Tag Archive for trends and studies

Teen Sexting And Sexually Explicit Music

on May 13, 2023 by

The more teenage boys listened to sexually explicit music, the more likely they were to engage in sexting two years later

Which Kids Face The Highest Risk Of Self...

on May 12, 2023 by

Growing numbers of American kids and teens are cutting or burning themselves, banging their heads against walls, pulling out their hair, and…

Pandemic Sent High School Sex To New Low

on May 12, 2023 by

The first years of the pandemic saw a huge decline in high school students having sex, according to a government survey. Teen…

Transgenderism: The Reshaping Of Reality...

on May 11, 2023 by

Video: Kevin DeYoung

UK: Transgender In A Changing Culture

on May 11, 2023 by

A brief biblical and pastoral introduction to understanding transgender in a changing culture

Making Sense Of Sex/Gender Trends. . .

on May 10, 2023 by

We’ve got some thoughts and some helpful resources. . .

Helping Those Experiencing Gender...

on May 10, 2023 by

Resources, links, or other helpful tools mentioned in the podcast

Understanding Gender Dysphoria

on May 6, 2023 by

By Mark Yarhouse. Navigating Transgender Issues in a Changing Culture

When Children Come Out: A Guide For...

on May 6, 2023 by

By: Mark Yarhouse and Olya Zaporozhets

Resources For Navigating LGBTQ Issues...

on May 5, 2023 by

Parent & Pastor resource guide on transgender issues

What Is Gen Z’s Biggest Hobby?

on May 3, 2023 by

YPulse

The ‘Gender Affirmative Model’ or ...

on May 3, 2023 by

The current evidence base shows that around 80% of pre-pubertal children will outgrow their gender dysphoria during adolescence

The Tragedy Of Black Youth Suicide

on May 1, 2023 by

Black children ages 5 to 12 are twice as likely to die by suicide as their White peers, and Black teen suicides…

Insights On Brain Development Sequence...

on May 1, 2023 by

This work lays the foundation for understanding how the environment shapes neurodevelopmental trajectories even through the teenage years

10 Ways Social Media Affects Teens’...

on May 1, 2023 by

For you busy parents, caregivers and educators out there, we’ve distilled it down to 10 useful takeaways

Trans Teen Died From Sex Change Surgery...

on April 30, 2023 by

Trans teen died from vaginoplasty complications during landmark Dutch study used to justify child sex changes

Did The Pill And The Digital World Fuel...

on April 30, 2023 by

“If you look at the prevalence of cross-sex identification in young people and the arrival of the mass adoption of smartphones ……

Record One In FOUR HS Students Say They...

on April 28, 2023 by

These students are more likely to attempt suicide and be victims of abuse

Study: Teens And Social Media

on April 28, 2023 by

Pew Research Center asking teens – and their parents – about their experiences with and views toward social media

What’s Hot

on April 28, 2023 by

A weekly listing of hot cultural items from the Internet, music, television, and movies

Parent Resource Guide To Transgender...

on April 24, 2023 by

Educating and equipping parents on how to respond

 

Resources For Navigating LGBTQ Issues...

on April 24, 2023 by
Knowing Parental Rights & Against Schools Sexualizing Kids

Flashback: Youth Ministry Statistics

on April 20, 2023 by

Time-tested norms on everything you need to know for a healthy ministry.

Book: Back-Pocket God. Study On The...

on April 20, 2023 by

Religion and Spirituality in the Lives of Emerging Adults

The Five Essential Soft Skills Your...

on April 19, 2023 by

Today’s blog is an excerpt from the upcoming book, “Ready for Real Life.”

