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The Magazine for Youth Ministry
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About one out of every 12 adolescents experienced what is termed as major depression last year, according to a study by the Substance...
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Antidepressants, such as Prozac and Zoloft, are among the nation’s most prescribed drugs, and some users have been on them since they...
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Under the heading, “Let’s hope they don’t decide to unionize,” The typical mom should earn about $69,135 a year, according to a recent...
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Kids today are as environmentally aware as ever—and sometimes they cast a disapproving eye at their less-than-green parents. Few would...
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Students have long juggled school, work and the occasional toga party in their college careers. Now, universities are asking them to...
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A recent study found that the informal language of e-communication—emoticons, text shortcuts like LOL, etc.—sometimes finds its way...
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A few schools across the United States are doling out cash and prizes to their students for doing well. Proponents call it motivation....
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Pamela J. Erwin
Our September/October GIRLS issue generated a handful of letters from women youth ministry leaders. Here’s an excerpt of one letter.
Dear YouthWorker Journal: You are probably familiar with the childhood response to taunting, “Sticks and stones may break my bones ...
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Mark Gungor
There has been quite the uproar over Sarah Palin’s 17-year-old daughter who is pregnant and plans to marry the father. Many have decried this potential marriage as a terrible idea because the couple is...
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Steven Todd
When the young man complained to his up, the doctor asked about environmental exposures to allergens. He answered, “Sure. I was playing bass guitar for the youth service and the fog machines were too close to me, but I didn’t notice because of the laser lights.” It doesn’t seem that long ago when “youth ministry” involved setting up folding metal chairs in the church basement. There were jugs of fruit punch and a flannel graph easel in the corner from a children’s Sunday School class. The Betty Lukens flannel graphs were just waiting to be rearranged, even provocatively, by bored teens waiting for their youth pastor to appear.
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American kids take antipsychotic meds at more than six times the rate of children in the United Kingdom. Experts say many of the kids taking these meds on both sides of the pond probably don’t need them.
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We know auto accidents are the No. 1 killer of teens. A recent study suggests why. According to the study, sponsored by State Farm Insurance and The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, 75 percent of teens have watched their friends drive while fatigued, and 90 percent report that passengers have distracted their driving friends.
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France is highly concerned about folks who don’t eat enough. In fact, part of France’s parliament recently passed a bill that would make it illegal to advocate extreme skinniness. A thin excuse for a law,...
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Speaking of depression, a study by the White House Office of National Drug Policy discovered pot-smoking teens are more than twice as likely to battle dark thoughts. Moreover, depressed users were more likely to become addicted to the stuff. “Marijuana is a more consequential substance of abuse than our culture has treated it in the last 20 years,” says John Walters, director of the office. “This is not just youthful experimentation they’ll get over as we used to think in the past.”
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