Friendship Is Crucial to the Adolescent Brain - The Atlantic

The intensity of feelings generated by friendship in childhood and adolescence is by design.

This article was featured in One Story to Read Today, a newsletter in which our editors recommend a single must-read from The Atlantic , Monday through Friday. Sign up for it here. Early in 2010, the year we moved to Hong Kong, our three boys were 11, 8, and 6. When we sat them down to tell them we’d be moving there for a few years, we tried to sell it as a challenging adventure. Their responses were mixed. Jake was anxious. Alex, our baby, was excited. But Matthew, our middle son, was inconsolable. He was having none of it. “What about my friends!” he cried. We tried to reassure him. “You’ll

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