Tag Archive for trends and studies
Pokémon Go Is Collecting Players’...
You Should Probably Check Your Pokémon Go Privacy Settings
This Is The Face Of The Isis Sex Slave...
Where is the world in all this? Where is humanity?”
Understanding Risk Factors Involved In...
A new study has found that demographic factors, cognitive functioning, and brain features during the early-adolescence ages of 12 to 14 years…
Study Says Kids Understand Smartphones...
Children are more proficient in operating a smartphone than in completing basic everyday tasks
Pediatricians: Abstinence On The Rise&...
Nearly 60 percent of high school students today have never had sex
Teen Suicide Rates Up, Especially Among...
Suicide is the second leading cause of death for young people 10-24 years old, according to CDC and Prevention
Are Today’s Teens Taking Less Risks?...
The Center for Disease Control (CDC) just released their brand new Youth Risk Behavior Survey
Values: The Importance Of Mom And Dad
Parents Have Unparalleled Influence on Their Kids
Stay-At-Home Moms With 4 Or More Kids...
For the first-of-its-kind survey, entitled, The Gig, the magazine asked 558 women who self-identify as stay-at-home moms various questions
Just 40% Of Grads Think College Got Them...
Students, may underestimate their preparedness because they lack confidence or a sufficient understanding of what employers want
Yelling Dads Make Teenage Behavior Worse
How fathers interact with their children when disciplining them, has links to aggressive and delinquent behavior in later life.
Teen Choice Awards 2016
Captain America: Civil War Leads Second Wave of Nominations
Increase In Living With Parents Driven...
For the first time in more than 130 years, 18- to 34-year-olds in the U.S. were more likely to be living in…
Inside The World Of One 13-Year-Old Girl
What it’s like to grow up in the age of likes, lols and longing
The Decline Of The Manly Man
Younger American men are noticeably less likely than older men to say that they are ‘completely masculine’
Teens Curate Their Instagram Accounts,...
In early adolescence, between the ages of 13 and 15, teens are still fairly self-centered and are more likely to worry about…
Alcohol Exposure During Adolescence...
I think what these studies are showing is that there are long-lasting effects from adolescent alcohol exposure, and it is not innocuou
Support From Family, Friends Important...
…also found that teenagers who had grown up in a difficult family environment were more likely than their peers to be bullied…
For Millennials, Living With Parents...
For the first time in more than 130 years, adults ages 18 to 34 were slightly more likely to be living in…
Fatty Foods During Teen Years May...
Teens who eat high amounts of saturated fats or low amounts of healthier mono- and polyunsaturated fats tend to have denser breasts…
Hormone May Be Linked to Teenage Obesity
Obese teens may have lower levels of a weight-regulating hormone than normal-weight teens
Marijuana Use Among Teens Declines...
National Survey on Drug Use and Health: A survey of more than 216,000 adolescents from all 50 states
WHY TEENAGERS GET SUCKERED IN BY SOCIAL...
Life-threatening social media challenges have taken the internet by storm and prompted warnings from public health officials
More Evidence That For Teens,...
The more time teenagers spend splitting their attention between various devices, the lower their test scores in math and English tend to…
Teen Social Media Users More Likely to ...
This attitude runs counter to most religious traditions and, according to researchers, shows a level of non-commitment.
The Jewish Intellectual Who Predicted...
Religion is in our blood, and the more we deny it, the sicker our society becomes
Parental Depression Linked To Brain...
“This is the first empirical evidence to show that parental depression influences children’s behavior through the change in the adolescent’s brain,”
Jump In STDs Could Be Due To Unknown...
CDC: Most reported chlamydia and gonorrhea infections occur in people between the ages of 15 and 24 years old
Why Are Girls Starting Puberty Earlier?
23% of black girls, 15% of Hispanic girls and 10% of white girls have started to develop breasts by the age of…
Values: COPPA’s Amended Rules And Your...
The Federal Trade Commission amended rules rules to better protect children. Here’s what you need to know.
Study Linking Sexual Behavior &...
Sexual Media Exposure, Sexual Behavior, and Sexual Violence Victimization in Adolescence
Teens Know They’re Addicted To Phones
Report from Common Sense Media that involved 1,240 interviews with parents and their 12- to 18-year-old children
Study Finds Friends Play Vital Role In...
Teenagers were less likely to become as emotionally affected by these sorts of stressors if they had a friend with them after…
Half Of Teens Think They’re...
50% of teens feel they are addicted to their mobile devices
Teen Girls More Stressed Than Boys
…causes such as college prep tests and poor body image, a WebMD survey show
Young Teen Girls’ Suicide Rate Has...
The suicide rate for girls between 10 and 14 increased by 200 percent since 1999
One More Scientific Reason How Youth...
Having lots of friends is a better painkiller than morphine
Think Divorce Doesn’t Hurts Kids?...
Of all the ways a divorce negatively impacts a child’s life, the impact on their religious life may be the most detrimental…
Church Planters And The Cost Of Starting...
