Parents are an important part of the picture, and making them feel excluded from school grounds is the quickest route to conflict
Technically Selfie Incorrect
Outrage after teen takes smiling selfie with car involved in fatal accident
British Teen Selfie Killers Jailed For Life
Almost 400 children under the age of 18 have reportedly been convicted of murder in Britain over the past two decades
Prescot college imposes mandatory fee to fund scholarship for illegal immigrants
It is beyond absurd that this college is going to force all the students to subsidize the education of a student who is in the country illegally
Indiana University Students Mistake Priest for KKK Member
“iu students be careful, there’s someone walking around in kkk gear with a whip”
Atheists Are Providing Pamphlets To Middle And High School Students
Topics like sex in the Bible, problems with the Ten Commandments and a Satanic activity book to a Colorado district
Alarming Online Trend: The Banana Peel Challenge
“Adolescents often think they’re invincible or immortal…they’re the ones who are going to get hurt.”
How Porn Is Changing A Generation of Girls
“Porn has terrible effects on what young women believe they are supposed to look like, particularly during sex,” said Leslie Bell
Oxford Theology Students Can Now Avoid Studying Christianity
“The major driver for change for theology and religion is the dramatic change in the way religion is seen and practised in the UK,”
How Emotions Influence Our Decisions
We need to address not just the intellectual brain in our messages to teens, but the emotional brain as well
Overcome Your Worries
Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow. it empties today of its strength. Corrir ten Boom
My Son’s Autism Changed Everything—Even Our Church
I came to see special needs families as an unreached people group
UK: Quick-Thinking Kids Help Cops Find Fleeing Suspect
Youths form human arrow to help police capture crooks in England
More...American Girls and Their Social Media Lives
Rather than identifying with these girls..I felt estranged. Where were the Christian teenagers?
What It Means To Say That Christ “Descended Into Hell”?
The phrase occurs in both the Apostles’ Creed, which many churches recite every Sunday, and in the Athanasian Creed
We Are Helping Orphans In India
V2H (The Youth Culture Report) is in partnership with Sion Assembly Church in India. We help support orphans there among other aspects of ministry
Teens Still Love Celebrities & Tiger Beat Is Revamping To Appeal...
One important thing that hasn’t changed in youth culture…teen girls’ obsession with fresh-faced celebrities
Flashback: Starting A Sticky Faith Youth Ministry From Scratch
10 Tips for Starting a Sticky Faith Youth Ministry from Scratch
4 Things I'm Doing To Help My Teenager With Anxiety
Parent, if you have a child struggling with anxiety, take one easy step with me: let’s pray right now
Tavi Gevinson Is A 19 Year-Old Anna Wintour
She started a fashion blog at age 11 and by 14 was a darling of the fashion industry
Cultural Appropriation Craziness
Tense Scene Unfolds When Black Woman Accuses White Student of Cultural Appropriation for Dreadlocks
Unions Survive Supreme Court Challenge From Christian Teachers
Fight for freedom of association could have eliminated collective bargaining
Women In Youth Ministry Campference: April 13-15, 2016
Saying YES all the time won’t make me WONDER WOMAN. Instead, it will make me WORN-OUT WOMAN. by @JeanneMayo
Values: Reconciliation Of #Bluelivesmatter And #Blacklivesmatter
God’s Word tells us that peace will come, and that Christ offers it freely to all through believing in his death on the cross. And one day
A Glimpse Into Teenage Depression
Depression impacts lots of teenagers but I’m left to wonder how well many of us are equipped to notice the symptoms..
