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Florida Sheriffs Just Say No (again...
The Sheriffs Association had endorsed…a liquid, non-euphoric form of pot, Charlotte’s Web for use by cancer and epilepsy
Unlocking Addiction: A Secret...
Quitting addiction demands a momentum toward purpose, community, deep intimacy, and renewing your identity
Unlocking Addiction: A Secret...
Is addiction a disease or is it a choice?
What Porn Does To The Teenage Brain...
Do you have a strategy for students who are addicted to porn?
The Most Honest Movie About Teen...
We’ve all been victims of the mean girl at school, but what happens when things go way too far? In the new…
Support Trev’s Mission Trips...
Every shirt you buy contributes a small amount to the large amount of work…Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador, and South Korea
Dad: What an At-Home Parent Is...
Sometimes a stay at home parent questions their choices and their worth
Flashback: Marriage Stress
Husbands A Bigger Source Of Stress Than Kids For Nearly Half Of Moms
6 Tips For Effective Youth Ministry...
(like working their tails off to go to a mission trip instead of asking others to pay their way) will have a…
7 Books To Help Develop A Family...
If you are developing a broader ministry to families in your church…here are some great resources to help you
7 Social Media Trends Your Children...
…it’s important to stay current with online forms of communication
India Mission
What a blessing we have to impact a country of 1 billion people where only 4% are Christian! Vision 2 Hear is…
Help Us Reach The Marginalized...
For the Training Center of youth Agricultural and Deaf, so they could have an income to support their families
Our Ministry In El Salvador Is...
Vision 2 Hear El Salvador is part of The Youth Culture Report
He Couldn’t Style His Daughter...
“I didn’t want to be the dad that just didn’t know how to do my daughter’s hair.”
Churches Oppose Three-Person Baby...
The ethics of the issue should be properly discussed before a decision was made
Three-Parent Baby…Coming Soon
UK voted in favour of the creation of babies with DNA from two women and one man
Watch Out, Dr. Dre…
Jay-Z Buys Streaming Company Aspiro To Take on Spotify
Incredibly Popular App With Kids...
There are lots of trolls and creeps that comment
Xpire, Now On Android, Brings ...
..users a sense of greater privacy when compared to larger, more public social networks
Fifty Shades Of Grey Will Be...
With 20 minutes of sex in its 100-minute running time
College Student Raise $60,000 To...
The same four-hour commute to the plant since 2005
3 Ways High School Counselors Can...
Nationally, the ratio of high school students to a school counselor is nearly 500 to 1
Conflict In Youth Ministry
Proactively Responding to Parent Conflict in Youth Ministry
CDC finds many foods for tots...
noting that added sugars, such as high fructose corn syrup, dextrose and glucose, boost calorie counts without any health benefits
Pakistani teachers arming selves in...
Terrorists need to know that schools aren’t defenseless, and armed teachers could potentially hold off gunmen
Teens Driving Under The Influence&...
Can It Be Reduced by Parental and Spiritual Influence?
The Need for Super Bowl...
So what did I take away from this year’s Super Bowl?
Fourth-Grader A Terrorist?
Fourth-grader says he has the One Ring from The Lord of the Rings, school suspends him for terrorist threat
The Problem With Teens and...
Once teens are online, Walfish says monitoring their accounts and behavior is key
Why Teens Are Impulsive, Addiction...
Research into how the human brain develops helps explain why teens have trouble controlling impulses
Turn Kids’ Artwork Into Custom...
Soon, friends of hers were asking if she’d make them a book, too, for their own kids’ art, and the small business…
Rap Mogul ‘Suge’ Knight...
Knight founded Death Row Records, one of rap’s leading labels, in the 1990s, artists like Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, and Tupac Shakur
E-Cig: “Toxic”...
List of carcinogens: including benzene, a component of gasoline, formaldehyde, lead and nickel. Laced with nicotine
College That Inspired ‘Animal...
“extreme behaviors,” adding that “it is hard alcohol — rather than just beer or wine — that lands students on a hospital…
Flashback: Bieber Apologizes
Justin Bieber Apologizes For the Past Few Years of Justin Biebery
Children, Teens, Media, And Body...
The role of media and technology in the development of kids’ and teens’ body image attitudes and behaviors
What Parents Need To Know About...
