A Change is Gonna Come

The discomfort that change brings doesn't have to overwhelm, even though it feels uncertain.

Unpredictable environments cede self-doubt, since our brains will seek an explanation for the uncertainty and in the absence of an answer our minds turn inward. Again, this is particularly true for children and teenagers, who do not yet have a fully formed sense of self that is secure or strong enough to push against creeping self-doubt. Little kids and teens are still figuring out who they are and how they influence the world around them, with a strong lean toward believing that they have undue influence on their world. This ego-centric perspective is extremely adaptive in a lot of ways for childhood and development, but it puts children and adolescents at risk of becoming insecure when in unpredictable environments.

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