Can It Be Reduced by Parental and Spiritual Influence?

So what did I take away from this year’s Super Bowl?

Fourth-grader says he has the One Ring from The Lord of the Rings, school suspends him for terrorist threat

Once teens are online, Walfish says monitoring their accounts and behavior is key

Research into how the human brain develops helps explain why teens have trouble controlling impulses

by Jonathan McKee

-NFL 2015-

Walt Mueller

Jim Liebelt

Jim Liebelt

Jim Liebelt

Soon, friends of hers were asking if she’d make them a book, too, for their own kids’ art, and the small business was born

Knight founded Death Row Records, one of rap’s leading labels, in the 1990s, artists like Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, and Tupac Shakur

List of carcinogens: including benzene, a component of gasoline, formaldehyde, lead and nickel. Laced with nicotine

“extreme behaviors,” adding that “it is hard alcohol — rather than just beer or wine — that lands students on a hospital gurney.”

Justin Bieber Apologizes For the Past Few Years of Justin Biebery

The role of media and technology in the development of kids’ and teens’ body image attitudes and behaviors

..parents play a huge part in shaping how kids relate to their bodies

Help your daughters learn to identify unrealistic media representations of beauty and to value themselves for who they are

From selfies to shout-outs, girls are using social media both to build up and break down their self-image

Also trademarked is her commandment/aesthetic “party like it’s 1989,”

De Blasio campaigned on the promise of letting churches rent school space. Now he’s asking the Supreme Court to prohibit it

‘We want to see women’s achievements, not their breasts, on the most prominent page of your family newspaper.’

Barna

…and a few things they don’t need

By Andrew Root

By Doug Fields

By Andrew Root

Jr High Uth Guy

by Carey Nieuwhof

“About 1 in 3 high school students have been or will be involved in an abusive relationship,”

Family trips are 4 days and only $129 per person

In our divided modern culture where our adullts and youth often experience their faith separately, these opportunities increasingly are rare

we haven’t had any interaction or heard from in more than 20 years

California porn industry faces new risks

After 10 years, the Maryland School for the Blind suspended a Bible study for blind teenagers…because of “church-state” issues.

…Dimethylpolysiloxane is “added as an anti-foaming agent” but it’s also a silicon-based organic polymer used to make Silly Putty

The more religious a teen is, the less likely he or she is to abuse drugs

This is one reason for they party scene is always so popular: instant acceptance

I don’t really believe in resolutions..What I do think January is a great time for is goal setting

In 9 countries. Almost half said that pornography was made of them while they were in prostitution

Marijuana shouldn’t be legalized because of the potential harm it can cause children and teens, the American Academy of Pediatrics says

Adolescence, lack of sleep may be related to high-risk behaviors such as substance abuse, suicidal behaviors and drowsy driving

Sleep and memory go hand-in-hand

College students age 18 to 25 years old have the highest rates of binge drinking episodes

Binge drinking increases the risk of accidents and traumatic injuries. One-third of trauma patients have alcohol in their systems

It’s a virus that is responsible for almost all cases of cervical cancer

My children have everything that they could possibly want and need, but yet still, they are disrespectful and “out of control” behavior

“The perfect tool for connecting with todays teenagers”-Dr. Kevin Leman

The show touches on many of the issues teens’ face – from drinking and the pressure to have sex – to sexual abuse and suicide

“The great challenge facing us today is to learn once again how to talk to one another, not simply how to generate and consume information,”

Each family dinner adds up to benefits for adolescents

A felony for anyone to participate in a criminal street gang,…or benefit from that activity.

Jim Liebelt

Jim Liebelt

Jim Liebelt

An Open Letter from Alex Malarkey “The boy who came back from heaven”

About 70% of marriages that began in the 1990s reached their 15th anniversary

Trends in YA reading show that teens are looking for contemporary realism…real issues—things that they themselves could face

Social media a great supplement to existing relationships; it’s a lousy replacement for relationships

We are off to a bad start in 2015

“Research shows the young adult brain, still developing between 18 and 21, is highly susceptible to nicotine addiction,”

New E-Cigs have a higher voltage and the vapor they produce is a lot stronger in at least one carcinogen than traditional smokes

Nearly 9% of eighth-graders said they’d used an e-cigarette in the past month

“Her cancer-ridden little body was alive again.” Without the cannabis oil, her condition has declined and she’s in intensive care on morphine

by Rachel Blom

Aaron Helman

Josh Griffin

False trophies prevent students from getting the real prizes of education: the resilience and self-worth that lead to grace under pressure

As kids get older and they are woking on multiple subjects independently, they’ll need to decide in what order to complete all their tasks

5 tips for leaning into the crazy chaos of middle school ministry

By Gavin Richardson with the Youth worker circuit

By Gavin Richardson with the Youth worker circuit

I believe youth workers must strive to be experts in two things: Scripture and culture.

Marko

I learned the following few tips to help me keep from spreading myself too thin

They’re being booked for burglary and trespassing related offenses

Some of my patients say they need them to wake them in the morning; parents, please introduce these kids to alarm clocks

…How Teens Handle Anxiety

Yaconelli’s five fantastic concepts helped turn my meetings around. Discipline problems dropped, attendance increased, participation grew

The Satanic Temple intended to distribute the “Satanic Children’s Big Book of Activities” to students, while the FFRF planned to give them pamphlets describing the Bible as “An X-Rated Book.”

Her romantic relationship of almost two years with her biological father after being estranged from him for 12 years

“Being Heard by Your Teenager: Communicating Without Control and Manipulation”

American Sniper rockets to stunning 90M Debut

The New Inquisition – hauling Christian kids in front of the school board to be interrogated about their relationship with Jesus Christ

But it gives people the right to think I’m a slut. Just because I’m a girl, I can’t freely have meaningless sex

Yet it seems that I am more frozen by the fear of my peers’ disapproval, than admitting a truth that in reality is nobody’s business.

Teens significantly overestimate their peers involvement in substance use and sexual behaviors…

Jim Liebelt

Jim Liebelt

Sadly, suicide shirts aren’t the most offensive clothing items for teens. Here are 5 more examples

looking to capitalize on America’s multibillion-dollar athletic footwear market and the high prices sneakers can get being re-sold

Eventually, my mom found out and she went crazy. She urged me to get me an abortion

“The posts are mainly focused on sex and poop again,” “It’s the Internet equivalent of the truck stop bathroom wall,”

If there’s one thing I’ve learned about social media it’s this: It’s all about human connection

You don’t need to dwell in the past, but it can be beneficial for you and your ministry to honor that past

LifeWay to Pull Book From Stores

Followers of Islam are raping, butchering, and beheading Christians, Jews, and anyone who doesn’t submit to their Sharia Islamic law

The girl is wearing clothing that makes her look naked and so is he…weird/perverted

‘Birdman,’ ‘Budapest’… With 9 Nods Each