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Helping Adolescents Work Through the Rising Tide of Anxiety

Helping Adolescents Work Through the Rising Tide of Anxiety

Anxiety is on the rise, and it’s having devastating effects, not only on the American population as a whole, but more specifically among younger Americans. Here's what to do when we observe anxiety in the young people around you. 

Serving today’s anxious generation; 5 ministry perspectives

Serving today’s anxious generation; 5 ministry perspectives

What does it look like to minister to and serve today’s anxious generation? Before we created Faith in an Anxious World, we knew wanted to make a practical resource for ministry leaders like you. So we consulted with several hands-on youth practitioners.

Today we’d like to introduce you to five of our curriculum contributors, who each took a moment to share insight, experience, and an inside look at some of the realities facing the young people in their vibrant ministries.

Anxiety

7 strategies to respond to teenage girls’ stress and anxiety

7 strategies to respond to teenage girls’ stress and anxiety

Lisa Damour’s Under Pressure: Confronting the Epidemic of Stress and Anxiety in Girls helped me identify seven vital strategies parents and leaders can use to respond teenage girls’ stress and anxiety. While I am focusing these recommendations on our “girls,” I plan on using these in my own home with both my son and daughters and at church and our kids’ schools with all the teenagers I can.

Busting myths about teen girl anxiety
Busting myths about teen girl anxiety
Nov 05, 2019
Helping Adolescents Work Through the Rising Tide of Anxiety
Helping Adolescents Work Through the Rising Tide of Anxiety
Feb 12, 2020
How do I help busy and stressed teenagers and young adults? Two new rules of thumb
How do I help busy and stressed teenagers and young adults? Two new rules of thumb
Feb 14, 2019
How to explore questions about science and faith in your ministry

How to explore questions about science and faith in your ministry

Taking that first foray into the realm of science and faith can be difficult. But it is increasingly necessary if we are to facilitate lifelong faith in our youth.

Serving today’s anxious generation; 5 ministry perspectives

Serving today’s anxious generation; 5 ministry perspectives

What does it look like to minister to and serve today’s anxious generation? Before we created Faith in an Anxious World, we knew wanted to make a practical resource for ministry leaders like you. So we consulted with several hands-on youth practitioners.

Today we’d like to introduce you to five of our curriculum contributors, who each took a moment to share insight, experience, and an inside look at some of the realities facing the young people in their vibrant ministries.

Growing With parenting podcast: Parent for the long haul

Growing With parenting podcast: Parent for the long haul

In this episode, Kara catches up with Sharon and Terry as they share their hard-earned wisdom on when to call (and when not to), getting adult kids to come home for the holidays, and parenting for the long haul.

We need to talk about anxiety

We need to talk about anxiety

A wave. Quicksand. Prison. A rollercoaster. Google the words “Anxiety is like,” and you’ll be shocked by the number of comparisons and descriptions you’ll find. You’ll find memes, poetry, artwork, and music—pleas for help, or at least understanding, seeping out of every pore of today’s anxious generation.