Book: Ready For Real Life

on April 19, 2023 by

Unpacking the Five Essential Soft Skills Great Leaders Instill in Their Students

Gen Z and Millennials’ Top 10 Favorite...

on April 19, 2023 by

YPulse’s Media Consumption report shows 65% of Gen Z and Millennials say they’ve watched a TV series in the last week—making it…

Book: The Marxification Of Education

on April 12, 2023 by

Their education has been stolen from them. Activists have spent the last forty to fifty years taking over education and transforming it…

Movie: Sound Of Freedom

on April 11, 2023 by

A new movie about a sex trafficking rescue operation that is based on the true story of a former federal agent

Exposing The Gender Lie’ e-book...

on April 10, 2023 by

The number of minors in America receiving a diagnosis of gender dysphoria tripled from 2017 to 2021, with more than forty-two thousand…

Book: Gender Madness….& How To...

on April 10, 2023 by

One Man’s Devastating Struggle with Woke Ideology and His Battle to Protect Children

Kids Hospitalized In Mental Health...

on April 10, 2023 by

Outpatient help for kids with mental health issues is hard to come by in much of the U.S. As a result, hospitalizations are…

Study: Social Contagion For Surge In...

on April 7, 2023 by

Adolescent-onset gender dysphoria disproportionately affects females.

Helping Those Experiencing Gender...

on March 31, 2023 by

Podcast: Walt Mueller with Nicholas Black

Transgender Shooter Reveals Perversion...

on March 31, 2023 by

The legacy media have a preset narrative machine when it comes to mass shootings. That narrative machine takes into account the identities…

Transgender Youth @Highest Risk For...

on March 30, 2023 by

A 2022 study found that youth who identify as transgender are at the highest risk of “violent radicalization.”

School Shooting Happened Due To Deranged...

on March 30, 2023 by

The trans movement is targeting Christians

Trans Activists Slam Religious Schools...

on March 30, 2023 by

Two trans activists are demanding the end of the conservative  ‘love affair’ with ‘radical religious schools’ in a response to the shooting

Pharma Paying TikTok Influencers 2Hook...

on March 29, 2023 by

“Pharmaceutical marketers have noticed the power of patient persuasion and begun to leverage ‘patient influencers’ in brand campaigns,”

MN ‘Trans Refuge’ Bill To...

on March 26, 2023 by

Minnesota ‘trans refuge’ bill will threaten to take children away from parents who don’t consent to transitioning their kid

‘State-Sanctioned Kidnapping’...

on March 26, 2023 by

California bill would give therapists power to take children over 12 from parents ‘without accusation, evidence, or trial’

Recent States Bans Transgender Bathrooms...

on March 26, 2023 by

Recent States Bans Transgender Bathrooms At School
Idaho Governor Brad Little signed legislation Friday barring transgender bathrooms at school, making the state the…

TikTok A Strategy’ Of Dumbing Down The...

on March 24, 2023 by

Biden Cyber Official

TikTok Threatens America’s Social...

on March 23, 2023 by

Almost 70% of American teenagers use TikTok. Though the content teenagers scroll through masquerades as harmless short videos, many of the videos…

TikTok Pushes Suicide Videos On 13-Year...

on March 23, 2023 by

The Chinese app’s recommendation algorithm is so advanced that within ten minutes, it will start pushing suicide videos if the young TikTok…

TikTok Lands First Major Ally On Capitol...

on March 23, 2023 by

In December, President Joe Biden signed a bipartisan bill to ban the app on government devices

75% Of Americans 17-24 Aren’t Fit...

on March 21, 2023 by

Young Americans are either too obese, too sick, or too criminal to serve in the military

Public School Enrollment Decreased By 1...

on March 14, 2023 by

…Within the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic. Homeschool enrollment rose 30%

Remote Work Encourages Marriage, Family...

on March 11, 2023 by

Remote work may boost marriage rates and encourage women who are already parents to have more children

The Wolf In Their Pockets

on March 8, 2023 by

13 ways the social internet is shaping the people you lead, with advice to help everyone deal with it!

