Remember who the real enemy is
Are We Raising a Generation of Helpless Kids?
Their grades in school are often negotiated by parents rather than earned and they are praised for accomplishing little
Beastie Boys accuse US toymaker of violating their 1987 track Girls
GoldieBlox is a toy company started last year that encourages girls with engineering toys
2nd Amendment Vs Teen Knock Out Game
Teen Thought He Could Knockout an Innocent Victim. Then He Learned About the 2nd Amendment
RAPPER DEVOTES AWARD SPEECH TO TRAYVON.. EACH YEAR KIDS ARE DYING DUE TO RACIAL PROFILING
Martin Luther King, Jr. (“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere”
Minority Parents Most Anxious About Child’s Online Safety
White parents are the least concerned about all online safety issues
Dad's Attempt to Pick Up His Kids From School Goes Wrong
The school’s new pick up policy requires parents to wait in line to retrieve their children
Too Much TV Can Stall Aspects of Cognitive Development
Preschoolers who have a television in their bedroom…have a weaker understanding of other people’s beliefs and desires
How Can You Make a Student Care Enough to Work Harder?
Intrinsic motivation (motivation that comes from within)
TwitCasting Is More Popular Than Facebook Among Japanese Teenagers
Fifty percent of TwitCasting’s users are teenagers, including 1.33 million Japanese college student
Hearing Loss Is Up Among Teens
One in six teens has some degree of preventable hearing loss, but few parents warn their kids to turn down their iPods
'KNOCKOUT' SUSPECT GIVEN CITATION, NOT ARRESTED
…given a citation because there were reportedly no other witnesses to the attack
AL Sharpton Condemns Knockout Game
The behavior by mostly black youth attacking random white, Jewish, and Asian strangers..”is deplorable
Deadly effects of synthetic drugs masked by innocent-sounding names
Scooby Snax, Mr. Smiley, The Joker
higher education losing its value for Millennial students
Colleges Are Entering the Age of Shrinkage
The No. 1 Killer of Teens in the U.S.
According to an alarming report by the Centers for Disease Control
Teens as young as 11 years old are sending sexually explicit text messages
Young teens, girls age 11-14 sending sexually explicit photos on the rise
The Power of Presence
The best help for these moments, I’ve found, has simply been “the power of presence.”
NYPD Stats: 70% Of Shooting Suspects In First Half of 2013 Were Black
If you’re black, you are almost 25 times more likely to be shot in New York City than a white person — and you are also more likely to be arrested for pulling a trigger
Flashback: Smoking & Drinking Teens Are The Unhappiest Of All
Students who had never had alcohol or smoked cigarettes were five to six times more likely to have higher levels of happiness
Married Couples ‘More Happy’ When ‘Wife Calms Down’
“This isn’t about who wins the argument,” “but a study of hot marital fights indicates that when the wife calms down, the couples are more happy.”
4 Ways Divorce Affects Kids
Children of divorce are more likely to pull away from church as teens and adults
Do Some Middle School Aged Kids Do Better When It Comes to Dealing With Divorce?
To be a child on the threshold of adolescence is the worst time to have divorcing parents
Toy Company Encourages Girls To Be Engineers
A new toy company that encourages girls to be builders, not princesses. The new ad has more than 3.5 million views
Boys Have Body-Image Issues, Too
Eating disorders in male teens may be more common than once thought
Satellite Built by High School Students Set to Launch
The launch marks the first time NASA will launch a cubesat developed by students not yet in college
Kids Are Less Fit Than Their Parents Were
On average, it takes children 90 seconds longer to run a mile than their counterparts did 30 years ago
Massive High School Brawl Sparked By Social Media Post…
10 Students In Custody After Brawl At Overbrook High School; 3 Injured
Dinovember: Creative Parents Bring Their Kids’ Dinosaur Toys to Life
Because in the age of iPads and Netflix, we don’t want our kids to lose their sense of wonder and imagination
Study Shows No Harmful Impact From Gaming On Children
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 problems by 7 years
More Than Half Of Teens With Mental Health Problems Aren't Getting Treatment
And among teens with psychiatric disorders who do receive treatment, the health care providers are not often mental health specialists, but rather school counselors
Bill would limit online tracking, give teens 'eraser button'
“When it comes to data collection, there are no safeguards for kids age 13, 14 and 15. They face a pervasive system of commercial surveillance and we think it needs to be reined in.”
