Being Careful with Research
We simply cannot take researchers’ probings and popular commentary on those probings as absolute truth.
Archive October 14, 2010
How Do I Talk About Sex With My Teenager?
Kara Powell offers tips and strategies for parents of teenagers and younger children.
How the Hook-Up Culture Hurts Girls
Maybe that’s why this Christianity Today review of a new book (a book I haven’t read yet) called Girls Uncovered: New Research on What America’s Sexual Culture Does to Young Women
What Can We Learn from Support Teen Lit Day?
Regardless of whether you think The Hunger Games is abysmal or a triumph, there’s one thing that can’t be denied: teenagers are reading that series.
New technology for teens = better sewing machines?
I need to begin with a confession: my 9 year-old can sew better than me. No exaggeration.
Resources for Digital Kids and their Parents
A few months ago we mentioned that the Center for Parent-Youth Understanding was launching a “Digital Kids Initiative.”
Back Home and Doing Fine
According to a new Pew Research report entitled “The Boomerang Generation: Feeling OK About Living with Mom and Dad,” young adults ages 25-34 are largely just what the title suggests.
Calling the Bluff on “Active” Video Games
You’ve heard the rhetoric: video games based on getting kids engaged in physical activity are the answer to the couch-potato gamer problem.
Jesus, Don’t Let Me Die Before I’ve Had Sex
I don’t think many would disagree with me that teenagers and emerging adults are confused about sex.
National Eating Disorders Awareness Week
I was thinking recently about how I haven’t heard as much about eating disorders recently – from the media, from research briefs, or from friends in ministry. To be honest, I am not familiar enough with the research (nor did …