Walt Mueller

Education Secretary Betsy Devos slammed the increased demand for student debt forgiveness and free college by calling it a socialist takeover of higher education.

Gospel-Centered Kids Ministry How the gospel will transform your kids, your church, your community, and the world

What Teenagers Are Teaching the Church about Joy

Here are six tactics to beat the holiday blues.

The holiday season can be a source of sadness, disappointment, loneliness, and maybe even a little anger. It reminds you

Series of near-riots on campuses aimed at silencing guest speakers has exposed no longer free exchange of ideas in pursuit of truth

Parents Heartbroken Kids are Celebrating Milestones Without Family Due to COVID

A weekly listing of hot cultural items from the Internet, music, television, and movies

I feel absolutely dry and overextended. I’m a people-pleaser by nature, and I feel like my busyness is letting others down. My overload is affecting…

Such revisionist histories are nearly always written (or posted to the internet) with an agenda in mind

The losses we have experienced from COVID-19 help us understand the Pilgrims. Their courage and faith to give thanks despite hardships can encourage us

Politics and propaganda will have to wait until students first learn to read and think for themselves

students who violated the state’s rules will be forced to participate in online school for two weeks

There is no world in which the Constitution tolerates..edicts that reopen liquor stores but shutter churches

To help church leadership minister alongside their students (rather than at their students)

Seducing Our Daughters’ the impact transgenderism is having on girls

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by creating programs like universal health care and de-privatization of housing

Like Snapchat snaps and Instagram and Facebook “stories,” Twitter is rolling out fleets—tweets that disappear after 24 hours

Asking Education Secretary Betsy DeVos to extend the break from making repayments another year

Nearly One-in-Four Teens Less Likely to Consider Starting a Business as an Adult as the Result of COVID-19 Impact

Young kids now spend more time watching online videos than doing any other activity on screens

checking social media often, viewing emotional or violent videos, and starting to use social media at an early age were related to later bedtimes and fewer hours of sleep

13 Ways to Build Resilience In Your Children

by Greg Stie

By Doug Franklin

How to Build a Bridge Back to Your Kid After an Argument

Youth ministry is hard, but we need it now more than ever

“The Influencer Report: Engaging Gen Z and Millennials”

Apple doc ‘Becoming You’ shows what happens when parents…

Teachers Can Help Them See That

The “Bad Guy” song becomes the latest addition to the billion views club, reaching the mark just over a year-and-a-half after the video’s release

Black teens should have easy access to black conservative films on Amazon

Others just wanted to do headhunting, but you were more interested in building a vital ministry.”

The old idea that anyone working with students needs to be young and hip…

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regular exposure to marijuana advertising and store locations increased the likelihood of adolescents using marijuana

Cut chores and kill chill time:

The lessons tells me they were among the most impactful lessons that I learned over the years

Our children should expect minor consequences for minor infractions and major consequences for major infractions

– Part 5

So here is what happens when a new student comes to one of our campuses:

As parents, we’ve been told for so long that we “can’t be friends” with our kids, but I think that’s wrong

5 Ways to Better Work with Your Pastor

If we prioritize relationships first, we will be in a better position to reach our academic goals

62% of Generation Zers have shown symptoms of loneliness, stress, anxiety, and frustration

What Our Family Is Learning From Our Girls With Special Needs

Your role is primarily about adults, not kids

Our faith is passed not by a program or a church service or a book that we read but in relationship with one another where we know each other’s names and stories and we share the goodness of God with each other.

Don’t embarrass the child by reprimanding them in front of the other kids.

Sometimes friendships need plain old fun to get kids to let down their guard and get to know each other

An eye-opening number of Gen-Z-ers have warmed up to Marxism in the past year

The latest study aggregates responses from 9,800 teens across the United States

The most wanted gifts among teens this year include…

To bring about a change in how individuals think about and practice sex and gender.

A weekly listing of hot cultural items from the Internet, music, television, and movies

Nearly one-third of students who reported misusing prescription opioids as high school seniors between 1997 and 2000, but did not have a history of medical use, later used heroin by age 35

New research finds that a child’s middle school years are most likely to be the period of parenthood when a mother battles emotional and mental difficulties

This safety guide helps to ensure you’re on the right path to creating a safe environment.

Biblical values that were once considered morally right and acceptable are now considered morally repugnant by many Americans

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The Supreme Court to hear the case of a former student evangelist who was punished for trying to share his faith

Students love online stuff but not all of it. Students need a balance. They need an in person connection as well

Anxiety hits when the brain releases chemicals that send people into a “fight or flight” response

Here are a few (loosely connected) thoughts about junior highers and discipleship that may help

Gave Kid Nightmares

Should a College Be Held Accountable for Violating a Student’s Freedom of Speech? This Supreme Court Case Will Decide

Three Christian schools and a Christian network of pregnancy centers are suing Attorney General Mark Herring

I would like to use this experience to prevent others from making a similar mistake. … There will not be a day for the rest of my life that I will not think of this tragedy

As a licensed elementary teacher who has taught reading to children via Skype for the past five years

Your children deserve honest, open, blunt and unashamedly biblical answers in the area of sex and sexuality

A nearly 60% jump in suicides by young Americans since 2007 has experts alarmed and somewhat puzzled

Democrats in the Senate promised to block legislation that mandates basic medical care for children who survive an abortion — an extremist view shared by vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris.

Mother in the stands during her son’s middle school football game getting into a physical altercation as a police officer struggles to arrest her

Walt Mueller

Pew survey shows teens, parents practice faith together, though teens are less religious

“The underlying motive of these sacrilegious attacks is clear: to intimidate and instill fear in the hearts of those who worship Christ,”

When it comes to religion, American teenagers and their parents tend to have a lot in common – though not quite as much as the parents may think

Since the days of Moses, God has given the primary responsibility of teaching and training children to the parent

It is becoming clear that they do not amplify this virus the way they do influenza when it comes

When a teen gets a chance to lead, they have an opportunity to own their faith

I’m going to share something with you my therapist shared with me weeks ago. And it’s about to blow your mind

This discussion brings up LGBTQ issues, Cash in this TikTok video chose to call it a sin

To combat China’s malicious collection of American citizens’ personal data, while promoting our national values

African Americans, past and present, who have prospered by embracing America’s founding ideals of free enterprise, family, hard work, entrepreneurship, and faith

Netflix cancellations were nearly eight times higher than usual

New studies show caregivers with young children are stressed, with no signs of relief on the horizon

by Walt Mueller

It’s a challenge to parents to live a life that is worthy of that kind of praise and recognition from their children

By Mark Oestreicher

You don’t need a new program or some complex system, you just need a few simple steps. Let me show you what I mean.

Being a youth pastor during the last 5+ months has been so very wild for me!

“The Left wants to sexualize children, period, and to remove penalties for adult predators.”

The number of U.S. youths who use e-cigarettes fell from 5.4 million in 2019 to 3.6 million this year — but vaping remains a dangerous epidemic among children and teens

Teens and seniors are more likely to drive vehicles that lack important safety features, adding additional risks for these vulnerable drivers

When an adult child violates our values, makes poor choices, or gets in deep trouble, we often question our parenting abilities

With in-person gatherings happening more and more, we want to take a quick moment to solve your games problem for you

What they’re teaching kids — as early as kindergarten — is disturbing