The document discusses how the teenage brain works, noting that teens can be emotional, impulsive, and engage in risky behavior as their prefrontal cortex is still developing. It summarizes research showing teens need to feel trusted, valued, safe, heard, and have encouragement from adults. Meeting basic needs like sleep, exercise, and friends is also important. The document proposes an innovation to help teens through the UN's sustainable goals of improving education quality and reducing inequality by empowering youth. The impact would be through schools, youth programs, blogs, and local media.