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Hired him. jillian: theyre not laughing now. other stories we are following. we begin with this jodi arias wants her murder conviction thrown out. her lawyer trying to convince an appeals court in areas that are prosecutors mishandled her case. she is serving a life sentence for killing boyfriend travis alexander in 2008. prosecutors say she flew into a jealous rage stabbing him to death. she claims she acted in self-defense. her attorney says the prosecutor improperly witness and courted the me...

A world where multitasking has become the norm and they tend to be more open to new things do they solve the tasks more quickly than the adults. that this. study thing including our own we know that children are the tasks more slowly than adults and they make more mistakes. the frontal lobes take charge when we switch rapidly between tasks on the left as an adult brain on the right a childs. frontal lobes are not fully developed until were at least 20 so children can switch gears as quickly as a...

Matter how serious the charges, neuroscience, brain development, all of it points to the fact that young children shouldnt be held culpable. im not saying there shouldnt be accountability, but they need services, not sanctions. so, david, to you, you know, what do you say to that? >> well, uh-uh think theres a distinction between -- i think theres a distinction between the intentional crimes and negligent crimes and reckless crimes. you know, in illinois a 6-year-old could be charged. so anyone ...

Critical stage of brain development, it can really alter how young people perceive sex and even relationships, the opposite sex, the same sex, based on what theyve been exposed to, and so parents need to really wake up and start to think about having conversations with their kids. you know, we interview an adult film star in our episode and shes on a mission to tell people that what theyre seeing is adult entertainment, and when you click on this stuff, you dont see that before cameras started r...

Schoolers are vaping this is alarming my wife and i are parents of both a high schooler and a middle schooler. the reason why its so dangerous is that even according to the current surgeon general, vaping is dangerous for the brain development of young people. now were seeing mystery illnesses, respiratory illnesses and deaths mainly among young people throughout the country. i believe that these bans on flavored e-cigarettes both which the trump administrations proposing but also states, is rea...

On how this can impact fetal development. we know that there is an impact when it comes to using marijuana during pregnancy on the development of the fetus, and we dont really have much more information. and thats why this is a big concern. on top of that, the surgeon general, as we just saw, mentioned how thc is becoming more and more potent. were seeing more high amounts. and that thc can impact the development of a fetus, and it can impact brain development in adolescents. again, thats whats ...

But specifically medically, for children, for adults, what are the consequences of that. >> for everyone its a toxicity. its a heavy metal and disrupts the cells and how they work. it gets to the brain, the brain and spinal cord. it can go to the kidneys and the heart. it can cause a lot of problems and its a cumulative process. the more youre exposed to it the more problems its going to cause, start building up. thats why three years -- its not going to be ten years, three years. thats a long t...

Once thats set, in a worst case scenario, hopefully they wont need to use bottled water anymore. we wont know until the tests are done. >> we know instinctively you dont want lead in your water. but specifically medically, for children, for adults, what are the consequences of that. >> for everyone its a toxicity. its a heavy metal and disrupts the cells and how they work. it gets to the brain, the brain and spinal cord. it can go to the kidneys and the heart. it can cause a lot of problems and ...

Though its not going to be ten year, three years is still a long time. six months is a long time to be exposed to lead. it affects children under 6 and developing fetus and their brain and brain development is probably the bigger issue. can cause cognition issues hypertension, high blood pressure situations. this is one of those things the longer theyre exposed to it the more problems its going to cause for them. >> is there a treatment for somebody whos been exposed maybe exhibits the symptoms?...

You have to be very careful. so they are living that stressful situation anyway and they are kind of always on intelligent of what might go on. then this happens and they think the worse because thats what children tend to do. you hear her saying, through her tears, my dad is not a criminal. children should not go through that. >> what is the long terminol c psychological effect? >> children love stability. very important for children to group with stability. if they dont have that, it takes tho...