As I said, she has another ten years of neurological development ahead of her. Even car insurers and credit card companies have to deal with immature brains, so long is their development. And as I said, the part of the brain that deals with consequences is the last to develop. Sure, they can understand consequences when they are spelled out for them, when they happen, even beforehand in theory. But when it comes down to the decision making process, it doesn't factor in so well. People's decisions can only ever be a function of what their brain is capable of. There is a certain amount of autonomy in the neural process.
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