6% of all teenagers in Russia were addicted to computer and Internet

12 Pieces Of Valuable Life Advice

The Skit Guys

Give ANY amount to Sticky Faith by June 30th to help us rise to the challenge!

What You Need to Know about Life After Youth Group

The Centers for Disease Control

By Kara Powell, Brad M. Griffin

Book: ‘You Are Not Special and Other Encouragements’ by David McCullough Jr

David McCullough Jr (2.2 million views on YouTube)

Andy Blanks

bY Derek Melleby

George Lockhart

“Basically everything that people do very frequently can shape their brain structure and function,”

Rape Culture is the normalization of sexual violence as a society. It is when jokes about rape are made and laughed at, when a song about the objectifying women hits the top of the charts

How do you determine your students’ faith development over the course of years?

To bring young adults back to church, leadership needs to make them feel like their time and talents are needed

Planned Parenthood received $540.7 million in (taxpayer) funds in 2011-2012.performed 327,166 abortions

15.5% youth unemployment

Apple is counting on the Beats acquisition to boost its cachet with teenagers and younger adults

College tuition $30,000 per year at a private university and $22,000 per year at a public school

A once-popular teen retailer is in for some big changes amid dwindling profits

Many clothing stores catering to the teen crowd are suffering as parents tighten the purse strings

I wish I didn’t work so hard….They missed their children’s youth and their partner’s companionship

Craig Gross: TedX talk

George Lockhart: “Who are you? and Why are you here?”

I offended parents, lost a volunteer, and had a student leave the church

When he asked them who sings the hit “Happy,” students came up with the answer easily: Pharrell Williams

‘Walk of Shame Shuttle’ to offer riders chance to air confessions on national TV

Early sex in a relationship was also associated with living together sooner and less satisfying marriages

The seventh installment in the “X-Men” franchise earned $111 million

The..contraception mandate violates the Religious Freedom Restoration Act and is unconstitutional

What helps set millennials apart is their optimistic spirit in the midst of economic turmoil

Mark DeVries

53% of teen girls feel that photos of themselves posted by others can make them feel bad

Historically, I think lots of student ministries don’t win because of good ol’ fashion laziness

Kicking Butt vs. Counting Butts in Seats

Your fourteen year old will never be an adult the way you are an adult today.

Powerful Video For Memorial Day

let students know they are loved and accepted by both God and ourselves even when they’re mortified about themselves

…The Value of Community

So why should we expect less theological rigor from our youth pastors who serve them through teaching, counseling,

YS Idea Lab

by Jen Bradbury

by Jim Liebelt

He had posted a YouTube video vowing revenge on women who had rejected him

Boys were more likely to use energy drinks than girls

Shooter: Son of ‘Hunger Games’ Assistant Director Went on a rampage that left seven people dead, including the shooter

Not all kids lie on research surveys. But enough teenagers make up answers that it can skew the results

“The call was, ‘Are you Charlie Heflin? Do you remember rescuing a baby back in 1995?”’ he recalled. “There were quite a few tears.”

R&E

Viral Video

Teens Rescue Family From Burning House

McAfee: More than half of teens in the poll were in a fight because of something on social media

At 11 years old, it seems as that’s the biggest drop

Tampons, pads, and candy delivered right to your youth group needs… Simplified, Period.

Do tween fashion trends push girls to mature too fast?

By Kara Powell

“I’ve told my kids..keep one headphone in and one headphone out so you can hear the world around you,”

1 in 10 new moms is a teen. Only about 50% of teen mothers have a high school diploma

I feel like I’m a terrible father… discipling other people’s families more than our own

Questions I wrestle with that have led to a lot of changes in my own family and ministry over the years

“the most indebted class ever.” average loan-holding 2014 college graduate will have to pay back $33,000

315 first-year college students and found that 44% of the men had driven while stoned in the previous month

Consumers of child abuse images…come from all segments of society

Car crashes are the No. 1 cause of teenage deaths

By Chuck Lawless

And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds. Let us not give up meeting together

We’ve got to Compel students to want to be in the presence of God, and we’ve got to show that in our lives

Matt Maiberger, Youth Speaker’s Coach

“one of the greatest distractions to following Jesus is a ‘sense of peace.’”

Commencement speaker reveals disability, blows crowd away

Tedd Tripp

January 20, 2012 -Boko Haram attacked and killed more than 200, including Christians

Many Christian families are practically abandoning “the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints”

Andy Blanks

George Lockhart From The Youth Culture Report

George Lockhart From The Youth Culture Report

George Lockhart From The Youth Culture Report

by Justin Knowles

Andy Blanks

We put more emphasis on training leaders than we do on training people to be great followers of Christ?

Are students leaving the church in droves? What can we do to stop the bleeding?

If churches or organizations need improved results, upgrading your leadership is often the answer

USA Today

“Godzilla” has debuted as the largest opener of the year with $93.2 million

With all of the grotesque things that can be seen and heard on television, you would think there would be room

Criticize anything gay people do and you risk ostracism, fines, suspension or loss of your livelihood

‘This is why I never married.’…‘That, and one other reason,”“that’s right, Gobber’s coming out in this movie,”

A look at the live-video conversations with each other

7% of Black Seniors tested at grade level in math, and just 16% are considered proficient in reading

Kids’ Toy Into Thrill-Seekers’ Sport

Dear Parents of Teenagers,

USA Today

The ban, if passed, would have made it the first state in the country to eliminate chocolate milk from its public schools

The biggest drop in happiness is at age 11. Girls continue to get more unhappy until about 16

by Jim Liebelt

The parole officer or the counselor

NY Times children’s bestseller list for 27 weeks and counting “Rush Revere and the Brave Pilgrims”

By Walt Mueller

In these assessments, the scores of students from charter schools were removed….