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Direct linkPerlstein, Linda – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2004
Middle-schoolers have always been selectively sullen, shamelessly self-absorbed, and hopelessly obsessed with winning the admiration of their peers. In some ways, the preadolescent brain can't keep up with the demands on it. The frontal lobes, where organization and judgment and reasoning reside, aren't as well developed as the emotional centers.…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Student Behavior, Bullying, Peer Relationship