How To Become One (Church) Family Ministry
All of us, regardless of where we are in that transition, could use help because we never arrive
How To Navigate Transitions In Ministry
Transitions can be difficult. Even the most thought-out and well-designed transitions can be stressful
Burnout In Youth Ministry
This time of year is notorious for producing burnout among American youth workers
Why Snapchat Spent $100 Million For Emojis
Snapchat users are about to have a more personalized experience, including customized comical avatars
The Hypocrisy Behind The Student Renaming Craze
Leland Stanford, exploited Chinese laborers (“degraded” people) to help build the transcontinental railroad
School President Rejects Student Demands For Hiring/Firing Power
“Student Assembly for Power and Liberation”…barging into a February 12th Board of Trustees meeting (see video below)
Gospel-Centered Youth Ministry: A Practical Guide
What an eternal difference it would make if youth groups put the gospel at the center of their teachings, Bible studies, retreats,
Explosion Killing At Least 72 Christian Women And Children Celebrating Easter
“When the blast occurred, the flames were so high they reached above the trees and I saw bodies flying in the air,”
A Biblical Theology Of Resurrection
In Jesus’s resurrection body the stigmata, the marks of the wounds, are still there, but his resurrection is unique
Heroin Epidemic Is Yielding To A Deadlier Cousin: Fentanyl
Fentanyl causes far more deaths than heroin in the US
Flashback: How Many Minutes Will Kids Actually Listen?
Why talk for 25 minutes when you can say it in 5?
The Secret Lives Of Teens Online
American teenagers spend an average of nine hours a day using screens. That’s two hours more than they spend sleeping
Students With Chronic Lack Of Sleep Have Poorer Focus, Lower Grades
1,400 healthy students at Dutch universities and is based on a national survey by the Netherlands Association for Sleep Wake Research
MLB Player Retires...Team Says He Can't Bring Son To Clubhouse
Adam LaRoche is taking his bat and glove — and his son — and heading home
Join Us At The First Ever Open Atlanta, April 9th!
Hear George Lockhart from The Youth Culture Report talk: “Creatively Communicating Christ”
3 Ways To Be Mentored When You Have No Mentor
Too often I talk to young youth leaders and they are desperate to be mentored
Join Us At The First Ever Open Atlanta Next Month!
April 9th
@ Candler School of Theology
Hear George Lockhart from The Youth Culture Report talk: “Creatively Communicating Christ”
What is Open Atlanta? Open Atlanta is part of a movement of youth ministry events created to celebrate practical, front-line, local-to-local youth worker idea sharing and training.
Why is it so crazy cheap? “If it’s only $25 per person it can’t be any good, can…
5 Ways To Effectively Use Movies As Illustrations
Film is a powerful medium, and movies are the most ubiquitous works of art in our culture
140-Character Presence
The idea that teenagers use social media to experience presence and to deepen relationships sounds intriguing?
Rise Of The Synthetic-High Zombies
Cops across Florida called to ‘horror-movie style scenes’ where groups of people are left slumped and stupefied after taking ‘spice’
Students Are Bringing More Deadly Weapons To City Schools
The number of weapons seized last year shot up 25 percent to 1,678 — including 62 Tasers and stun guns
Fathers Lest You Think Your Actions Don't Count
And when Dad’s not around, it hurts and destroys kids. . . deeply
Video Games May Have Positive Effects On Kids
Results were based on data from the School Children Mental Health Europe project for children ages six to 11
Gen Z Thinks Their Peers Are Completely Insane About the Reality of Girls and Boys
Youngsters who claim to be confused about the difference b/w boys n girls generally snap out of the progressives’ fever by their mid-20’s
St. Patrick: As A Teenager He Was Kidnapped, Taken From His Home....
During his six years as a slave he converted to Christianity and earned a reputation as a fervent evangelist
What Do You Say To A Student Who Has Messed Up?
Drugs, alcohol, and sex, are all things we try our hardest to keep our students from. But…
Why 12-Year Old Girls Are Having Sex Rougher, Earlier
That boys their age watch porn regularly, and demand from their girlfriends the sexual menu they see online
Bring Your Own Cup, Get a Slurpee For $1.50
As long as your container of choice fits inside the 10-inch cutout on the in-store display