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Half of today's teens have tried alcohol by the time they are in eighth grade. This statistic becomes all the more troubling when you consider that adolescence is a time of poor impulse control, a time of independence-seeking and experimentation. Add...

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Using passages from the Bible and definitions of different kinds of love, this ■Valentine's Day study challenges teens to look at love in a new way.

B My Valentine!
What Is Love?

By Sue Washburn

The history of Valentine's Day is as mysterious as the anonymous flower sender! We don't know the actual origin of the day or even which saint named Valentine is honored.Today we celebrate romantic love on this day. Yet there are many different kinds...

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Be One
Build Unity

By Lisa Nichols Hickman

Is your youth group ready to reflect on its life together? Learn about our unity in Christ by exploring Ephesians 4:1-6 and discover how to reflect on God's call for unity in the church. This one-session study is great for student ministry groups tha...

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Should Christians have tattoos? What about piercings? Body art--permanent ■reminders of a temporary fad?

Body Art and Teens

By Sue Washburn

In this timely study for parents of teens we'll explore our responsibilities as Christian parents when it comes to forming an educated opinion about tattoos and piercings.Researchers estimate that a quarter of the population between the ages of eight...

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Bridging the Generation Gap through Storytelling

By Nancy Ferguson

Not much has changed since the time of Isaac, Esau, and Jacob. Families still experience conflict and confusion; younger generations don't always understand older generations. In every family there is an unknown history that influences interactions a...

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Whether your teen has high self-esteem or low self-esteem, this study can help ■you to build and maintain a healthy identity in your teen.

Building Self-Esteem in Your Teen

By Faye Burdick

How can parents help their teen develop a healthy self-esteem? When previously high achieving and happy kids begin receiving bad grades and don't care, issues of self-esteem are likely involved.This study defines self-esteem and shares new research a...

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None of us want our child to be bullied or to be the bully. This study for parents of ■teens provides advice for both situations.

Bullying
Sticks, Stones, E-mails, and Texts

By Martha Bettis-Gee

Far from being the source of comedy as it is often portrayed in film or books, bullying is a serious public health problem with the potential to shape the life of a child for good or for ill. No young person should have to endure being bullied. Nor s...

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Bullying in the Classroom

By Martha Bettis-Gee

How serious is the issue of bullying at school? What makes a bully? What should Christians do about it?Contrary to what many of us have been led to believe, bullying is not just a short-term agony. The American Medical Association confirms that bully...

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Caring for People with Alzheimer's

By Carol A. Wehrheim

How do persons caring for those with Alzheimer's disease care for themselves? How can congregations support those persons responsible for the care of persons with Alzheimer's disease? Through a personal story of caregiving for a husband with Alzheime...

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Children and Video Games
What's the Problem?

By Alexa Smith

'Have you watched your child playing video games lately? Fact is, most parents don't have the time to do that. They think, "Well, my child is in the house. At least I know where he is."While not all video games are violent, today's sophisticated game...

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The Christian Funeral

By Adam J. Copeland

It's true: most people don't enjoy talking about death or funerals. They're such significant life experiences, that it can seem better to not mention them too often. Yet the rituals we practice and the prayers we say when someone dies aren't improvis...

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Christian Responses to War

By Barbara L. Battin

Long before the beginning of written history, human beings struggled with how to respond to perceived danger and threat from an outside source, to difference and disagreement both within their close community and beyond it, and to situations of local...

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Compassion as a Spiritual Discipline

By Bruce Main

Holocaust survivor and author Elie Wiesel is famous for his quote that the opposite of love is not hate but indifference. Having witnessed so many of his family members and friends and neighbors killed, he asked why some people risked their lives to ...

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Finding a balanced way to maintain relationships while forming new ones is an ■important developmental skill--one many of us spend our lives working to master.

The Dating Game
How to Survive the Roller Coaster

By Kate Ott

Dating relationships can be as different and diverse as the kids involved. Some may fade after a few days while an occasional few may last over a year. Regardless, teens spend a significant amount of time thinking about, planning for, and working thr...

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College applications can be stressful. How can you help your teen apply to ■college?

Dealing with College Application Stress

By Sue Washburn

The parable of the Prodigal Son articulates the fears of many parents-their teen will come of age, go off into the world, make poor decisions, and return home broke and despondent. Luckily, in the present time we have an interim period for people in ...

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