Tag Archive for culture

Public School Fights ACLU To Keep Jesus...

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ACLU seeks removal of Ohio school’s Jesus portrait that was donated by a student group and has been in the school since…

Gun Violence: Will violent video games...

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Is the gun control debate impacting game makers?

Why Is ‘Authenticity’ So...

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Being real in a fake world

‘Thigh gap’ Fixation Results In Teen...

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I Wish My Thighs Did’t Touch

The New Legal Parents: A Married...

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Florida judge approves birth certificate listing three parents

Twitte-R

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Twitter slaps adult rating on Vine after raunchy videos

Children Face Online Sex Abuse With...

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Unsupervised teens with internet and social media enabled mobile phones most likely to access pornography and enabled adult predators to groom them

Flashback: In the Dark

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A Sobering Peek into a Public High School Dance

No Grinding On The Dance Floor

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Student seeks to end sexy dancing at school

Flashback: Teens and Self-Harming...

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Study: 8% of teens cut or harm themselves, but many stop abruptly

The Porn Pandemic

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How Children and Teens are Influenced and Shaped by Pornography

A Facebook Vacation

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6 in 10 current Facebook users have voluntarily taken a break

Energy Drinks Pose New Risks to Teens

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Energy Drinks pose potential hazards to teens, especially when mixed with alcohol

MTV Renews ‘Buckwild’ For Season 2

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Buckwild has averaged 3 million viewers an episode

Why Can Some Kids Handle Pressure While...

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Stress and performance in the life of teens

Teen Girl Learns Respect The Hard Way

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Miami Judge Smacks Down Teen After She Gave Him The Finger In Court

Children Targeted for Online Abuse

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Trends and Studies

The Next Step In Youth Ministry and...

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Timbo: Student Ministry Central

Open Boston Was Awesome!

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Timbo: Student Ministry Central

Millennials Finding Hope In The Church

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Alternative worship services trending for Millennials

Generation Opportunity?

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Unemployment rate among Millennials skyrockets in January..highest level since World War II

Teen Vogue, a Survivor at 10 Years

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Fashion magazine of inspiration

Facebook: Teens Might Be So Over Us

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Younger users, are actively engaging with other products and services

NY Public Schools Distributed 12,721...

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Public Schools Offering Teens Morning-After Pill in 40 separate “school-based health centers”

Streamy Awards to Feature Vanilla Ice,...

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The Streamy Awards categories for music, news, drama, comedy, fashion and more

The Big Problem of Teen Suicide

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Can It Be Solved with Home Remedies?

mtvU’s “The Backstory”of Human...

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Sex trafficking victims are recruited as young as 12. Learn How you can help

OUTSOURCING YOUTH CULTURE

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Global Youth Culture

Facebook Partners With Suicide...

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Research Project will monitor “suicide warning signs” posted through social media

Snapchat

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Good for teenagers?

Flashback: Too Sexy, Too Soon

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Helping your daughter resist our sexed-up society

Girls and Body Image Tips

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Help your daughters to look beyond unrealistic media standards of beauty

LOVE STUCK: THE MEANDERING PATH FROM...

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8 in 10 18-24 year old viewers say they wish that “dating were more common than just hooking up.”

The Family Dinner [INFOGRAPHIC]

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3 out of 4 teens say they talk to thier parentsabout their lives during dinner

2012 IS THE YEAR FAITH BECAME MORE THAN...

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Superstars made more headlines about their faith than their game

Supermodel: “These Are Not...

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A Victoria’s Secret supermodel says modeling is “not a career path” young girls should aspire to take.

Tumblr, Snap-Chat More Popular With...

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60% of teens from 13-18 see Tumblr as their primary social network

30% of Teen Girls Report Meeting Offline...

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“high quality parenting” and monitoring helped reduce the risk factors in these online behaviors

New Law in Jerusalem Bans Models with...

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Protecting impressionable teens from eating disorders

Skinny Jeans Hurt More Than You Think

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Tight pants Can cause nerve damage

13-year-old’s iPhone comes with 18...

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Mom does not want Son to abuse or become addicted to technology

Game over for Grand Theft Auto?

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Sony PlayStation 2: 153.6 million units sold over 12 years

Fashion: Millennial Mothers

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Children’s styles morphing into mommy wear

Flashback: Boys with absent fathers more...

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Boys with absent fathers more likely to become young dads

Flashback: Dad’s are The Key

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Stronger father-son relationships curtail youth delinquency

“Condomized”

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Philadelphia Installing Condom Dispensers in 22 High Schools

Hot Holidays For Teens

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Sexual encounters among teens spikes during winter break

Risqué Miley

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Miley Cyrus Joins Borgore For Topless Dance Party

1 in 6 Follows No Religion

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Pew Research global study of religious adherence

Anne Hathaway Defends Wardrobe...

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“I’m sorry that we live in a culture that commodifies sexuality of unwilling participants”

Binge-Eating Teens More Likely to Use...

