Tag Archive for adolescence
Lily Rose Depp Comes Out As Sexually...
She doesn’t identify as 100 percent straight in the @selfevidentproject
Girl’s Sexual Orientation May Be...
The study suggests that women who are rated as less attractive may feel less pressure from straight norms and so are free…
MTV Won’t Be Fined For Miley Cyrus...
Because cable channels such as MTV aren’t held to the same standards as over-the-air TV networks, including ABC, CBS and NBC.
Why Do Students Leave Their Faith After...
According to Research, This Is the Biggest Factor
Book: In Search of Adolescence
A New Look at an Old Idea – Available for pre-order at Amazon (paperback & Kindle)
Flashback: Caffeine Affects Teen Boys...
About 73% of children have some kind of caffeine daily
A New Craze Has People ‘Vaping&...
The New York Times described the experience as “Red Bull for the lungs.”
How Having Smartphones (or not) Shapes...
Non-smartphone-using teens are more likely to keep in touch with their closest friend via social media
Play These 3 Pop Culture Awareness Games
Since my kids were young I have tried to teach them about how our culture lies to them
Aerie’s “Wholesome Bras For Teens....
Aerie’s strategic avoidance of hyper-sexualization appears to be paying off with teen girls as well as their parents
Flashback: Are You Jealous Of My ...
A simple photo scavenger hunt become a filtering, self-analyzing, obsession-with-perfection photoshoot?
Teens, Technology And Friendships
Video games, social media and mobile phones play an integral role in how teens meet and interact with friends
Violent Video Games DO Trigger...
Exposure to violent video games was a ‘risk factor’ for increased aggression
Flashback: A Cell Phone Contract To Help...
This cell phone contract emerged from the research we conducted..Making Your House a Hub of Faith
E-Cigarettes A Helpful Infographic
We need to be familiarizing ourselves with e-cigs, the health risks, and even the ways they are being marketed
Book Review: I Am Not A Slut
Required reading..It’s an eye-opening look into the murky world of teenage sex, especially how girls are perceived
The Hidden Consequences of Porn
Research shows again and again the detrimental effects of porn on various aspects of people’s lives
What Is Happening In The Brain Of My...
Unlocking the mystery of the teenage brain
The Dangers Of Social Media (Child...
Parents Set Up Their Children With a Fake Predator
Helping Relieve The Stress Of Back To...
It’s a stressful time. So how can we help relieve the (back to school) stress students and families might be experiencing?
Helicoptered Kids Are Sputtering Out
“How to Raise an Adult: Break Free of the Overparenting Trap and Prepare Your Kid for Success”
Study Reveals Parents Often Misgauge How...
Parents assume their young kids are happy and their teenagers are sad. They’re wrong.
Cyberbullying On Rise, Particularly For...
A study of more than 16,000 Boston-area high school students
5 Scary Health Effects Of Sleep...
90% of teens are sleep deprived — and the health costs could be significant
Looks Like Some Kids Are Using Makeup...
Applying makeup has shifted from a teenage rite of passage…in a selfie-obsessed culture
UK School Bans ‘Distracting’...
It’s been an increasing problem over the past two years, especially with the older pupils
Study: Frequent Social Media Use May...
Twenty-four percent of teenagers go online “almost constantly,”
How To Prevent Teens From Leaving Church...
To cut down on the turnover teens to stay connected to the church years after they are gone you need to…
“Restuarants Targeting Tweens For...
Restaurants are going all out to attract Tweens. What are our churches doing specifically for them
Divorce And The Impact It Has On Kids
It not only affects the parents…it affects the kids as well. Look at these recent findings…
Uk: Teens Are Less Likely To Have Smoked...
The annual Health and Social Care Information Centre survey of 6,000 pupils aged 11 to 15
India: 70% Of Boys Began Watching Porn...
“Boys who start watching porn from their teenage years, get bored very quickly and start watching child porn or videos with violent…
Dr Recommends That Schools Should NOT...
….so your kids can get better sleep
Study : Teen Use Of The Morning-After...
More than 1 in 5 sexually active teen girls have used the morning-after pill..Drop from 1 in 12
American Teens Are Having Less Sex,...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention surveyed roughly 2,000 boys and girls, 15 to 19
Flashback: Government To Allow Morning...
FDA loss of control on Plan B not surprising
DESTROYS Transgender ‘Caitlyn’...
70% and 80% of children who express transgender feelings “spontaneously lose those feelings” over time
Brooklyn High School Where 100 % Of...
The key to their success is in the painstaking building of relationships between adults and students
Saluting The Semicolon
“A semicolon is used when an author could’ve chosen to end their sentence, but chose not to,” “Your story isn’t…
Speaking With Students About Same Sex...
Students won’t hear a thing we say if they don’t trust that we care about them, even when they disagree with us
Screen Addiction Is Taking A Toll On...
American youths are plugged in and tuned out of “live” action for many more hours of the day than experts consider healthy…
College-Aged Depression Is Increasingly...
Kids of Helicopter Parents Are Sputtering Out
Teen Anal Sex Study Reveals Climate Of &...
Main reason also…boys “wanted to copy what they saw in pornography and that ‘it’s tighter’”
Coptic Christian Teens Mock ISIS…
They Get a Disturbing Taste of the Intolerance of Radical Muslims
When Your Daughter Has Anorexia
Clare B. Dunkle is a novelist…co-writing Elena Vanishing, and a memoir about teen anorexia from the mother’s perspective
Why Is Snapchat So Addictive?
Step back and remind ourselves that we own the phone, the phone does not own us
Let’s Talk About Sex…… ...
In today’s youth culture, sex is incredibly hard to navigate well, even more so for Christian teens
Study: Legalizing Medical Marijuana May...
Since 1996, 23 states and the District of Columbia have legalized medical marijuana
Teenagers Are Losing Confidence In The...
High-school seniors in the mid-1990s appeared to have more faith in social mobility and less confidence in the power of having money
Sex Ed, Sex Shops and Small Fry
The Progressive Solution to Properly Developing Our Children
Troubled Boys, Girls Have Sex Earlier
Unruly and aggressive from a young age were found to be more likely to start having sex before age 16
No Cellphone For 2 Years For Driver In...
“I don’t think she has a right to have a cell phone,” he said. “I think it’s a privilege.”
Messaging Apps Teens Are Using
As youth workers, it also helps us connect with them in other ways than just Twitter, Instagram and Facebook
Study: Nearly Third Of Teens Changed...
While most teens rely on digital resources to learn more about puberty, drugs, sex and depression
How Sitcoms Impact Teen Values
So What are they laughing at? And what are they buying?
Study: Religious Orientation
Generational and Time Period Differences in American Adolescents’
New Documentary Shows How Porn Companies...
Documentary points out that more people visit porn sites in a month than Netflix, Twitter and Amazon combined
Brain Differences Seen In Teenage Heavy...
The findings may help explain why heavy-drinking teens decline in school performance
Fear Of Missing Out, Infects 90% Of Kids...
How to Disconnect Your Kids From Social Media
New Report Shows Rich People Drink The...
Teenagers 15 were also found to be drinking markedly more than they did in 2001
Porn And Video Game Addiction Are...
Young men’s brains are being ‘digitally rewired’
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