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Why Are More American Teenagers Than Ever Suffering From Severe Anxiety?

Most hard-to-reach students aren’t actually that hard to reach; we just need to put in a little extra effor

Phil Bel

Jonathan McKee

51% of church goers do not know what the “The Great Commission” is. Take that in for a moment, the average “Christian” doesn’t know the last and lasting mandate that Christ gave to go and make disciples of everyone everywhere.

Parents punishing children on social media

How screens turn kids into psychotic junkies

Don’t Miss These 3 Great Recruiting Ideas

New feature called Nametags that lets you create a special image that people can scan with the Instagram Stories camera to follow you

A coalition of more than 20 consumer advocacy groups contends that YouTube is collecting and profiting from the personal information of young children on its main site

Burn Book — Post anonymous rumors about people through audio messages, tests, and photos

By default, every device that connects kids to the internet also connects kids to porn

Everyone knows that porn is ubiquitous online, a danger to be aware of and avoid vigilantly

One In 10 Visitors To Graphic Porn Sites Are Under 10 Years Old

Two Views of the Role of Youth in the Mission of the Church

An ongoing column which draws together insights from two crucial spheres of ministry: youth ministry and church planting

Even fewer spoke about other church youth activities or specific courses on Christianity popular in England like Alpha or Christianity Explored

According to a January 2018 poll of parents, 47% think their children are addicted to their smartphone device

“The takeaway here is that parents should not treat parental control apps as a magic bullet to keep their teens safe online,”

On Netflix, a Growing Wave of Shows for and About Teenagers

58% Of Parents Concerned About Negative Health Effects In Children Using Virtual Reality

Boys who spend more time with friends tend to have lower blood pressure and lower BMI as men

Teenagers  diagnosed with a “self-harm” injury, the risk of suicide in the next year was nearly 27 times higher than the U.S

In  a decade London hospitals have gone from treating men in their twenties for knife and gun wounds to children still in their “school uniforms

Larry Norman and the Perils of Christian Rock

The death of Christianity in America has been announced many times—and yet Christianity continues to thrive

More than 100 child health experts are urging Facebook to withdraw an app aimed at under-13s

Do These 4 Things

8 Things Every Father Must Teach His Daughter

Here are 3 ways a protective father can see his daughter through

How Do You Know if You Are Called Into Youth Ministry?

How to appeal to the students in your youth group who just don’t seem to care.

Apple’s new iPad may be aimed at schools but it’s also a great deal for consumers.

No investment in yourself, your family and friends or others outside of your ministry, you will find yourself with a potentially broken self and family life

Here are a few ideas to take your ministries from informational to transformational:

Teen needed to wake up for church on Easter. His mother tased him

Dating apps are giving us too many options, and other apps give us an excuse to be “psychologically gone.”

Sharing my own story through listening first

Learning to cultivate influence without authority is foundational to navigate culture today

Resurrection song

WITH ACCESS TO more audiences, channels, today’s kids can achieve stardom before graduating high school

Sorry New York Times, sexting is NOT normal for teens, and should not be celebrated

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

Children who regularly witness parental conflict may be sustaining lasting harm to their emotional processing abilities.

A young person smoking at least 10 cigarettes a day increases the risk of psychosis when compared to non-smoking young people.

What is known is that smart, successful, gifted teens are committing suicide in increasing numbers

This 16-year-old’s suicide letters are a cry for help and a national call for change

Internet a ‘Lord of the Flies’: Teen suicide rise started after Instagram, Snapchat began

Here are 6 areas of health that need to be in top condition

The increase in depression and suicide rate correlates to the iPhones being released.

After getting complaints from teachers about being sexually harassed, not by their co-workers, but by their students

R. Kelly’s ex-girlfriend alleges singer ‘trained’ 14-year-old girl to be his ‘sex pet’

Do A Student Lead Series

Take A Good, Hard Look At Your Service

What does the Mission Relationship Factor do for your church?

For those unfamiliar, fentanyl is a synthetic opioid that is said to be 50 times more powerful than heroin

Arming teachers and students with buckets of rocks in what the superintendent says would be a last resort should an armed intruder burst in

We are refusing to let them learn the lessons of self-reliance and problem-solving that they will need to be successful as adults.

“People don’t have the attention span anymore to listen to whole albums,” he says. “The album used to be a journey, and now the journey is one track to another track

More Than Just Surviving This Transitional Phase

An In-Depth Look at Constant Connectivity…and What It’s Costing

Patience is Christian parents’ greatest need. Here are six areas of parenting where I’ve learned (and am learning) to exercise patience.

Intergenerational is cultural

Although black kids kill themselves less often than white youth do, the rate of increase was higher — 77%.

Long before kids are old enough to start collecting “likes” on social media, they do appear to care what others think about them

From Washington D.C. to Paris, young voices resound in protest against gun violence

Gen Z are relieved when placed in a situation where they are unable to access their smartphones for several weeks

Increased time spent on social media at age 10 and reduced wellbeing in later adolescence—but only among girls.

one-third of young adults report having been in a vehicle with a driver impaired by alcohol or drugs, a new study finds.

A practical guide to building your child’s bond with family and fostering school success amid the allure of digital screens

How psychology is being used as a weapon against children

Todd Jones

Now their poster is spreading like wildfire online

When a child breathes in secondhand smoke, they breathe in thousands of chemicals, just like the smoker does. This puts them at risk of serious conditions

70% of smokers actually want to quit but don’t

Emotional hijacking can be destructive; however,

10 strategies for working with teenage boys

Connecting Students is More Important than Programs

Keeping your “elbows off the dinner table” may now be replaced by “take your phone off the table.”

A new genre of porn, Deepfakes, is growing in popularity… and it’s scary

The impact of cell phones is dependent upon many variables, including the vulnerability of the teen

38% regretted drinking, 32% regretted a sexual encounter and 11% said they regretted drug use

College students’ annual rite of debauchery during spring break continues despite towns’ attempts to curb it.

‘What’s the point of making her wait?’ mom says

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

Daughters are more likely to carry on a family tradition of philanthropic giving than sons, a recent Indiana

Tamiflu — does not cause an increased risk of suicide in pediatric patients

We must inspire missionary brigades of Christians ready to free the captives of this confused culture

Reclaiming the Great Missionary

St. Patrick’s Bad Analogies

…porn was their primary source for information about sex.  Adolescents watch much more pornography than their parents know

Be persistent, pray, and then let God be God — who does the work to change lives! Here are some ideas to help you get started.

3 Ways to Pass on Faith to the Next Generation

Dozens of students said they are tired of just “thoughts and prayers.”

Frustrations are a part of ministry, so how can we not let them get the better of us?
Here are four thoughts

An Open Letter From A Teacher To Students “Walking Out”…

Children’s health experts warned that excessive use of digital devices and social media “is harmful to children and teens.”

I’m the Girl Who Clawed Her Own Eyes Out. This Is My Story.

More Americans have been killed in Chicago alone than in the wars of Iraq and Afghanistan combined.