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We need to be aware of their teens eating habits

Newtown Shooting Resources

on December 15, 2012 by

Helping Your Kids Cope with Tragedy Part 2

OMG Sexy ‘n Spiritual Tees for...

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The problem with Hyper-sexualized Christian pop culture

Teens Killing For a Cigarette

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Young Mom Shot after telling the 13 and 14 year olds to get a job

Food Stamp Use Reaches 47.7 Million...

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1 in 7 people in America were on food stamps in September

‘SEXTING & DIRTY TALK JUST GOT A...

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GOV’T MANDATES INCREASED COSTS TO FIGHT ‘YOUTH VULGARITY’

Not Wild Over MTV’s “Buck...

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Sen. Manchin wants MTV to cancel West Virginia-set ‘Buck Wild’

Study: Mobile Phone Addiction is Like...

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It’s part of our consumer culture

Why is Rihanna Back With Chris Brown

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A look into abusive relationships

Ivy League Cracks Down On Drinking,...

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Out-of-control behavior endanger students and tarnish Ivy League reputations

Are Some Teens Wired to Binge Drink?

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For the past 20 years in England 6 out of 10 young people aged 11-15 drink, but binge drinking is on the…

Casual Sex Linked to Teen Depression

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Understanding teen relationships and how sex affects their well-being

Teen Fighting Down in Many Countries,...

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19 of 30 countries report fistfights among kids have become less common over the last decade

Parents Offer $1,000 To Find Daughter...

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The girl’s parents just want it to stop

Beyond Small Talk in Youth Ministry

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Connecting with Teenagers through Active Listening and Conversations that Matter

Teen Use Of Synthetic Marijuana On The...

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11% of high school seniors had used synthetic marijuana in 2011

Gangnam $tyle: $7.9 Million This Year

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Almost 1 billion views on YouTube

Wearable Electronics It’s a Game...

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Macy’s to Sell P-Diddy Sweater With Embedded Video Screen

What iTunes Reveals about Teenagers

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Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also

Teens in After-School Arts Activities...

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Researchers looked at 2,482 teens

Police Catch Teen Bank Robber On YouTube

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“Chick Bank Robber” stole over $6,000

Shedding Some “Twilight” on...

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What a girl wants

Snapchat Encourages Teens Sexting

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With 1,000 Snapchat Photos sent per-second, it has parents concerned

Study Says Homework Doesn’t Help...

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The Times Of India

1 in 7 Young Adults are Unemployed

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Study shows youth unemployment up, dropout rates down in Massachusetts

Negative Effect: 1 in 5 Urban Students...

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Student Mobility Research Project finds correlation between student movement and lower test scores

Courtney Stodden: High on Meds

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Teen Bride, Courtney Stodden: ‘Too high on meds to know what love is,’ Says Nik Richie

Gender Selection

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Utah lawmaker seeks to ban sex-selective abortion

MTV: Buckwild

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MTV to debut ‘Buckwild’ in ‘Jersey Shore’ slot on Jan. 3 — EXCLUSIVE VIDEO

Family Cultures

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The Culture of American Families Project

Washington State to Remove ‘...

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“Person A” and “Person B”

Tweens in U.S. Use Mobile Devices For...

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49% of Hispanic students using smartphones at a higher rate than African-Americans or whites

Harvard To Approve BDSM “Munch&...

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New trend on Ivy Campuses

Facebook Anxiety

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Facebook Study Finds More Friends Leads To More Stress

Study: For Children, a Lie on Facebook...

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Children who deceive can endanger the privacy of their friends who don’t

Happy Materialism

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The Diversions That Never Work. . . .

Hundreds of Websites Urging Girls to &...

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Teenage girls are involved in dangerous games of competitive dieting fueled by pro-anorexia websites

‘Thinspiration’

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Pro-anorexia sites

Flashback: TEEN HUNGER BLOGS

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The Secret World Of ‘Thinspiration’

Repented

on November 28, 2012 by

Angus T. Jones apologizes after ‘Two and a Half Men’ remarks

“Help Me” My 13-Year-Old is...

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Putting a 13-Year-Old Child Safely on Facebook

Twitter a Reinvention of The Town Square

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Twitter adds a real-time discussion with a “pulse of the planet” feel. The down side of that is, it’s noisy when everybody…

Chris Brown Deletes Twitter Account

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He set himself up for it

Teenagers Tell Researchers It’s a...

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From Pew Research

Parents are concerned their child’...

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Majority of the concerned Parents are from the middle class

Young Love?

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Searching for God, settling for sex

D.L. Hughley Fights the Young Black Man...

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Young black men are murdered at 46 times the rate of whites

Lost Jimi Hendrix album will be released...

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Unreleased recordings from 1968-69

Inappropriate Boyfriend Maker app Aimed...

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Makes references to sex acts with children

Should schools stop teaching cursive...

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World of Technology Killing Handwriting