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That's a bit harsh, don't you think? Humans of any age (and most other animals) are notoriously self-centered. I don't like to dismiss someone's ideas simply because of age. Perhaps that's not what you meant, but it sounded that way.

Most of the kids we talk about on this board can make pretty convincing arguments. Sometimes they're even right and the adults are wrong.

This also may explain why teenagers often seem so maddeningly self-centered. "You think of them as these surly, rude, selfish people," Jensen says. "Well, actually, that's the developmental stage they're at. They aren't yet at that place where they're thinking about — or capable, necessarily, of thinking about the effects of their behavior on other people. That requires insight."

And insight requires — that's right — a fully connected frontal lobe.