As technology advances and cell phones continue to do far more than just connect phone calls…

USA Today

Do you know what teens fear?

Hello Flo, a tampon delivery service, has released a hilarious new ad

An awkward PSA for Planned Parenthood

Facebook Can Tweak Your Moods Through ‘Emotional Contagion’

Women are just more sensitive to relationship-quality issues than are men

The federal rule applies only to food sold to students, not given away. They took it a step further at birthday celebrations

Dave Rozman

3 Directives For Missional Living

Smoking can cause 13 different types of cancer…

A new kind of American tragedy

George Lockhart

Marks the first time the court has ruled that for-profit businesses can cite religious views under federal law

The study was funded by State Farm Insurance

The immature teenage brain

A high level of involvement in your church can help you have higher job satisfaction and commitment

Teen goes on defense when gunman rushes into yard with children

The expectation is that we send each other text messages, and if you wanted to talk to someone, you’d answer their calls

Half of U.S. households already own at least one, and some households use the devices to stream online

Consuming marijuana entails serious health risks, including lung problems and memory impairment

Justice Dept Uses Lesbian Cartoon Characters To Teach Kids About Cell Phone Safety

by Jim Liebelt

Indoor tanning is most common in the midwest and the south

Our findings suggest that teens and young adults who seek indoor tanning may be especially vulnerable

52,000 minors traveling without their parents have been caught crossing the southwest border since October

Indiana ranks number one when it comes to teen driver deaths among licensed teen drivers

The best ideas in youth ministry are “out there” being tried–right now–by youth workers just like you

Top 5 Charts

Nearly half of the respondents, 12 and 17, said they were using Facebook more than they were a year ago

Making your message stick

The Fourth Amendment protects the right of the people against unreasonable searches and seizures

“pseudomature” behavior was an even stronger predictor of problems with alcohol and drugs than levels of drug use in early adolescence

Pseudo-mature behaviors in early adolescence predicts “significant difficulties in social functioning” up to 10 years later

Belonging to the cool crowd is associated with higher rates of drinking, drug use, sexual activity

Trevor J

Dr. Jeremiah Gibbs

Tips for parents and church workers accommodating tweens

Are You Teaching Grace Or Legalism?

George Lockhart

Perhaps the greatest influence of.. social media is actually relational and not informational?

Individual growth always comes before corporate growth

George Lockhart

by Greg Stier

by Phil Bell

by Mark Oestreicher

By Brad M. Griffin

Adam McLane

We put more effort, time, and budget toward events than any other aspect of our ministries

Are more kids having sex than years prior?

3 Subconscious But Deadly Reasons Most Leaders Have Few Friends

Young leaders are the future..Give them freedom with their schedule

by Jim Liebelt

By Eddie Witkowski

Students were largely unaware of potential legal consequences of sexting

He discovered he had unfettered access to liberal websites, but conservative websites were blocked

“Canary is an on-demand service that allows you to get cannabis delivered right to your doorstep,”

Walt Mueller

Parents should not…

The (YRBSS) monitors six categories of priority health-risk behaviors among youth and young adults

Students in pro-social activities such as giving their money to family members or serving a charity…..

How Not to Stink as a Husband

George Lochart of The Youth Culture Report headed to Nicaragua for our second mission trip of the summer

.. large cross in Wisconsin sanctuary created an unconstitutional environment

Ed Stetzer: Not everyone avoids serving the church for the same reason. | Ed Stetzer

About 73% of children have some kind of caffeine daily

Spreading what we know about youth culture

American teens are smoking less, drinking less and fighting less

Instead of challenging the growing secularism among men, the church largely acquiesced—by turning to women

She believes young girls are “too sexually available”..contemporary culture is too sexualized

….He Did It Anyway

Concert promoters betting that millions of clicks on popular videos will translate into ticket sales

Greg Stier

Staffer Caught on Hidden Cam Telling ‘Teen’ Some Shocking Things About Porn and ‘Kinky Sex’

Marko: PART 6

Marko: PART 5

Brad M. Griffin: New Possibilities in Ministry

100 Sexual Assaults Never Reported to Police

— in Central America

Stronger father-son relationships curtail youth delinquency

Cherishing sons and daughters

…. Not Parent Day

Sex Assault in the Ivy League

by Jim Liebelt

by Jim Liebelt

by Jim Liebelt

….After ‘Inappropriate’ Texts Sent To Daughter

Two men use girl as human shield – until her father guns them down

The unhealthiest items on the McDonald’s menu

I wondered at the end of that semester how come I never knew of these awesome men and women of our faith

….remembering these ten things would have saved me from some heartache

Be Her Hero–the one your wife has been waiting for. $2.99 Now until Fathers’ Day

by Jen Bradbury

1/3 Of Early Adolescents Will Never Get Connected

Taking your kids to church isn’t enough. It’s what happens in your home will make them who they are

“fewer than 7 of the 74 school shootings listed by #Everytown are real mass shootings

School district officials complained of “racist and unacceptable passages”

“It’s just that I didn’t want to feel that I was helpless and I didn’t want people to see me in that light,”

“Every hour she’s not back with her family is an hour she can’t ever get back,”

Last week McAfee released their newest Teens and Screens study…