a total dick to your parents and friends isn't quite fully formed. Well, good on you, Science, you once again proved the obvious. What's worse, researchers are also finding that the development of empathy skills starts in infancy. So if you've got a kid whose old enough to talk and you haven't always \"responded warmly\" to his/her feelings, well, you've probably done enough damage to end up with a real jerkwad come the high school years.\n\n The solution? A 2011 study found that teens whose dads spent more time listening to them were better at understanding other people's perspectives. Which means that despite the fact that your little man is an A-hole who can't understand how hitting his little sister in the face with the remote control is painful to her, the best way to help him be understanding is to, yuck, be understanding. No word on whether or not this will work on Congressmen and end the shutdown. \"And how do you think Mr. Smith feels when he has no paycheck to deposit into his bank account after twenty years of service to his country, Mr. Cruz...?\"\n\n[via the Wall Street Journal]"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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