Marketing to Kids’ Eyes, Parents’ Wallets
A few weeks ago my family was camping in Utah.
Archive October 14, 2010
Girls hitting puberty earlier, and we’re not sure why.
As a youth leader and a mom of 2 daughters, I’m always interested in research about girls.
The High Risks of Consumerism
Today’s E-Journal features an article by youth worker and Fuller DMin student Kris Fernout on the outcomes of consumer-driven adolescent identity formation.
We Are What We Consume Consumption Culture and Teen Identity, Part 2
Consumerism threatens to be a lethal injection in the veins of adolescent identity formation. In Part 2 of this series, we explore the outcomes of consumer identity and potential youth ministry responses.
We Are What We Consume Consumption Culture and Teen Identity, Part 1
There is little doubt that September 11, 2001 has been and will continue to be a defining moment in American history. In the weeks and months following that day, America was presented with a new type of cultural “normalcy”. We …
Children of Divorce Andy Root Interview
Kara Powell interviews Fuller and Princeton alum Andy Root about the youth ministry implications of his new book, Children of Divorce.
New MTV show tomorrow night
Irene Cho, our awesome FYI teammate, let me know last week about a new show on MTV called “If You Really Knew Me”…
New Spins on Social Media Research
According to an LA Times article yesterday entitled “Teenage social media butterflies may not be such a bad idea,” we shouldn’t be very concerned about those kids who spend lots of time …
Middle School Ministry
I mentioned briefly last month that Kara and I were invited to contribute a chapter to Mark Oestreicher & Scott Rubin’s new book Middle School Ministry: A Comprehensive Guide to Working with Early Adolescents.
ABCs of Identity
My friend and mentor Hal Hamilton has been leading a blog book discussion on Chap Clark’s book Disconnected.
A recent post perked my ears a bit, because Hal hit on an area I love exploring and talking about: identity. …