..parents play a huge part in shaping how kids relate to their bodies
Girls And Body Image
Help your daughters learn to identify unrealistic media representations of beauty and to value themselves for who they are
How Girls Are Seeking (and...
From selfies to shout-outs, girls are using social media both to build up and break down their self-image
Taylor Swift Has Trademarked ‘...
Also trademarked is her commandment/aesthetic “party like it’s 1989,”
No Worship Services In Public...
De Blasio campaigned on the promise of letting churches rent school space. Now he’s asking the Supreme Court to prohibit it
Boobs Aren’t News…Get...
‘We want to see women’s achievements, not their breasts, on the most prominent page of your family newspaper.’
Teen Dating Abuse And How Schools...
“About 1 in 3 high school students have been or will be involved in an abusive relationship,”
StickyFaith: 2014 Family Mission...
Family trips are 4 days and only $129 per person
Not So Popular: Family Mission Trip...
In our divided modern culture where our adullts and youth often experience their faith separately, these opportunities increasingly are rare
NewsBoys co-founder… and I’m...
we haven’t had any interaction or heard from in more than 20 years
School Halts Bible Study For Blind...
After 10 years, the Maryland School for the Blind suspended a Bible study for blind teenagers…because of “church-state” issues.
McDonald’s Fries In The US Have...
…Dimethylpolysiloxane is “added as an anti-foaming agent” but it’s also a silicon-based organic polymer used to make Silly Putty
More God, Less Drugs
The more religious a teen is, the less likely he or she is to abuse drugs
Teenagers Are Searching For...
This is one reason for they party scene is always so popular: instant acceptance
How You Can Make Your Goals Happen...
I don’t really believe in resolutions..What I do think January is a great time for is goal setting
Pornography And Sexual Trafficking...
In 9 countries. Almost half said that pornography was made of them while they were in prostitution
Pediatricians’ Group Opposes...
Marijuana shouldn’t be legalized because of the potential harm it can cause children and teens, the American Academy of Pediatrics says
Good Bedtime Habits Equal Better...
Adolescence, lack of sleep may be related to high-risk behaviors such as substance abuse, suicidal behaviors and drowsy driving
Flashback: Binge Drinking In...
College students age 18 to 25 years old have the highest rates of binge drinking episodes
Binge Drinking Disrupts Immune...
Binge drinking increases the risk of accidents and traumatic injuries. One-third of trauma patients have alcohol in their systems
Only About Half Of Teenage Girls...
It’s a virus that is responsible for almost all cases of cervical cancer
Mom Goes On Strike Against ‘...
My children have everything that they could possibly want and need, but yet still, they are disrespectful and “out of control” behavior…
Get Your Teenager Talking
“The perfect tool for connecting with todays teenagers”-Dr. Kevin Leman
Family 411: Teenagers Are Talking...
The show touches on many of the issues teens’ face – from drinking and the pressure to have sex – to sexual…
Pope Francis: Families Should Put...
“The great challenge facing us today is to learn once again how to talk to one another, not simply how to generate…
Flashback: Family Dinner Benefits
Each family dinner adds up to benefits for adolescents
Rapper could Face Life In Prison...
A felony for anyone to participate in a criminal street gang,…or benefit from that activity.
Sola Scriptura In Kids And Youth...
An Open Letter from Alex Malarkey “The boy who came back from heaven”
Death Of The 50% Myth Of Marriage
About 70% of marriages that began in the 1990s reached their 15th anniversary
What Teens Want To Read
Trends in YA reading show that teens are looking for contemporary realism…real issues—things that they themselves could face
From SnapChat To Tappy
Social media a great supplement to existing relationships; it’s a lousy replacement for relationships
Measles Outbreak Tied To Disneyland...
We are off to a bad start in 2015
Wash. State Could Be First to Bump...
“Research shows the young adult brain, still developing between 18 and 21, is highly susceptible to nicotine addiction,”
Smoking More Formaldehyde With New...
New E-Cigs have a higher voltage and the vapor they produce is a lot stronger in at least one carcinogen than…
Flashback: Teens More Into E-Cigs...
Nearly 9% of eighth-graders said they’d used an e-cigarette in the past month
Dad Arrested for Giving Cannabis...
“Her cancer-ridden little body was alive again.” Without the cannabis oil, her condition has declined and she’s in intensive care on morphine
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