Teens Are Self-Diagnosing via TikTok

on March 8, 2023 by

Chris Martin

How St. Louis Youth Crime Went Up

on March 7, 2023 by

St. Louis DA shoved ‘aggressive’ racial equity agendas into daily prosecution decisions using Soros-linked org

If Your Teen Is Following Andrew Tate On...

on March 1, 2023 by

…it’s time for a chat

“No More Secrets”: Protect Kids...

on February 28, 2023 by

Woman behind Libs of TikTok writes children’s book that ‘will give parents and children a tool they can use to spot predatory…

Working Class Say Illegal Immigration...

on February 24, 2023 by

The latest Rasmussen Reports survey shows that 40 percent of Americans earning under $30,000 say illegal immigration has made their local schools…

Belonging: The Effects Of Purposefulness...

on February 20, 2023 by

A Sense Of Purpose May Have Significant Impact On Teens’

Catholic School Pupil Arrested For...

on February 13, 2023 by

or saying there are only two genders was arrested this week after attempting to return to class without renouncing his beliefs

New Study Of Teenagers And Pornography

on February 6, 2023 by

Three Things Youth Ministers Need to Know

Surgeon General: 13-Yr-Olds Too Young...

on January 31, 2023 by

Murthy told CNN on Sunday that he believes being on social media “does a disservice” to kids early in their teen years

Parents Rank Youth Mental Health as Top...

on January 25, 2023 by

An analysis of 3,757 U.S. parents with children under the age of 18 found that roughly 40 percent say they are “extremely…

Parents Low View on Kids Having Similar...

on January 25, 2023 by

Roughly a third (35%) of U.S. parents say it is extremely or very important to them that their children have similar religious…

They have very little tolerance for...

on January 23, 2023 by

“Today’s 18-year-olds are like the 12-year-olds from a decade ago.”

Parenting Tips To Be A More Effective...

on January 16, 2023 by

Don’t miss this parenting video by Alexandra Motz. It’s really good. Alexandra is a part of HomeWord’s Pass it On training program

73% Of Teenagers Have Consumed...

on January 11, 2023 by

The average age of first consuming porn is age 12

Athlete Benched For Refusing To Kneel To...

on January 10, 2023 by

She refused to side with not only called for police to be defunded but for the disruption of the nuclear family and…

Flashback: Teacher Unions To Curtail...

on January 10, 2023 by

Biden Education Department to Curtail Trump-Era Effort to Track Teacher Sex Crimes

The Failure Of Youth Ministry

on December 18, 2022 by

And How to Fix It WEBINAR

White House Invites Drag Queen Promoting...

on December 15, 2022 by

More disturbing information is surfacing regarding the police-hating drag queen, Marti Gould Cummins, whom Joe Biden invited to the White House

Biden:Transgender Surgeries For Kids Are...

on December 15, 2022 by

Biden has previously described Republicans as “immoral” for passing laws to block transgender procedures for children

50 Shell-Shocked Teachers, Staff Flee...

on December 14, 2022 by

Violent and disrespectful classroom behavior has led to a staggering 50 teachers and bus drivers to quit a Florida school district in…

Children On Trans Hormones ‘Probably...

on December 14, 2022 by

American Academy of Pediatrics executive admits children on trans hormones ‘probably will be infertile

Yellen: There Is Real National Security...

on December 12, 2022 by

Well, it’s that private information could potentially end up in Chinese hands and used in ways that would negatively impact Americans

As Alcohol Abuse Declines Among Teens,...

on December 9, 2022 by

Marijuana abuse among 6- to 18-year-olds has increased 245% since 2000, while child alcohol abuse has steadily declined over those years

1 in 10 Teens Have Sexted, Many See Porn...

on December 9, 2022 by

School counselors must be prepared to talk about sexting and pornography use with students, and to change the narrative about these behaviors

Pandemic Stress Physically Aged Teens’...

on December 8, 2022 by

Making their brain structures appear several years older than the brains of comparable peers before the pandemic

Dept. Of Health & Human Services...

on December 1, 2022 by

She was pimping me and I didn’t like that. She would pimp me to men

A Boarding School Ban On Smartphones For...