1 in 7 Swiss Students Dabbles in ‘Smart’ Drugs
The students reported that they primarily took these substances while preparing for exams
High School Student Gives Devastating Speech Against Common Core Education
The president essentially bribed states into implementation via ‘Race to the Top,’ offering $4.35 billion taxpayer dollars to participating states
Spirituality Improves Outcomes for Teens in Rehab
The adolescents’ capacity to become more spiritual, and overcome self-centeredness, evidences the malleability of personality and belief orientation
How Teens Choose Their Friends
Students were more likely to make friends in small classes, often electives, which set them off from the general student population
Demi Lovato recalls 'dark and deep' struggles with drugs and alcohol
She quickly learned it would not be so easy to avoid facing the consequences of her actions
Student Drinking At UC-Berkeley Is Overloading Area Hospitals
107 Students have been transported to emergency room so far this year
Flashback: Dad’s are The Key
Stronger father-son relationships curtail youth delinquency, local research finds
A Troubled Boy Was Asked A Pointed Question From The Drill Sergeant
The answer he gave is priceless..
Students at historically black college complain Obamacare has left them uninsured
Many students had no idea the plans had been canceled
“Rock and Roll Theology”
Rutgers University recently announced that it will offer a course exploring the career and theology of The Boss
Flashback: Corgan: God Is The Future Of Rock Music
Smashing Pumpkins singer Billy Corgan on why rock music needs God and how suffering isn’t good for business
How to Raise a Pagan Kid in a Christian Home
“Hey kids, be more kind because the Bible says so!” But that isn’t Christianity, it’s morality. . .
Teens Have Less Impulse Control When Faced With Danger
…this might make them more likely to commit crimes
Teen Male Athletes at Increased Risk for Medication Misuse
7.5 million adolescents take part in sports at the high school level and 2 million high school athletic injuries occur each year
What a Ride!
Thanking Mike Yaconelli for being that living example of dreaming big, remaining humble, and blazing trails for God
How Do We Hear God?
“God has told me the reason you’re sick/divorced/infertile/unemployed is because of this thing you did wrong”
4 Truths About The Gospel You Must Teach Students
How intentional are you when it comes to incorporating the gospel into every area of your ministry?
What Screen Time is Doing to Our Kids
Here’s What A Constantly Plugged-In Life Is Doing To Kids’ Bodies
How Big Is Your Youth Ministry Vision?
As I thought of this spider, I thought of four things those we can take and apply to youth ministry
Dad, Can I Download Katy Perry’s New Album?
Jonathan McKee: what kind of guidance can we offer our kids who want to download it?
Is faith alive and well in America?
“We are living in a post-Christian culture — a culture fundamentally at odds with faith in Jesus.”
ObamaCare Ad Promoting Promiscuity Among Millennials
The ads are designed to convince young people, to go sign up for Obamacare
Condom Culture? Why Teens Aren’t Practicing Safe Sex
The percentage of young people using condoms has stalled, while STD rates are on the rise
New shopping PatternsTeens Flee Abercrombie
Abercrombie, American Eagle and Aeropostale Inc. all are projected to have sales declines in the year ending in January after gains in the previous year
70% of teens accidentally came across porn
Teens being exposed to porn so early can forever warp their idea of what sex could and should be.. into a world of sexual violence
Fat Kids win
It seems Abercrombie & Fitch got the message they will “expand sizes, colors and fits.”
Kids n Social Media: Insights and Best Practices for Parents and Youth Workers
A New Webinar from CPYU and Walt Mueller, Nov 14
Teen NightOwls Likely To Perform Worse Academically, Emotionally
“The good news is that sleep behavior is highly modifiable with the right support,”
"Thou Shalt Not Kill" Posters
Church leaders in Detroit push ‘Thou shalt not kill’ message in wake of violence
Teen Shares 'Dangerous' Experience Of Running Away
More than 2,000 kids in Utah have run away from home so far in 2013
Flashback: Study Links Swearing on TV to Teen Aggression
Those kids who swore more were also more likely to engage in physical aggression
More Teenagers Drinking Hand Sanitizer
NY Poison Center reports a spike in calls about hand sanitizer use among teens, particularly in middle school students
