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Five rules we gave her 13-year-old daughter

Greater screen time at 24 months was associated with poorer performance on developmental screening tests at 36 months, and similarly

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There are no tested or approved methods for quitting e-cigarettes

Kids who had vaped were four times more likely to experiment with cigarettes

“Nicotine is highly addictive and can harm brain development, including harmful effects on learning, memory and attention,” Schuchat said. Nicotine also primes the brain for addiction to other substances

They met in homes and discipleship started booming. Kids began growing, getting connected, inviting more friends. Numbers grew.

The victim told police a 13-year-old classmate gave her a gummy bear that would “stop her from stressing out,”

Presleigh’s mother, while agreeing that her husband went too far, did say that her daughter was a victim of the boy’s bullying

Taditional youth group night was becoming less effective, we did also notice that home groups were becoming more effective

According to a new survey of 1,000 Protestant pastors by Nashville-based LifeWay Research

You treat young women with respect. They are not objects. They are humans with the same aspirations and desires

Give up the unhealthy — yet popular — parenting practices that are robbing kids of mental strength

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When it comes to the emerging generations, we are to “get out of our offices and onto the sidewalks.”

I plan to be an entrepreneur so I am getting started now, while I’m in school.

Lost children find other lost children because they are seeking some semblance of unity and a place to belong; this is why gangs thrive

Churches worry  they can’t reach millennials and Gen Z with questions

Conversation Kits help parents and caring adults talk with their teens about important topics

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Why it’s important for teens to be involved in a youth group

Prosecutors said he sent the girl porn and got her to take her clothes off and touch herself on Skype

It reflects the thoughts, experiences, and practical advice of four in-the-trenches youth workers, who have spent years having these conversations

Surveillance at concerts is just the beginning, as fears grow around an unregulated, billion-dollar industry

Eighty per cent of priests working at the Vatican are gay, although not necessarily sexually active

Investigation reveals 700  victims of southern Baptist  sexual abuse over 20 years

There is a BIG difference between privacy and secrecy

Love is to be celebrated but not worshiped. It is easy in our culture to worship a quality that is not a deity. God is the One we worship, not love. We do not elevate love to be god or above God.

A photo series has shown the lengths some young people go to to edit their appearance before posting pictures on social media

“A new phenomenon called ‘Snapchat dysmorphia’ Patients are seeking out surgery to help them appear like the filtered versions of themselves,

Without an anchor, we drift along with the prevailing winds of the spirit of the times. Without a stake in the ground we run loose like dogs

If we don’t reach our kids with the gospel by middle school, we have already lost our chance

Involuntary manslaughter conviction where an absent defendant, with words alone, encouraged another person to commit suicide

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By embracing technology, we are able to intimately and intentionally connect

What’s it like to have millions of fans when you’re 10? What’s it like to have thousands of people insult or adore you?

Hillsong Church Senior pastor Brian Houston the church does “not affirm a gay lifestyle.” No “gay people in positions of leadership,”

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Meet three witches who believe the social media era is transforming the way people view witchcraft

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Wicca, Paganism Growing ‘Astronomically’

Preteens who look at a phone or television screen in the dark an hour before bed are at risk of not getting enough sleep compared to those who use these devices in a lighted room

Teen athletes who sustained sports-related concussions recovered more quickly when they engaged in a supervised aerobic exercise regimen

American parents aren’t sure whether their teen and young adult children should be prescribed opioid painkillers, and many don’t know there are other ways to get pain relief

This means that student success isn’t determined by genetics, but by parenting

Martin was tormented on the school bus over his weight, glasses and braces in the months leading to his death

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Understanding and Reaching the New Post-Christian World

Here are some things our teams come up with and ministering to GenZ

If the obesity epidemic continues, fat-sensitive cancers will explode in the years to come

“If you know me, you know I…. but if you reallyknew me, you’d know…”I gave them an example

We’ve amped up the amount of new content we’re adding to each site! Mobile friendly and easier to navigate

The recording of the national anthem wasn’t able to play before North Polk and Roland-Story tipped off,” reps for the station wrote. “But that didn’t faze anyone in the gym.”

Success in student ministry doesn’t always happen while they are students in your program. It often happens years later. That is why I stay in touch with them

Being a bivocational youth ministry worker comes with a unique set of challenges—like two bosses, two workplace

“How did you steward what I gave you faithfully?”

Skills such as stability, assertiveness, intimacy, and social competence–that correspond most closely to the skills needed for success in adult romantic relationships.

kids 2-5 years old who engage in more screen time received worse scores in developmental screening tests

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“Therefore do not be anxious, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’”

‭‭Matthew‬ ‭6:31‬ ‭ESV

There’s no doubt that with all that we encounter on a daily basis that some “weeds of this world” will infringe on the purity of my relationship with God. We must resist and weed out…

Seeing the deeper longings behind teenagers and social media

Our kids need a wall of support that doesn’t withdraw or abandon them. Even when they withdraw from us—

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Multiple times during any particular week, this season often feels overwhelming, stressful, and just hard.

I need to be honest about how there are times when I don’t even recognize my own children and how lonely that can feel.

“Ultimately, when we worship parenting success and achievement, we find our worth in….what our children accomplish.”

How to Help Your Student Athletes Win On and Off the Field

Parenting a teen has never been an easy feat, but in today’s digital age, tracking a teen’s behavior has become almost impossible

An Israeli company with ties to the country’s military has released a Kevlar-covered backpack to protect students

Runaways, kids doing drugs or skipping school, or teenagers getting mixed up with the wrong crowd

“It is not enough to be connected all day long. To feel respected and asked to get involved, is greater than simply being online,”

It’s rare to see a major media outlet be so honest about its ideological bias

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See a clip from Savannah Guthrie’s exclusive interview with Covington Catholic High School student Nick Sandmann

Using social media does not appear to reduce feelings of loneliness. In fact, it can make you feel more lonely

Millennials struggling with depression aren’t being helped by their use of  social media

PG-13 movies became more violent between 1985 and 2015, overall rates of murder and violence actually fell.

Continue to expose and free us from the faith-less, grace-less, law-heavy ways we parent, Father. Free us from over-stressing our kids and under-believing the gospel

Parents who want to give their kids a healthy view of sex centered on the gospel of Jesus Christ

Giving Your Kids a Gospel-Centered View of Sex and Our Culture is a treasure

…is either addressing or exploiting—you decide—the subject that isn’t talked about much in most homes

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You know the drill. You get super fired up for a student ministry event your team has been planning….

You may be a skeptic or have confusion about the Enneagram and thats okay. These have just been a few ways the Enneagram has helped me in my ministry

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