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Flashback: 3 Reminders For Our...
1.Remember Who You Are. 2. Be Mindful of your Soul Holes. 3. Unite Yourself to the Body
When My 13-year-Old Daughter Wanted...
Five rules we gave her 13-year-old daughter
Why Screen Time Inhibits Toddler...
Greater screen time at 24 months was associated with poorer performance on developmental screening tests at 36 months, and similarly
Vaping: What Works to Help Teens...
There are no tested or approved methods for quitting e-cigarettes
Vaping May Pose Big Risk For ‘...
Kids who had vaped were four times more likely to experiment with cigarettes
Vaping Is Erasing Gains Made...
“Nicotine is highly addictive and can harm brain development, including harmful effects on learning, memory and attention,” Schuchat said. Nicotine also primes…
Why Home Is the Best Location For...
They met in homes and discipleship started booming. Kids began growing, getting connected, inviting more friends. Numbers grew.
Student, Passedout Marijuana...
The victim told police a 13-year-old classmate gave her a gummy bear that would “stop her from stressing out,”
Dad Arrested For Slapping...
Presleigh’s mother, while agreeing that her husband went too far, did say that her daughter was a victim of the boy’s bullying
How Home Groups Can Help Your...
Taditional youth group night was becoming less effective, we did also notice that home groups were becoming more effective
Priorities: Reaching The Next...
According to a new survey of 1,000 Protestant pastors by Nashville-based LifeWay Research
Obama Slams Pop Culture For...
You treat young women with respect. They are not objects. They are humans with the same aspirations and desires
13 Things Mentally Strong Parents...
Give up the unhealthy — yet popular — parenting practices that are robbing kids of mental strength
12 Mainstream Contributors To...
Watch the reveal of the 2019 Dirty Dozen List
What It Will Take To Reach Kids...
When it comes to the emerging generations, we are to “get out of our offices and onto the sidewalks.”
Why Generation Z Is Passing On...
I plan to be an entrepreneur so I am getting started now, while I’m in school.
When Your Kid Is Drawn To The Bad...
Lost children find other lost children because they are seeking some semblance of unity and a place to belong; this is why…
Evangelism: Generation Why?
Churches worry they can’t reach millennials and Gen Z with questions
Evangelism: Conversation Kit
Conversation Kits help parents and caring adults talk with their teens about important topics
Parents: 5 Reasons To Keep Your...
Why it’s important for teens to be involved in a youth group
Anthony Weiner out of prison for...
Prosecutors said he sent the girl porn and got her to take her clothes off and touch herself on Skype
4 Views On Talking To Teenagers...
It reflects the thoughts, experiences, and practical advice of four in-the-trenches youth workers, who have spent years having these conversations
Facial Recognition At Taylor Swift ...
Surveillance at concerts is just the beginning, as fears grow around an unregulated, billion-dollar industry
Book: ‘In The Closet Of The...
Eighty per cent of priests working at the Vatican are gay, although not necessarily sexually active
Abuse Of Faith
Investigation reveals 700 victims of southern Baptist sexual abuse over 20 years
The SBC Sex Abuse Crisis
There is a BIG difference between privacy and secrecy
Teens Editing Themselves
A photo series has shown the lengths some young people go to to edit their appearance before posting pictures on social media
Flashback: Plastic Surgery To Look...
“A new phenomenon called ‘Snapchat dysmorphia’ Patients are seeking out surgery to help them appear like the filtered versions of themselves,
Youth Workers Remain Strong
Without an anchor, we drift along with the prevailing winds of the spirit of the times. Without a stake in the ground…
Why We Ought To Reimagine Youth...
If we don’t reach our kids with the gospel by middle school, we have already lost our chance
Teen Convicted In Text Suicide Case...
Involuntary manslaughter conviction where an absent defendant, with words alone, encouraged another person to commit suicide
Attracting Millennials To Church
By embracing technology, we are able to intimately and intentionally connect
Inside The Weird World Of YouTuber...
What’s it like to have millions of fans when you’re 10? What’s it like to have thousands of people insult or adore…
Chris Pratt Slammed For Attending...
Hillsong Church Senior pastor Brian Houston the church does “not affirm a gay lifestyle.” No “gay people in positions of leadership,”
What’s Hot
A weekly listing of hot cultural items from the Internet, music, television and movies
Witches of the social media...
Meet three witches who believe the social media era is transforming the way people view witchcraft
Flashback: Witches Outnumber...
Wicca, Paganism Growing ‘Astronomically’
Using Screens in The Dark Can...
Preteens who look at a phone or television screen in the dark an hour before bed are at risk of not getting…
Supervised Aerobics May Hasten Teen...
Teen athletes who sustained sports-related concussions recovered more quickly when they engaged in a supervised aerobic exercise regimen
Many Parents Conflicted About...
