If you really think about it, there are 5 major things we do at a camp or retreat everyday that we tend to not do when we get back

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We must do more to prevent youthful indiscretion from hurting future career prospects

The toy which was long considered just for teenagers is breathing new life into daily commutes

How do we lead them beyond knowledge and understanding of God’s Word to bold application?

“How would you justify ending your life? What reasons would you give?”

Tell Miami-Dade Police Department to drop felony charges against McMillan!

50% of first-born American children are born out of wedlock. In the black community, the number is nearly 70%

“I decided, you know what, maybe I should… I might not be able to do it ever again,”

Instagram Will Get Video On June 20

‘I Told Him He Messed With the Wrong Witch’

LIL’ WAYNE Calls Country “Godless America”

High-end developers build fancy dorms for students

Pregnant Texas teen who sued parents to keep unborn child now living at home with her new husband and baby still on the way

A new Sesame Street character is highlighting the struggles children of incarcerated parents go through

Brother or sister knows you better than anyone else, so they know how to get to you quickly

MTV is shedding its skin again, this time to appeal to viewers age 14 to 17 who have different preferences than the 18- to 25-year-olds

Parents are 40% more likely than teens to check their cellphones while driving

Daniels put the kids inside of a closet while he waited for authorities to arrive

“Reality television seemingly is becoming more and more and more outrageous each season,”

Jonathan McKee: On America’s reaction to the FCC’s consideration allowing more sex, nudity and expletives on TV

23% of all car accidents in the United States in 2011 involved drivers using cell phones

8TH GRADER SUSPENDED, ARRESTED OVER NRA T-SHIRT NOW FACES $500 FINE AND A YEAR IN JAIL

Obama skewered for playing with an object that’s spelled trouble for many school kids

Esperanza—one of the largest Latino faith-based evangelical networks in the United States—today releases a new resource for Preventing Teen Pregnancy.

Screen time: 40% of girls spent more than 2 hours per day in front of a screen compared to 65% of boys

Less than ten years old, The word “tweet” has been added to the next edition of the Oxford English Dictionary

“We are creating an industry-wide global database of ‘hashed’ images…. to help all technology companies find these images..They will then be blocked and reported,”

“Now that Selena is growing up to be a more serious actress and separating herself from her Disney past, she has no problem going topless if the role calls for it,”

The 14-year-old girl behind Depression and Disorders blogs about her own cutting, plans of suicide, and struggles with an eating disorder

Boys with absent fathers were less likely to be married by the age of 23 and more likely to have children by that age

They were also as likely as girls to use diet pills, powders or liquids

By Todd Starnes

‘Man of Steel’ filled with Jesus, Christianity references

“Eyeball licking” has been sweeping through middle schools in Japan

By Leneita Fix

By Kurt and Josh

By Kurt and Josh

3 Success Stories

What motivates Millennials is what motivates all employees

Country music star Josh Turner Performs a Touching Duet With a Autistic Boy at the Opry

It was intimidating having my high school principal threaten my future because I wanted to stand up for the Constitution and acknowledge my faith…

If some of your students are in or going into the Armed Forces, here is a trend they might want to consider

Food stamp spending more than 5X greater than job training for Vets

At what age should young girls be allowed to buy the “morning-after’ pill

Any discussion about Sex that does not begin with our deepest, truest desire for love begins in the wrong place

This movie highlights sense of purpose: Young Clark’s adoptive earth father encourages his quest for identity: “You were sent here for a reason.”

Bono: My understanding of the Scriptures has been made simple by the person of Christ

When a church hires a new youth worker they often hire the opposite

Marah Lidey from DoSomething.org, the largest organization for teens and social change

By Alec McKee

FDA loss of control on Plan B not surprising

“These zero-tolerance policies are psychotic, in the strict sense of the word: psychotic means ‘out of touch with reality.’”

9 Youth Pastors, a Cabin in the Woods, and a Conversation About Parent Ministry

Theresa Mazza

Timothy Eldred

FREE DVD: learn how America embraces our God-given freedoms and how God impacts our daily lives as Americans

Pornography: By Aaron Buer

By  Aaron Buer

Pornography

For the last two days I have been writing about how to talk to boys about sex.   Be sure to check out the previous two posts.

Unfortunately, parents and youth workers need to talk directly about pornography because it is everywhere.  It isn’t enough to repeatedly tell them, “NO!”  Pornography is so compelling and pervasive that…

Making a Case for Inter-Generational Ministry

Somewhere along the line we accepted the idea that it was a good thing to create a separate youth culture from other generations

48% of respondents favored fashion-related ads, followed by makeup products (21%); toys (12%), apps (11%); and books (8%)

Here’s a look at some of the paranoia apps and tools available now

They had credit cards but no idea how they worked. They didn’t know about savings accounts

Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project

Guys Crave Respect: By  Aaron Buer

By  Aaron Buer

Guys Crave Respect

Yesterday I began a series on how to talk to boys about sex.  Boys need much more than a one time talk or a once a year teaching on sex.  They are constantly being bombarded with cultural messages about the nature of sexuality.  If we as parents and youth workers remain silent we are…

93% of millennial consumers say they would buy a product because of a cause association

Suggests Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer

The most effective way of drawing people to Christ is first through Christ-centered community

Parents spend more on children than in past

Jenny Buttler

For a dad it was a wonderful thing. No video games around, no television, no distractions, no texting, Just talking. Just to have no distractions

Street marijuana is now more than twice as strong as it was 15 years ago

Students want to be part of a mission bigger than themselves and if we aren’t connecting them to it they will go elsewhere for meaning

Mayor Bloomberg to Kids: Learn to ‘Speak Grammar’ or You Won’t Succeed

A new law intended to identify statutory rapists and reduce the state’s rate of teenage pregnancy

“Every one of my friends smokes weed and drinks, Mom. Every one you’ve ever seen.”

Marilyn Manson Makes Sweet Offer to Paris Jackson After Her Suicide Attempt

Marilyn Manson Dedicates Song to Paris Jackson

Trial begins for George Zimmerman, accused of murdering Florida teen Trayvon Martin

God Invented Sex: By Aaron Buer

By     Aaron Buer

God Invented Sex

Most parents are terrified to talk to their boys about sex.  Some don’t even try.  Those who do try often have one extremely awkward conversation about the mechanics of sex and then consider the job done.

In this over-sexed culture our kids need multiple conversations and they need far…

Schools such as Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard, Stanford, and Duke Universities all actively recruit homeschoolers

Some actors wait until they’re adults to tackle adult roles, others don’t.

..They felt their churches offered superficial answers to life’s difficult questions

How 1 dad inspires teenagers to make 33,000 burritos for the homeless

Girl Stood Up for Prom Is Saved By Boy Every Mom Wishes Were Her Son (VIDEO)

The best way to make sure your children will grow up in Christ, is if you are growing in Christ

Here are some general trends that I think apply to why are young adults walking away from religion?

when I learned how to do them well, in college, my life changed

Watters’ World: Young Americans edition

This is what happens when wrongdoing stops being a matter of objective fact and instead becomes a matter of subjective opinion

…another purpose appears to be to frighten Christian families to make them reluctant to send their children to church

The sites most often visited by children worldwide

7.7% of youth reported an incident involving facility staff

63% of Tithers started giving 10% or more between childhood and their twenties

Indianapolis mom teaches thieving kids a tough lesson