Marko: PART 2

Debunking 7 Myths Arguing It’s Fine

School Cancels Kindergarten Play So Kids Can Focus on College Prep

Google Glass Parody Shows Family Lost in Wearable Computing

The study assessed 111 persons aged 17 to 24

Due to staff shortage for the pass year we had no real student leadership program in place..

Share her views on virginity in an effort to help young people cope with the negative media messages

7 worst Nickelodeon scandals

I got to thinking about this experience in relationship to that same 14 year old daughter

Those who are into “Beezin” say it adds to experience of being drunk or high

Mall testing out fast and slow walking lanes

In: Honeymoon getaway, Bachelor parties Out: Waiting for Sex, Religious venue for the ceremony

Teen Disciplined For Carrying Purse Filled With Feminine Products

by Jim Liebelt

by Jim Liebelt

by Jim Liebelt

‘You’re putting age groups together that are way too different,’ he said. ‘I know there’s going to be 15-year-olds there.’

‘Sometimes I wonder what it would have been like if we’d just adopted a dog’

The designs put pressure on parents by attracting young girls to the notion of growing up too fast

Elizabeth Hurley’s Bikini Line For Young Girls Called ‘Disturbing’ And ‘Inappropriate’

Watters asks attendants of a Denver pot celebration about a new study on the damages of smoking marijuana

It’s Brutally Honest Advice to Today’s Guys by Jonathan McKee

‘Revenge Porn’ It’s all about the guy having control over the woman and exploiting her in a sexual way —

‘Swatting’ Gamers Hoax incident triggers massive police response

What sort of shared adventures are you willing to embark on with your son?

by Greg Baird

How To Leverage SnapChat to Market to Millennials

….”It’s not my fault. That’s not fair!”

Caused seizures and deaths around nation

Popular kid’s chance of being bullied increases by more than 25 percent

Students who reported a previous TBI were more than three times more likely than those who had not had a head injury to attempt suicide

He sang the gospel song ‘Every Praise’ repeatedly until the man told him to get out of the car

Top Ten Tips And Tricks For Internships

An Overview of the Big Screen’s Biggest Blockbusters

One child threw a parent’s phone down the toilet

Half of the world’s population 1.8 billion is now under the age of 25

the role parents play in raising their children. … Values …matter every day

The Islamic Group uses the young women as porters, cooks and sex slaves

“High school dropouts are eight times more likely to end up in state prison than high school graduates,”

“If you’re not out there sharing your story and selling your clothing, you’ll find it discouraging to keep creating lines that nobody is buying

15 years after the Columbine shootings, a look at the numbers

Here’s a look at the last 12 months of marijuana milestones

Book Excerpt by April Diaz on Reimagining Our Role

Companies that are “leaning toward a Biblical worldview,” according to the group, include….

Put your party hats on– it’s Celebrate Teen Literature

“I dreaded it. If it wasn’t for my boys I wouldn’t have done it. I would have lived in my car.”

I asked MarkO, April and Steve to Agree, Agreeish, Disagree or Disagreeish with each statement I made

“Education, religion and civic life are places where brands are unwelcome,”

Popular Teacher Suspended for ‘Research and Development of Imitation Weapons’

If you are pro-life, then you’re anti-woman. If you’re pro-traditional marriage, then you’re homophobic

Teen Runaway Survives Flight To Hawaii In Wheel Well

Just to keep you aware of…

Religious movies have been hot at the box office this year

Elementary Students given an adult-themed assignment on topics like infidelity and a mother losing her son to war

Your church may have adults who would gladly accept your call to invest in the life of one special teenager

Some interesting insights into how adults are thinking about these things

You might be surprised to find out

What Rolling Stone and Paul have taught me

George Lockhart

1/5 of the time Americans are on smartphone = Facebook.

Look at the resources and figure out which ones will work for your ministry

George Lockhart

83% of teen girls who were sexually experienced didn’t get sex education until they’d lost their virginity

by Jim Liebelt

Police said Joann Smith, of Florence, tried to drown the three children, ages 13 to 15

NPR News

A fascinating video that offers insights into the workings of the teen brain

George Lockhart

Consider some crazy statistics and ask some hard questions of ourselves and the families in our ministries

by Mel walker

Here is your Top 10 for the week! Have an awesome weekend!

Here is some scripture and discussion questions to help you unpack this scene as well

What I have learned over the years is what we all have learned at some point: youth ministry is messy

by Jen Bradbury

by Benjamin Kerns

Our society is running a large-scale experiment with real children in the real world… the impact?

More than 2,800 teens die in car crashes every year

Mel Walker

George Lockhart

Foster originally met the unidentified girl on Facebook. She lived in his neighborhood

Mother met boyfriend a year ago and was 11 when baby was conceived

“What we’re seeing is changes in people’s core brain regions that you never, ever want to fool around with,”

The decision to resume filming was “the only choice,”..We believe our fans and we believe Paul would want that, too.”

“I don’t have a big problem with gay people.. “We don’t have a straight day.”

Not attending church: “I find God elsewhere” or “Church is not relevant to me personally”

When people doubt you, when you doubt yourself, remember that you got into this because God called you to it

George Lockhart

Television viewing and sleeping in a room with a television decrease total sleep time

10 members of Congress have released a report that shows a sharp increase in the marketing to teenagers

In November Cuccinelli won 45% of 18-24-year-old vote, Democrat Terry McAuliffe pulled 39%

Obama the Republicans’ best friend when it comes to educating (them) of the Democrats’ economic policies

Parents of autistic kids sue Disney over new line-waiting policy

…really removing these things from a child’s exposure is the best thing to do

George Lockhart

Bonding or Boundaries

“They just said things. They’d ride him and ride him, and today was the day that he snapped.”

by Jeremy Zach

by Josh Evans

It may look bleak, but here’s why you can be upbeat about this generation

by Scot McKnight