How is teen suffering different?
By Stephen LaJeunesse
Some types of suffering
- Loss of a loved one
- Anxiety with school
- Stress from school
- Depression
http://www.dougy.org/grief-resources/how-to-help-a-grieving-teen/
Pudge and the Colonel deal with most of these things throughout the book
Looking for Alaska by John Green
Other Reasons
- Hormones
- Body changes
- Peers
- Excpectations
https://www.griefwatch.com/teen-and-young-adult-grief
Throughout the book Pudge wants to get good grades and likes Alaska
LFA by John Green
Connections in the Brain
Reward vs. Punishment
Nucleus accumbens develops fairly early and is in charge of pleasure and reward
http://science.howstuffworks.com/life/inside-the-mind/human-brain/teenage-brain1.htm
What or How?
It's not the as much of what they think it's how
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=124119468
Right and Wrong
There is no right and wrong only helpful and unhelpful choices
http://www.dougy.org/grief-resources/how-to-help-a-grieving-teen/
The Colonel drinks in the book, an unhelpful choice
LFA by John Green