Teenagers are famously complex and emotionally unstable. Their limbic systems are on over-drive, their hormones are running amok, they’re prone to staying up late, sleeping well past noon and taking crazy risks.
It’s no accident. Scientists believe that teen brains are particularly alive, active and sensitive. Their behaviour is an evolutionary feature: it’s how teens define and distinguish themselves; it’s how they get things done. Teen brains are fast, risking-taking blobs that make creative and sometimes bizarre leaps and associations, giving them an adaptive edge. This is a scientific fact.
So we invite you to submit your problems to us online in the run up to AND Festival and we’ll pass them onto our panel of teens. They’ll work on your problem with their highly adaptable brains and get back to you with their advice through our website or during a live performance at First Street.
This performance will be accompanied by video documentation featuring footage from the teens’ deliberations.
Commissioned by Abandon Normal Devices.
Photo by: Chozin Tenzin. Pictured: Wendell Williams and Mike Gousvaris
How to book or take part
There are several methods for getting involved with Ask a Teenager depending on the level of participation you’re most comfortable with.
- Submit your problem via a Google form here (You’ll be given the option of whether you’d like to go on to discuss your problem in front of a live studio audience, or whether you’d like to remain anonymous and receive a response online)
- To be a member of our live studio audience at one of two events on Sat 1 Sep, book via Eventbrite