on November 29, 2022 by

“We found our students had disengaged more and more from real life as their phones became their world,”

 

 

Benefits Of Sleepaway Summer Camp

on November 28, 2022 by

Sleepaway summer camp can help promote essential socio-emotional abilities in kids, such as the ability to control oneself, cooperate, or help others

Cardiologist Calls For An End TomNRA...

on November 26, 2022 by

As teen, 18, tells how her reaction to the jab saw her miss her Year 12 exams

A Reflection on Barna’s Open...

on November 14, 2022 by

The Barna Group conducted a global survey that included over 24,000 teenagers from 26 different countries

A Clearer Picture Of Developing Teen...

on November 12, 2022 by

A critical period for neuroplasticity in the frontal cortex during the teenage years, a time at which risk-taking behaviors and mental illness…

A Biblical Resource For Pastors On...

on November 9, 2022 by

We must not fall for the lie of culture that our bodies are to be changed to meet our self-perception

3 Takeaways From Barna’s New Research...

on November 9, 2022 by

The state of Generation Z’s faith

Teenage Brains: How It Works & Why...

on November 2, 2022 by

But understanding how teenagers see the world or what makes them behave in a certain way is important

teens 13 calling Quitline for help with...

on November 2, 2022 by

One 15-year-old caller said 80% of their friends vape and they feel strongly addicted, they vape upon waking and pick it up…

What’s Hot?

on October 31, 2022 by

A weekly listing of hot cultural items from the Internet, music, television, and movies

New TikTok Taping Trend

on October 31, 2022 by

A new trend promoted on the social media platform TikTok has people taping their lips shut at bedtime — a practice that…

Strict Parenting May Hard-Wire...

on October 31, 2022 by

Strict parenting can alter the way the body reads the DNA of children

Fla. Board Of Medicine Votes To Ban...

on October 29, 2022 by

Which now moves to the Board of Medicine and Board of Osteopathic Medicine for approval

Why Black And Hispanic Families Are...

on October 28, 2022 by

Democrat party is allowing men to play in women’s sports, and into women’s locker rooms, sexualizing your children, emptying prisons, opening the…

Gen Z Mental Health Crisis: How Pastors...

on October 26, 2022 by

Anyone who works with Gen Z is facing a mental health crisis in this generation at levels they’ve never seen before

5 Truths The Church Needs To Realize...

on October 25, 2022 by

The goal, first and foremost, is to treat each individual as an image bearer of God, worthy of love. The second, is…

Flashback: Parents’ Religious Beliefs...

on October 25, 2022 by

It’s not that religious people don’t have suicidal thoughts or take their own lives — after all, even ministers sometimes die by…

Flashback: Even Christian Kids...

on October 25, 2022 by

Flashback: Even Christian Kids Contemplate & Attempt Suicide

(As I’m doing research on teen suicide, I found the survey by Christian…

San Diego ER Seeing Up To 37 Marijuana...

on October 24, 2022 by

“What’s being consumed in these concentrates is devastating for their mental health.”

Study: Gender Transition Surgeries On...

on October 24, 2022 by

Over 1,100 adolescents underwent gender transition surgery from 2016 through 2019, according to a new study published in JAMA

The Detransition Diaries: Saving Our...

on October 22, 2022 by

Documentary on young women who went through medical gender transition, with cross-sex hormones and surgeries, and regret it

Dr. Prescribes Testosterone Online So...

on October 22, 2022 by

A gender-affirming doctor who works for Plume, an online telehealth service that offers gender-affirming hormone therapy through a cell phone app, believes…

Huge Nashville Rally To End Childhood...

on October 22, 2022 by

Far-left counter-protesters MELT DOWN

Majority Blame Crime Spike On ‘Woke...

on October 20, 2022 by

A recent Harvard-Harris poll showed that 64% of voters find the rise in crime to be the fault of “woke politicians,” with less…