Teens: What Makes Them Tick?

Raging hormones; exploding sexual passion; rebellion punctuated by tattoos, pierced lips, and unfathomable music! What happens during the teen years to make kids so different?

In this fascinating ABC News special, John Stossel talks with a variety of teens and their parents and visits the Harvard Medical School's Brain Imaging Center to reveal some surprising physiological reasons for teen behavior. He also discovers a social hierarchy among teens (e.g. the Influencers, the Conformers, the Passives, and the Edge Kids) that is responsible for most fads.

In addition, he talks with a psychologist and therapist about the secrets of successful parental nurturing, such as having rules but making them few, allowing room for mistakes, and lecturing less and listening more.

Includes: DVD
Produced By: ABC News
Total Running Time: 41 minutes