Tag Archive for Parenting
Flashback: Religious Teens Are Less Like...
Teens With Strong Religious Worldviews More Likely To Avoid Drugs, Alcohol
Teenagers Facing Addiction Problems In...
Vast majority of young people admit they would struggle to give up texting on mobile phones and social media
Parents: Are These Secret Texting...
Here are some of the acronyms that some teens use and a few thoughts concerning how to respond
When Kids Are Cutting
If you are encountering teens who cut and are at a loss for what to do, here are a few steps that…
The Lost Practice Of Catechisms For...
…they would be memorized and used for Christian growth and training
Parents Turned Their Kids In for...
Recorded the program while out at church, spotted their 14-year-old and 16-year-old sons in surveillance footage burglarizing a store
New City Catechism For Kids
A joint adult and children’s catechism consisting of 52 questions and answers adapted by Timothy Keller
Cops: Dad Cut Dreadlocks Off Teen...
He saw the 19-year-old sneaking around his apartment Friday with his 17-year-old daughter
Private School Choice Participation
School Choice Spreads … and So Does Hope
Reading Proficiency
The reading proficiency rate for 17–year-olds remained nearly unchanged, declining by 1 point on a 500-point scale
The Only Question In Youth Ministry That...
Ownership and perseverance are sustained through life-on-life investment
New Year’s Eve: Rich Kids Of...
Uber rich children have posted their New Year’s Eve photos on Instagram
The #1 Hits of 2014 A Mix of All Things...
This year, we can’t help but note the “blend of music” that made it to the top
5 Lessons I Learned In Youth Group That...
I catch myself returning to some of these lessons all the time…but their foundational truths remain the same
5 Ideas To Help Your Kids Be Smarter...
Let’s talk with our kids about some of these issues
When Parents Cant Trust Teenagers
How should you respond if your teenager’s behvaiour means you are unable to trust them anymore?
Flashback: Boost Your Daughter’s Self...
…whose parents ogle over their successes but who feel that they need to keep performing to get their parent’s attention
GNOC: Texting Acronyms Parents Need to...
“The most important thing is to talk to kids about what they’re doing online,”
When Teenagers Think Porn Teaches Them...
Porn is about the closest thing they’ve had to sex education—schools have outdated and uncomfortable sex ed and their parents are absolutely…
Cyber Gossip
The Power of Words Taking Their Toll in Online Environments
Internet Safety: Block Porn On Your Kids...
Accountability, Website Blocking and Customizable Settings
Flashback: 3 Common Traits of Youth Who...
What is it that sets apart the kids who stay in the church?
Responding to Pornography
This is part of an FYI series on navigating digital technology and social media with
Sex & Social Media Roundtable
This is part of an FYI series on navigating digital technology and social media with young people
Here’s How One Clever 7-Year-Old...
Green, a cryptography and computer security professor at Johns Hopkins University, woke up early Tuesday morning to his son…
Walt Mueller: Common Sense And The...
Things To Talk About With The Kids
How The Catechism Keeps Us From Bad...
Question one of the Catechism shapes our whole existence…we belong to Jesus and not to ourselves
Are We Preparing Our Teens For Legal...
How are you equipping your parents with practical and spiritual implications of this new legalization of a “formally banned” substance.
Will You Go To Hell For Smoking...
Get parents to think about their argument against weed when the argument that it is a banned substance is no longer available…
How To Reduce Teen Sexual Activity
How to Reduce Teen Sexual Activity
A Baptist, a pediatrician, and an executive from Planned Parenthood walked into a bar to…
‘I Became Hell-Bent On Losing My...
Questions like these continued throughout my childhood, and no matter how intimate, Mom would answer without any sign of embarrassment
UK: School Lambasts ‘Snowplough&...
“snowplough” parents are so over-protective of their offspring that the children end up unable to deal with failure
In Life And Death…Give Thanks
In Life And Death…Give Thanks
“The boat is on fire!! Do you see it?” That is what I told my wife as we…
Local School Districts Look To Reach...
Any organization that values communicating with its public can’t just go to one source … you have to have the same message…
The Subtle Ways Today’s Culture Has...
Tim Elmore: I believe it’s time we found ways to combat these unintended consequences to our culture’s norms
‘Tweens’ Most Likely To Misuse Over...
“I think many parents have a mindset that prescription drugs are much more dangerous than over-the-counter drugs, because they can be purchased…
Teen Busted
Worried Mom Locates Missing Son by Tracking His iPhone — She Wasn’t Thrilled About Where She Found Him
Secret Lives Of Teens: Translating...
Teens explain all the terms they use to keep things hidden from parents
Secret Lives of Teens: Selfie Generation
They crave positive feedback to help them see how their identity fits into their world
Secret Second Lives: The Dark Side Of...
