Amid coronavirus, students flock to Kahoot! and Duolingo. Is it the end of language teachers?
Until our kids know the truth about vaping, they’ll continue to put themselves in danger.
Our team wants you to have personal, affordable help right now. We’re launching Leading Through Chaos Cohorts
Here are 13 life skills they can learn now
Here are some developmental benchmarks to consider with your willingness to patiently engage with your tweenager
Why does the world of dating seem so complicated? It starts with this basic question: what is the purpose of dating? The answer…
The Coronavirus quarantine has caused us all to increase our online efforts to engage and connect with students
Her first attempt at “Zoombombing,” which she uploaded to TikTok last week, racked up over 732,000 views and 175,000 likes before it…
Five Shifts in Global Youth Ministry
The Lenten season… a time of reflection and response as people prepare to celebrate the resurrection of Christ
How to push our students into new understandings and better relationships with Christ.
Sex workers enter the industry for a variety of reasons, some who feel trapped by their parents’ expectations
You are parenting from the perspective of who you are in Christ today, not who you once were
“You know what, you old broad,” Aversano said, “suck it up and let somebody help.”
This free five-pack of mobile games to play with your group on Instagram, Zoom, Google Hangouts, and other platforms
With theaters closed nationwide due to these unprecedented events, we want to continue to make I Still Believe available to consumers
Most student pastors are scrambling right now to try and come up with some ways to play games on Zoom
I wanted to write a blog post immediately following the first service. what went well and what we can work on
Like you, we have pivoted to online only for our youth services and small groups. With students being home and not in…
Schooling During the COVID-19 Pandemic: How Emergency Education Savings Accounts Can Meet the Needs of Every American Child
Free virtual small group and social media lessons and discussion starting questions
We ain’t going nowhere. This is our hood,” one young man shouts at Newark police as he shoots the video
First and foremost, parents can de-stress immediately with the knowledge they do not need to replicate school at home
Do not avoid parents reach out to them. Parents are carrying their own worries and concerns
Police: Juveniles reportedly coughing on produce, while filming themselves and posting it on social media
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Lack of alarm among young people could hinder the fight against the virus
George Lockhart
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Netanyahu is putting them on the frontline “the pandemic is not afflicting children or young people.”
“I’m happier because now I don’t have social media to give me high expectations of not only myself but everybody else around…
Study shows that dining together as a family leads to better dietary practices and a stronger family bond
Tim Chau is an 18-year-old Asian-American with more than 4m followers on Instagram.
Results of our most recent survey with 2500 teens on their use of technology, social media and video games.
Your relationship has to change at this stage….You don’t want to smother your adult daughter
Consider the needs: “You have to make an extra effort,” she said. “If that isn’t done, we don’t go back.”
Changes happening in terms of faith practice, such as church attendance, Bible-reading and prayer.
Teenagers in the US aren’t reading their Bibles. 1 in 5 have a regular reading time, while 1 in 5 never read their…
I’ve seen a lot of years of ministry and truly believe we’re all in this together to reach all the little people
Before you move towards splitting these two groups I think there a few questions you should ask yourself?
Ministering To Middle Schoolers requires a great amount of wisdom and smart ministry on our part
What the Lord is calling us to may not always make sense, especially to those in the world
The family structure we’ve held up as the cultural ideal for the past half century has been a catastrophe for many. It’s…
I’m an integrative psychotherapist and I work with
Children are a big influence on where their family attends church
5 Reasons To Mentor Youth
a time to give up useless words, gossip, rumours, tittle-tattle and speak to God on a first name basis
You’re a culture warrior in ninth grade and it’s awesome! Thank you so much for standing up for your beliefs
Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the forty days of Lent
Here are a few things I think are important when starting a new role in the first 2 months
3 things you need to know
A Simple Plan for Starting Right
The most comprehensive companion to not only surviving, but also thriving, during the most crucial phase of youth ministry
22,000 students nationwide, researchers found about 75% expressed boredom, anger, sadness, fear or stress
At least I didn’t raise a class of snitches — no one told their parents or admin that I was getting lit…
3 Reasons to Visit an Elderly Person Soon
“If you don’t have relationship, you can’t assume they believe anything you say.”
Reggie Joiner
Bieber, himself a teenage singing sensation, appeared close to tears as he spoke about Eilish
Which of these five things could you prioritize this week to help unleash your child’s creativity?
Times have changed. Fun video of teenagers attempting to use a rotary phone
The Grammy-award winning teen’s dark music can help us have necessary conversations with our children
Podcast: the importance of hiring the right people into your youth ministry
Britain’s royal family isn’t the only institution struggling to retain and empower the next generation
The religious community — a welcome extended even to those with sexual misconduct in their pasts
94% of middle school teachers experience high levels of stress and that reducing this stress is critical to improving student succes
God uses all kinds of things in our lives to change us, including hard kids
The case involves three low-income mothers who filed a lawsuit against Montana after it shut down a tax credit scholarship program because parents…
Ministry can also be a very lonely, draining, and empty place in which you and/or your environment feels unhealthy
3 Ways Daddy-Daughter Dates Will Enhance Your Relationship
A church was looking to become more attractive to the next generation through hiring a hip, cool quick fix
Among all social media trends, video dominates in terms of importance
Let no one be found among you who consigns his son or daughter to the fire, or who is an augur, a…
California’s new bill would ban the sending of naked photos and lawbreakers may be fined up to $500
“This isn’t exactly what I expected.”
TODAY’s Hoda Kotb and Jenna Bush Hager attempt the viral TikTok challenge taking social media by storm
One of the most difficult (if not the most difficult) part of raising disciples of Jesus is
sugar actually influences our brains’ reward centers in essentially the same way as addictive drugs.
A healthy family bond is essential to the well-being and flourishing of our children from birth through adulthood
Here are a few things we know already about Gen Alpha.
It give fresh biblical approaches to child rearing
Girls thought they were in a relationship with a teen boy. It was a woman grooming them for sex.
Two realities that should shape our approach to youth ministry
You said you’d turn, you would turn it around,Thought that you had time to straighten it out, Told me that you were…
Practicing Christians are leading young adults in focusing on family
In addition, they say customers might smoke the marijuana they’ve just bought in a parking lot at the site.
As electronic-cigarette use has soared among America’s teens, so have the number vaping marijuana, two new reports indicate
Those who don’t have a religious affiliation are the largest demographic in the U.S. with 23.1% of the population, overtaking the Catholics…
How can an increasingly sexualized culture co-exist with less sex among the consumers of that culture?
…but they’re not without dangers
So, what should parents do about it?
Segool has been studying the links between anxiety in children and high stakes testing for the past six years
Begin using cannabis before age 18 are 4 to 7 times more likely than adults to develop marijuana use disorder
J. I. Packer
God advances his mission not just through the divine actions of Jesus like the resurrection, but also through his humanity
Flashback: Be grateful for the gifts you already have.
Young adults (age 18 to 29) are far more likely to have been raised without religion than are seniors (age 65 or…
R.C. Sproul looks at seven sayings of Jesus recorded in the Gospel of John which reveal his true identity and teach us…
How do I live out my faith legally? Does my union represent my values?
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