Tag Archive for teens
Why Teenagers Act Crazy
ADOLESCENCE is practically synonymous in our culture with risk taking, emotional drama outlandish behavior
A Day In The Life Of A Mobile Teen ...
The one thing that I have done right in the past few years is setting up a texting service
259 Million Prescriptions For...
Painkiller Prescription Rates Vary Widely Among States
Flashback: Parents Play Role in Teens’...
Misuse and abuse of prescription drugs is one of the fastest growing drug epidemics in the United States
Teens Using Facebook More
Nearly half of the respondents, 12 and 17, said they were using Facebook more than they were a year ago
Belonging: Cool at 13, Adrift at 23
“pseudomature” behavior was an even stronger predictor of problems with alcohol and drugs than levels of drug use in early adolescence
Belonging: 13 in Years, but 10 or 15 in...
Pseudo-mature behaviors in early adolescence predicts “significant difficulties in social functioning” up to 10 years later
Teens Still Want To Talk Face To Face
52% believe using social media and text helps their friendships and 32% believe it helps with family.
Michigan 14-Year-Old Begins 40-Mile Trek...
The trek’s goal is to raise awareness for the muscle disorder and to grab the attention of doctors, engineers and entrepreneurs and…
Teens, Fitting Rooms and Social Media
Social media is an identity fitting room for teens. It allows them to fabricate themselves and test out different persona’s as they…
Call Of Duty Linked To The Suicides Of...
A coroner has slammed Call of Duty after a string of teenagers who regularly played it killed themselves
“Brainstorm: The Power And Purpose...
Mark Matlock shares PART 1 of his interview with Dr. Dan Siegel
How To Track Your Teen Driver
Car crashes are the No. 1 cause of teenage deaths
Parents Play Role in Teens’...
Misuse and abuse of prescription drugs is one of the fastest growing drug epidemics in the United States
Teens Who Expect To Die Young Are More...
I always thought it would be much better to be dead than in jail
Understanding Why Social Media Is So...
Step back, try to stay calm and try to listen to your kids. What are they trying to achieve?
Guilty of Meanness: City Contemplates...
So, if you “embarrass” or “make fun” of someone, you could be found to have violated the statute?
More Positive Teen Trends and Stories...
A small group of teens actually helped design and plan the whole conference over the last year
Flashback: Positive Teen Trends in 2014
When we think about teens we almost automatically think of the negative. What about the Positive
New App Keeps Teens From Texting Behind...
It locks a cell phone when a car is moving more than 10 miles per hour
New Sex-Ed Policy For Broward Schools?
5-12 HPV, dating violence, abstinence, sexting and social media to sexual orientation, gender identity and contraceptive options
Flashback: How To Capture The Hearts Of...
The goal isn’t to get them interested in the church, but rather to train them to… follow Him
“Beezin” New Teen Trend
Those who are into “Beezin” say it adds to experience of being drunk or high
Disturbing Teen Prank
‘Swatting’ Gamers Hoax incident triggers massive police response
Teens Who Suffer A Concussion More...
Students who reported a previous TBI were more than three times more likely than those who had not had a head injury…
Parents Prefer Phones To Kids?
One child threw a parent’s phone down the toilet
Families Spent How Much On Prom Last...
Consider some crazy statistics and ask some hard questions of ourselves and the families in our ministries
Car Crashes Are The No. 1 Killer Of...
More than 2,800 teens die in car crashes every year
Casual Pot Use Causes Brain...
“What we’re seeing is changes in people’s core brain regions that you never, ever want to fool around with,”
Youth Ministry Families and Internet...
It’s not uncommon for me to hear addicted clients say, “I was a kid when I accidentally found pornography
Anonymous Social Media App Poses Dangers...
Regardless of any “anonymity”…do have the ability to trace messages back to the point of origin
Watch Out: SnapHack Saves Your Snapchats...
Next time you use Snapchat, remember that someone on the other end might be saving your private stuff
10 Ways You Can Raise The Evangelistic...
Mobilizing teenagers to evangelize their peers can be a challenge
Apps Costing More Than Just Money
Kids’ Misuse of Certain Apps Puts Them at Unnecessary Risk
As Many As 65,ooo Youth In Canada Are...