More than 95 percent of teens are online. On average they’re online nearly 11 hours every day, a Kaiser Family Foundation study…
A Closer Look At Teen Addiction
In 2012, an estimated 23.9 million Americans aged 12 or older, had used an illicit drug or abused a psycho-therapeutic medication in…
More Teens Than Ever Dealing With Online...
33% of teenagers say they deal with feeling alone and bullying, but only seven percent of parents say they’re worried about cyberbullying
Atheist Scientist Claims Religion Will...
So if we can plant the seeds of doubt in our children, religion will go away in a generation, or at least…
Flashback: Parents’ Perception Of...
Adolescents whose parents better understand their daily experiences have better psychological adjustment
How To Effectively Ruin Your Teenager&...
If you find yourself agreeing to things or relaxing the rules to avoid an argument, you run the risk of your…
The No. 1 Reason Teens Keeps The Faith...
The holy grail for helping youth remain religiously active as young adults has been at home all along…
The Parenting Secret I Learned At A...
Our flaws are not failures, they’re part of our authenticity
Welfare Programs: Discourage Marriage...
It’s Time for Welfare Programs to Require Work, Not Subsidize Idleness
Father Of Eight Refusing To Pay For...
Wants kids to earn their education
Teens With Controlling Parents Have...
Without opportunities to practice self-directed, independent decision making, teens might give in to their friends’ and partners’ decisions
10 Most Violent Video Games of 2014 (and...
Games like The Walking Dead Season 2 and Grand Theft Auto V might be visually and technically spectacular, but they’re certainly not…
Flashback: Instagram For Dummie Parents
Numerical values: For the first time ever your children can determine their “worth” using actual numbers provided by their peers!
Parents May Be Liable For What Their...
A legal precedent on the issue of parental responsibility over their children’s online activity
Parents Become Less Sensitive To...
Sex and violence has become more prevalent in movies aimed at youth
What A Middle School Boy Needs Most From...
My parenting MANTRA: WITH FREEDOM COMES RESPONSIBILITY.
Parents And Teens Aren’t Embarrassed...
But there’s still a lot more conversations that need to happen, according to new data
While We’re Praying For Nicki...
“If God gets a hold of Nicki Minaj, her music could be used to restore women’s dignity instead of tearing it down.”
11 Ideas About Connecting With...
I know as a church leader I often forget to think about these ideas because I spend most of my time with…
8 Must Read Parenting Books
Leading your home well matters as much as leading your ministry well
Rejection by Family and Peers Risky for...
Sense of invalidation uniquely risky for troubled teens
A Cell Phone Contract to Help Build...
This cell phone contract emerged from the research we conducted for chapter ten: “Home Sticky Home: Making Your House a Hub of Faith”
Should I Just SMASH My Kid’s Phone?
Author: Doug Fields & Jonathan McKee
Help! My Teenager is Addicted to Reading
I know I’m not alone. Other parents suffer through this hellish reality, we are silently united– bonded over the sorrow of a…
Teen Perceptions Of Sexual Activity More...
Researchers wanted to know how teens’ perceptions of their peers’ sexual behaviors and attitudes influenced their own decisions about having sex
Responsibility Is The Quality Parents...
liberals who rank “empathy” and “curiosity” much higher. Meanwhile, “obedience” is much higher up the list for conservative parents than any other…
Porn Protection On Android
Ever Accountable does everything I want and need from an accountability app without being too in the way or too nonexistent
How To Monitor Your Kids Without Turning...
Whether you choose to use tech to monitor your kids is something is only you can decide. But if you do, here…
A New Bible app For Your Kids
This app is fantastic it is engaging for kids of all ages and it not only allows them to read but does a fantastic job of using visuals to even engage kids who are not the best readers
Having Three Parents
The World’s First Genetically Modified Babies Will Graduate High School This Year
Bullying By Siblings Increases Risk For...
They were also twice as likely to say they had self-harmed within the previous year compared with those who had not been…
Half (54%) Of US Teens Think Life Would...
Majority of self-conscious teens want to improve their chances of fitting in and boosting their confidence by changing their appearance
Expert Reveals Biggest Concern About...
“Fifth grade is the new ninth grade,”
Teen Tracking apps..Internet Safety
Good parenting or risky? “As a mom with two teens, I was concerned about not having a window into my child’s digital…
DO I REALLY NEED TO KNOW ABOUT YOUTH...
DO I REALLY NEED TO KNOW ABOUT YOUTH CULTURE?
By Walt Mueller
I think I’m your average looking fifty-six year old man. That might…
Short Shorts Belly Shirts…...
If self-worth is based on what is hot, how can we help them develop a healthier self-image?
The Dangerous Drug Parents Aren’t...
Prescription drug abuse — big problem among adults — is also spreading in schools
Children’s Book Shares Transgender...
“I am Jazz” chronicles the life of 14-year-old Jazz Jennings, who was born as a boy, but knew she was a girl…
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