Sport & Performance

We’re BACK!! @MRC_1st June 11 7pm! Expected to be busy- arrive early! @MRC_1st @MRCperformance

Teens and exams 1 day a time for us and for them. Yes timetables and key words up on commonly used doors… bathrooms,fridge etc, might make an impact, might not! Remain calm, it’ll be ok! Adding stress to them won’t make them study more- it’ll just cause stress #teenbrain

Teens and exam season! Teen brains are very limited with future consequences/outcomes, their world is immediate and quick! Counting down …. 9 days to exams, 8 days, 7 days…..!! DONT DO THIS!! A countdown will create stress NOT focus #teenagebrain #exams #tribes

When you hear your teen upset or someone being unkind to them…. It hurts but our response is being watched! To get involved, become angry at the the other party, to text or ring and be emotional? Or Be the flat line (YOU) and show your teen consistency #teenagebrain #rolemodel

Role models… Can you not react, not judge, not respond, but just listen and support. If we can show teens how to respond appropriately it’s very likely they will take those skills with them into adulthood! Test yourself- WHATEVER they tell you! #teenagebrain #rolemodel

Role models- That’s us! Teens watch all the time, an example.. Shouting at a teen- “don’t you shout at me!” The power is in the actions of you shouting, not the words you are saying In this example you are showing your teen it’s actually ok to shout at them! #teenagebrain

Role models!! (Next to communication, the most important for teens) Some questions.. Who were yours? What do you now do/say/believe/spout… that, actually, might just be historic role models in action! More this week Role models…! #teenagebrain #tribes #rolemodels

Some re-cap infobefore holidays! Teenagers & their tribes! The biggest stress/worry for teens is friends! Will they have any? Who? Where and when? Will they fall out? We are designed to be social animals- but will they be liked and not judged by anyone!!! #teenagebrain

Does your teen ever come in to town with you….. but has to walk 10 steps behind!! #teenagebrain #funny #teenager #chimpparadox

Teenagers can be funny too!! What does your teen do that makes you laugh?!

So these invisible friends judge and talk secretly to our teenagers all the time! Sometimes their emotional response to you/us is sharp as they seek to please these invisible friends (the chimp)! We’ve been teenagers and we’ve all felt these pressures and voices #teenagebrain

A dopamine hit for a teenage brain is likened to a winning lottery ticket feeling to an adult! For a teen, acceptance is the goal, it’s the biggest stress! A social media ‘like’ gives a huge dopamine hit, it’s why social media can be addictive to teens! #dopamine

Dopamine- the feel good chemical released by the brain! In teens, the spike from dopamine is higher! Teens can constantly seek this dopamine hit by looking for attention- could be through behaviour (good or bad) getting laughs out of mates, acting the clown…. Etc #teenagebrain

Brain re-modelling continues until mid 20s! The Pre-frontal cortex is ‘in development’ through this re-modelling, decision making happens in the Amagdyla! This part of the brain deals with emotion/impulse/aggression! #teenagebrain #chimpparadox #amagdyla