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Oh, six million English.
From BBC Learning English.
Hello, this is Six Minute English, I'm Neil.
And I'm Rob.
What do you remember of your teenage years?
Oh, I was a nightmare.
I was rude to my parents, uh, always stayed out late,
never did my homework.
Hang out with the wrong people and made lots of bad decisions.
How about you, Neil?
Well, much the same, really.
People always say that about teenagers, don't they?
That they go through a period when they're out of control and behave badly.
But, apparently, it's not their fault, at least not directly.
So who's fault is it?
Our brains, apparently.
Teenagers' brains are still developing in areas that control behavior,
which could mean that you can't blame them for acting the way they do.