Homeless Facts & Stats In Canada
Social Media Affecting Teens’...
Teens feel socially supported by having large networks of on-line friends they may never see
‘Nymphomaniac’ Star: 4 Hours Of...
So what’s the big fuss? “I think it’s remnants from when the church had much more influence
Teens Say They Don’t Text Or Drink...
Half of teens who say they never text while driving admitted to texting at red lights or stop signs
Teen Movies Hit People
New Documentary Beyond Clueless Looks At The Impact Of Teen Movies
To Keep Teenagers Alert, Schools Let...
Teenagers are developmentally driven to be late to bed, late to rise
Flashback: Homeschoolers Are Healthier,...
44.5% of students who attend traditional schools don’t get enough sleep
The Message A Middle Schooler Probably...
I think we owe it to them to give them a break
The Upside/Downside of Using Parents as...
Rick Lawrence: So I asked our 180-member team of youth ministry advisors for their input…
The Power of Showing Up
Yet maybe our greatest impact occurs when we’re present for kids’ big moments
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Can I Ask That? 8 Hard Questions About God And Faith Teenagers Are Asking
Teens’ Brain Structure May Be Altered...
..nicotine, creating a well-worn pattern of craving and satisfaction that’s difficult to break
Did the Abstinence Movement Actually...
What kind of impact might our culture have had on students if there had not been a sexual abstinence movement in
Teens Allegedly Carve Swastika In Boy&...
shocking..how ignorant the teens were of the consequences of what they were doing
UNFILTERED
Equipping Parents for an Ongoing Conversation about Internet Pornography
generation like
What happen when the traditional teenage quest for identity and connection occurs online?
Smart band for teens
A modular bracelet designed to let young users send secret messages, unlock game levels..
Violent Video Games Can Stunt Moral...
those who played..for three hours or longer each day were detached from the outside world
Digital Device Use Leads To Eye Strain...
The symptoms may include dry, red and irritated eyes, fatigue, eye strain, blurry vision, problems focusing, headaches, neck and shoulder pain
Flappy Bird Is Not Dead?
Fall Out Boy plans to release a version of Flappy Bird called Fall Out Bird
Used iPhone With Flappy Bird Selling for...
The starting price was $650. Within hours, it jumped to $99,900, with 74 bids placed
UK: Generation Stress
Thousands of children aged 10 and under are being treated for depression, stress and anxiety
Heavy Teen Marijuana Use May Lead to...
“We see that adolescents are at a very vulnerable stage neurodevelopmentally,”
‘World’s Dumbest Teen Criminals’
Four Teens Arrested After They Make Epic Mistake
New Ad Campaign Shows Teens the Real...
Targeting 10 million teens..$115 million campaign will run on TV on channels such as MTV, radio, print, online and out of…
teens are the worst monetizing...
teens may be cheap to find on Facebook..but they generate least revenue-per-click in return
The Tragic Story of Ryan Loskarn. . .
And Discussions We Must Have With Our Kids. . .
What Kids Will See at Super Bowl 48
Preparing for the “Family” Entertainment
5 Bad Reasons People Leave Their Church
There are good reasons to change churches, but there are a lot more bad reasons
New Skydog Router Lets Parents Monitor...
Allowing you to monitor every single gadget and person on them in your home
Introducing iParent.TV – keeping...
58% kids know how to hide online activities from parents.46% would change behavior if parents were paying attention
Obama: Marijuana no more dangerous than...
“Middle-class kids don’t get locked up for smoking pot, and poor kids do,”
Flashback: Teen Pot Use Could Hurt Brain...
Young pot smokers could be damaging brain structures critical to memory and reasoning
Teen Brains Really Are Wired to Seek...
Teen brain is more responsive to rewards compared to adults and to younger children
‘Suicide Martyrs’
13,000 Teens complete Hamas training camps to emulate ‘suicide martyrs’
Teen Dies Saving Classmates From Suicide...
“I saw Aitzaz trying to get hold of a guy and then there was a big explosion,” sacrificed his life to…
The Teen ‘Selfie Olympics’
Causing Teenagers To Take Insane Pictures Of Themselves
The Digital Generation Is Here ...
1/10 boys code, and 1/3 want to learn
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