Thousands as young as 10 arrested for rape and other violent offences
it made them feel like they were not alone with the struggles they faced
Yelling, threatening parents harm teens’ mental health
Hollywood…portrayed 101 acts of gun violence about a week before the anniversary of the school shooting in Newtown
Scenes of stabbings, shootings, rape, decapitation and mutilation invariably received a TV-14 “parents strongly cautioned” rating
Pocket hookahs proliferate with young marijuana users
Survey Reveals Extent of Teen Substance Abuse
By Marko
“High-frequency hearing loss, which is typically noise related, has increased among U.S. adolescents,”
Based on the songs over 400 million users who have Shazamed it? Here’s the list
Millennials seeking out hands-on, tech-free maker experiences by research & documenting the before & after
“Whereas, families going through distressful times — divorce or remarriage — that tended to disrupt teen sleep,”
When I ask why they’re eating so much protein, the answer is usually to “bulk up” or “build muscle”
Teens setting the standard for what’s hot and what’s not?
42% of male college students regularly visit porn sites, one in five feel controlled by their own sexual desires
Too much time in front of the television can blunt young children’s ability to accept and understand others
Teens May Have Less Impulse Control When Faced With Danger
American households have never been more diverse, more surprising, more baffling
Playing video games may also help children develop problem-solving skills
Kids flee football in light of NFL violence
Top Bing Searches for 2013
Epidemic of family breakdown..unmarried parents, you’re four times more likely to split up than married parents
Weekly costs of raising teenagers (or generation Z) was now about $258 per week or more than $13,400 a year
cultural shift: so many women (aged 16–44) to admit to same-sex activity
Teens Randomly Target, Beat Up Senior Citizens
Students with two or more deployment experiences over the past decade were 56% more likely to feel sad or hopeless
Previous findings have shown that when people try to control their emotions, the risk of aggressive outbursts and binge drinking rises
African-American fathers were exposed to everyday incidents of racism and discrimination — a highly stressful experience
Raising happy, well-behaved children without all the anxiety?
French child psychiatrists, view ADHD as a medical condition that has psycho-social and situational causes
Americans Will Spend the GDP of Sri Lanka on Thanksgiving Weekend
Barna Group
They are being marketed with flavors, with images of sex and independence, and.. claim they will help you quit smoking
“24 million children in America grow up without their father at home.”
Global Citizens
Their grades in school are often negotiated by parents rather than earned and they are praised for accomplishing little
The essence of natural beauty in popular American culture is replaced by fantasy
That translates to nearly 6 ½ million children
White parents are the least concerned about all online safety issues
Preschoolers who have a television in their bedroom…have a weaker understanding of other people’s beliefs and desires
Fifty percent of TwitCasting’s users are teenagers, including 1.33 million Japanese college student
One in six teens has some degree of preventable hearing loss, but few parents warn their kids to turn down their iPods
Parents not keen on reading ebooks to kids
Study Finds Trouble for Kids Who Date at an Earlier Age
According to an alarming report by the Centers for Disease Control
Young teens, girls age 11-14 sending sexually explicit photos on the rise
If you’re black, you are almost 25 times more likely to be shot in New York City than a white person —…
Students who had never had alcohol or smoked cigarettes were five to six times more likely to have higher levels of happiness
To be a child on the threshold of adolescence is the worst time to have divorcing parents
Word of the year
On average, it takes children 90 seconds longer to run a mile than their counterparts did 30 years ago
Examples Of Troubling ‘Knockout’ Game Popping Up All Over
Watching TV for 3 h or more at 5 years predicted a 0.13 point increase (95% CI 0.03 to 0.24) in conduct…
And among teens with psychiatric disorders who do receive treatment, the health care providers are not often mental health specialists, but rather…
Pew Research
The adolescents’ capacity to become more spiritual, and overcome self-centeredness, evidences the malleability of personality and belief orientation
Stronger father-son relationships curtail youth delinquency, local research finds
…this might make them more likely to commit crimes
7.5 million adolescents take part in sports at the high school level and 2 million high school athletic injuries occur each year
Here’s What A Constantly Plugged-In Life Is Doing To Kids’ Bodies
One of the most horrifying teenage trends I’ve ever seen
By Chap Clark: Ministry and Marijuana
“We are living in a post-Christian culture — a culture fundamentally at odds with faith in Jesus.”
The percentage of young people using condoms has stalled, while STD rates are on the rise
Abercrombie, American Eagle and Aeropostale Inc. all are projected to have sales declines in the year ending in January after gains in…
Forbes
Five things teens don’t know about money
“The good news is that sleep behavior is highly modifiable with the right support,”
Those kids who swore more were also more likely to engage in physical aggression
NY Poison Center reports a spike in calls about hand sanitizer use among teens, particularly in middle school students
$203 billion spent each year on teens by themselves and their parents
Is the Average Teen Brain Ready for Porn?
Mothers who display high levels of conflict with friends may signal to their children that such behavior is acceptable, or normative
Suicidal tweets strongly correlated with its actual suicide rate
Driving is helping him make the leap from a carefree kid to a responsible young man
Parents said pop acts were teaching girls they would be “judged on their looks, not their achievements or personality”
Decrease their GI difficulties and that may have the potential to decrease their problem behaviors as wel
30% of youths admit to having been cyberbullied, only slightly higher than 10% of their parents knew
Moms with children between the ages of 6 and 10 are less active on social media than those with younger children.
The next teen social app to address teen-needs that aren’t already being met by social networks today
PicsArt: 20% of users are between 13 and 17 years of age, and over 40% are between 18 and 24
Those who hit puberty earlier could be at higher risk of breast and other cancers
Recently, people began taking photos of themselves while driving using the hashtag #behindthewheel
Scary amount of candy will be consumed on Halloween
‘You sit behind a computer screen objectifying my body, judging it and insulting it, without even knowing it.’
Food stamps has more than doubled in the past decade even during times of economic growth, U.S. researchers
By the age of 8, 72% of children have used a smartphone, tablet or similar device
It will tax married couples to fund the benefits it provides to couples who cohabit, divorce, or never marry
Don’t buy into popularity of unhitched culture
6 million are not in school and not working. That needs to change
71% of all adults like to stay informed about culture and trends
Federal welfare spending is expected to skyrocket some 80% in the next decade. This is unsustainable within our economy
There were 1.2 million homeless students during the 2011-12 academic year
“Ugly or Pretty” videos on YouTube
45% of Japanese women aged 16-24 are ‘not interested in or despise sexual contact
The odds of a teenager getting drunk double if they have seen their parents drunk –even on a few occasions
Psychcentral
Mickey’s Guide To Successful Children’s Ministry
By 2017, a quarter of a billion people will use their mobile or tablet device to access adult content
What should parents have their kids do?..”Let a kid be a kid. Let him climb a tree or sit out in the…
The Youth Culture Report is an invaluable resource for any one who works with students. I highly recommend the site.
This is an app every student pastor needs to have on their iPhone.
I use it all the time!
My number one resource for youth culture.
Here’s a great youth ministry and preaching resource.
The Youth Culture Report is a collection of links to news stories youth workers should be aware of.
