Volume 5, Issue 6 June 2009
- Hurting Kids Series
- Kids Who Cut
- I Think I’m Gay
- Leveraging Social Media to Multiply a Missional Team
Archive: October 2010
Frenzy Over Hugging
I’m a hugger. I’m pretty sure I hugged people a lot in high school (as of this month, more than 15 years ago!). And college. And unless I’m remembering wrong, I’m pretty sure kids in youth ministry have been hugging …
Beyond Skin Deep Responding to Kids Who Cut
For many of the youth we know, cutting and other forms of self-harm have become commonplace coping mechanisms for their pain. Learn more about the reasons behind — and helpful responses to — self-injury among adolescents.
Living More Than Mission Trip to Mission Trip Leveraging Social Media to Multiply a Missional Team
What happens to that incredible mission team a few weeks after the trip? Too often, nothing. If you’re no longer satisfied with that result, prepare yourself for this innovative and practical look into utilizing social media to catalyze a missional movement.
I Think I’m Gay Having Healthy Dialogue with Kids Who Struggle with Sexual Orientation
As the societal pendulum swings very swiftly toward greater openness to the LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender) community, we are faced with the reality that it’s a growing struggle among more and more of the kids in our youth groups — and implement some tools to help us respond. Irene Cho shares insights from Andrew Marin’s research and new book, Love is an Orientation.
Dale Ryan Self-Injury Seminar
Dale Ryan, addiction and recovery expert, trains youth workers on understanding and responding to teenagers who cut and perform other acts of self-harm.
Texting and Adolescent Development
Last week the NY Times ran an article with new research on teens and texting — no big surprise that now researchers are asking, “Is this having ill effects on our kids?” At an average of 2,272 text messages per …