American parents aren’t sure whether their teen and young adult children should be prescribed opioid painkillers, and many don’t know there are…
Parents who study with kids promote...
This means that student success isn’t determined by genetics, but by parenting
13-Year-Old Boy Committed Suicide...
Martin was tormented on the school bus over his weight, glasses and braces in the months leading to his death
Book: Meet Generation Z
Understanding and Reaching the New Post-Christian World
Gen Z, “Snackable Content” &...
Here are some things our teams come up with and ministering to GenZ
Obesity-Related Cancers Rising...
If the obesity epidemic continues, fat-sensitive cancers will explode in the years to come
Going Deeper….
“If you know me, you know I…. but if you reallyknew me, you’d know…”I gave them an example
The Source For Youthministry And...
We’ve amped up the amount of new content we’re adding to each site! Mobile friendly and easier to navigate
High School Crowd Sings National...
The recording of the national anthem wasn’t able to play before North Polk and Roland-Story tipped off,” reps for the station wrote….
The Benefits Of Continuing With...
Success in student ministry doesn’t always happen while they are students in your program. It often happens years later. That is why…
Bivocational Youth Ministry
Being a bivocational youth ministry worker comes with a unique set of challenges—like two bosses, two workplace
“How do I build my Ministry If I...
“How did you steward what I gave you faithfully?”
Same-Gender Friendships Key To...
Skills such as stability, assertiveness, intimacy, and social competence–that correspond most closely to the skills needed for success in adult romantic relationships.
Screen Time Inhibits Toddler...
kids 2-5 years old who engage in more screen time received worse scores in developmental screening tests
What’s Hot?
A weekly listing of hot cultural items from the Internet, music, television and movies
Infringing Desires
By: George Lockhart
“Therefore do not be anxious, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’”
Matthew…
Beyond The Scrolling…...
Seeing the deeper longings behind teenagers and social media
What Teenagers Need From Us More...
Our kids need a wall of support that doesn’t withdraw or abandon them. Even when they withdraw from us—
Book: Growing With
Access a wealth of tools to help you nurture faith and family relationships when you preorder Growing With
Redeeming Love For Run-Down Parents
Multiple times during any particular week, this season often feels overwhelming, stressful, and just hard.
How Hard It Is to Parent a Teen?
I need to be honest about how there are times when I don’t even recognize my own children and how lonely that…
Beware The Idol Of Parenting...
“Ultimately, when we worship parenting success and achievement, we find our worth in….what our children accomplish.”
Helping Student Athletes Win On And...
How to Help Your Student Athletes Win On and Off the Field
5 Dangerous Apps Parents Don’t...
Parenting a teen has never been an easy feat, but in today’s digital age, tracking a teen’s behavior has become almost impossible
Kevlar-Covered Bulletproof Backpack...
An Israeli company with ties to the country’s military has released a Kevlar-covered backpack to protect students
Parents Can Now Monitor Teens With...
Runaways, kids doing drugs or skipping school, or teenagers getting mixed up with the wrong crowd
Live Your Life Offline, Pope Tells...
“It is not enough to be connected all day long. To feel respected and asked to get involved, is greater than simply…
Exposing The Times’ Anti...
It’s rare to see a major media outlet be so honest about its ideological bias
support for socialism “comes...
Home Depot co-founder Bernie Marcus said
Nick Sandmann Speaks Out
See a clip from Savannah Guthrie’s exclusive interview with Covington Catholic High School student Nick Sandmann
Negative Experiences On Social...
Using social media does not appear to reduce feelings of loneliness. In fact, it can make you feel more lonely
Millennials’ Depression Rise With...
Millennials struggling with depression aren’t being helped by their use of social media
Movie Violence Doesn’t Make Kids...
PG-13 movies became more violent between 1985 and 2015, overall rates of murder and violence actually fell.
Gospel-Centered Parenting And...
Continue to expose and free us from the faith-less, grace-less, law-heavy ways we parent, Father. Free us from over-stressing our kids and…
Podcast For Parents: Mom, Dad, What...
Parents who want to give their kids a healthy view of sex centered on the gospel of Jesus Christ
Book Review: Mom, Dad, What’s Sex...
Giving Your Kids a Gospel-Centered View of Sex and Our Culture is a treasure
Netflix’s “Sex Education”
…is either addressing or exploiting—you decide—the subject that isn’t talked about much in most homes
When Soccer Trumps Youth Group
You know the drill. You get super fired up for a student ministry event your team has been planning….
How Enneagram Helped My Ministry
You may be a skeptic or have confusion about the Enneagram and thats okay. These have just been a few ways the…
“EIGHTH GRADE” FILM
“EIGHTH GRADE” FILM: A YOUTHWORKER ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION
Beyond The Scrolling…....
Engagement Online Tells Us About Searching In Real Time
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