If you have ever wondered why teenagers seem so different today and why they find the transition to adult life so much harder, you might be interested in the views of Psychology Professor, Alison Gopnik. Professor Gopnik traces such problems to what she sees as a lack of balance in the way we bring up kids these days and the impact it has on the development of their brains. She says we give them too much theoretical knowledge and not enough practical experience in the real world. Her solution is to introduce adolescents to the workplace much earlier in their development.