Malia Obama, the president's oldest daughter, celebrated her 13th birthday July 4. This inspired one Canadian parenting expert to write: "Obama's next challenge: a teen in the White House."People always have be...

    Are we free to look silly? Decide for yourself with this popular (5 million hits and counting) vintage clip of old timey "rock and roll' ...

There's more to getting a college degree than a better career and greater income. But is that all there is to gain from college? Director of the College Transition Initiative Derek Melleby says a different...

Don't be fooled by age. A recent survey by the leading mobile social messaging app, textPlus, reveals that a whopping 81 percent of respondents' grandparents are indeed ‘mobile' (i.e., they own a cell pho...

It's been said that the period between Memorial Day to Labor Day is the "100 Deadliest Days for teens." During the summer months, 10 teen drivers die a day behind the wheel in this country.The Tire Rack Street ...

Bullying remains a problem in schools, churches and other settings. School counselor and author Dr. Janell Dietz says one-third of teens currently experience some form of bullying, including name calling, manip...

Most teenage girls are interested in secrets. Whether it's a friend's secret, a family secret, a personal secret or even a secret crush, teens understand reasons for secrecy. But what if a secret is harmful, hu...

The million dollar question seems to be something like, "How do we keep students committed to jesus into adulthood?" This is one of the main questions I have been wrestling with during my tenure as a youth past...

Many groups have good intentions to create a safe place for people, but they develop practices that undermine this goal. Unsafe environments take on many different forms and basically are places where people ar...

Fatherless Generation: Redeeming the StoryJohn SowersZondervan, 2010, 144 pages, $14.99Statistics have shown that one-to-one mentoring is the most effective way to reach a fatherless child. Children with mentor...