Barna Research Releases in Leaders & Pastors
The Priorities, Challenges, And Trends...
Millennials are leaving the church. Nearly 6 in 10 (59%) young people who grow up in Christian churches end up walking away
3 Million Teens Used E-Cigs In 2015
Teen tobacco use hasn’t declined at all since 2011 — and it looks like the rising popularity of e-cigarettes is to blame
U.S. Teen Pregnancy, Birth And Abortion...
Teen birth and pregnancy abortion rates in the United States all reached new historic lows in 2011, according to two new analyses…
Lip Implants The 2nd-Fastest Growing...
Selfie Age, We see images of ourselves constantly on social media, we’re much more aware of how our lips look
Teenage Girls Now Try Alcohol Before...
For the study, Cheng and her colleagues collected data on about 390,000 U.S. teens and young adults aged 12 to 24
Gender Ideology Harms Children
The move to indoctrinate children with the idea that they can pick their gender amounts to child abuse
Fatigue A Contributor To Injuries In...
Fatigue increased the risk of shoulder and elbow injury
Texting Driving And A Great Video To...
25% of teens respond to at least one text while driving, every single time
Teens Spending Time With Parents...
Teens who partake in cultural activities with their parents are more likely to want to continue learning
Snapchat Is Stealing Instagram’s...
Twitter continued its slow decline, while Facebook saw a slight bump
“Global Youth As An Asset Rather...
Half of the world’s population is under 25 years old
Younger Viewers Watch 2.5 Times More...
Teens and young adults still tune in to TV — but they watch considerably more Internet sources
iPhone 6 Challenge To Test If You’...
This pointless and unhealthy trend is another in a line of similar viral “challenges” that shame women
“Casual Sex” Is In Fact A Myth!
Sex Expert: “There Is No Such Thing As Casual Sex”
How Porn Is Changing A Generation of...
“Porn has terrible effects on what young women believe they are supposed to look like, particularly during sex,” said Leslie Bell
Selfies, Sexting, And Censorship
Teens and the Pics They Take of Themselves
A Glimpse Into Teenage Depression
Depression impacts lots of teenagers but I’m left to wonder how well many of us are equipped to notice the symptoms..
Students With Chronic Lack Of Sleep Have...
1,400 healthy students at Dutch universities and is based on a national survey by the Netherlands Association for Sleep Wake Research
Book: Beyond The Screen
Youth Ministry for the Connected But Alone Generation
Fathers Lest You Think Your Actions Don&...
And when Dad’s not around, it hurts and destroys kids. . . deeply
Video Games May Have Positive Effects On...
Results were based on data from the School Children Mental Health Europe project for children ages six to 11
The Growing Popularity Of Death
Which Teens Are at Risk of Suicide and Why?
Gen Y: You Will Take Over 25,000 Selfies...
The survey also revealed that a pupil take about seven minutes to take a selfie
Flashback: The Coddling Of The American...
In the name of emotional well-being, students are increasingly demanding protection from words and ideas they don’t like
How Much Teen Fashion Has Changed In The...
Teen retail has changed a lot in the past decade..”Their entire life, if it’s not shareable, it didn’t happen,”
E-cigarettes 1 Million Times More...
One million times more than roadside air in Hong Kong,”
UK: Debut novel…Is Now The Most...
Critics…warning that the dominance of unchallenging books could harm literacy levels among teenagers
How social media is disrupting the lives...
Ninety-two percent of American children have an online presence before the age of 2
Do Teens Read Seriously Anymore?
Reading anything serious has become a chore, like doing the laundry or prepping a meal for a kid brother
Time, Fear, And American Youth Ministry
The single biggest change I noticed when I finished seminary was the change in the use and availability of time
Biggest Adolescent Drinkers Linked To...
Is not the quality of the relationship between parent and child, but the level of control exercised by parents
Today’s Teens Are Better Than You,...
Comparative data about risk-taking behavior among teenagers in every year back to 1972
Snapchat “Speed” app...
Allows users to record their speed, leading authorities to say it may encourage speeding and reckless driving
Many Depressed Teens Don’t Get Follow...
Prompt treatment is crucial because failure to relieve depression increases the risk of recurrent depression
First Size-16 Model To Cover ‘Sports...
Plus-size model Ashley Graham will make history Monday when she becomes the first size-16 model to cover Sports Illustrated magazine’s vaunted “Swimsuit…
Harvard Study Proves These 3 Things Are...
The people who fared the best were the people who leaned in to relationships, with family, with friends, with community
The Crazy way Teens Are Hiding Their...
Young women are creating second portals for their shared images…
Instagram Supports ‘Fake’...
Starting this week, you can now switch between multiple accounts on Instagram, on one device
Are Teens Losing Conversational Skills...
MIT Professor in the Social Studies of Science and Technology…teens are rapidly losing basic skills in conversation
Ten Fascinating Facts About Pastor And...
From the work of Richard Hammer, statistical tome: 2016-2017 Compensation Handbook for Church Staff
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