http://www.drphil.com/shows/show/1045 The Age of Innocence on page 4 of the slide show.
"Dr. Phil turns to Dr. Frank Lawlis, a clinical psychologist, and chairman of the Dr. Phil Advisory Board. “The body might be ready hormonally, you may hit puberty, but can a 14-year-old — we’ll let Zoe speak for herself in a second — can a 14-year-old’s brain have the logic and reasoning to predict the consequences of their action?" he asks Dr. Lawlis. "No matter how smart they are, is their brain developed enough to do it?”
“Actually, they are less developed than a 10-year-old because their brain is going through a pruning, which means they lose judgment, and they have lack of future consequences,” Dr. Lawlis replies. “In many ways, they’re not able to deal with many of the major issues of relationships.”"
Has anyone ever heard about this before? If it's true I find Wisconsin's (and many other states) rush to throw kids into adult court extremely alarming. I find it disgusting to begin with but if this idea that the brain is in a regressed state it just turns it up for me. I do believe kids have to be held responsible but it should be done with the plan that they can be redirected and adult court doesn't do that.