As concerns regarding Internet addiction grow in the United States, camps and treatment clinics are popping up across the country. On the low end, you have places such as Camp Grounded—characterized as a ...

Teens still drink. In fact, according to a survey from the University of Michigan, about four out of every 10 eighth-, 10th- and 12th-graders drank alcohol in the last year. About 13 percent of them smoked ciga...

Teen Mania—a ministry that, through the years, has been instrumental in fostering the faith of thousands of youth—is shutting its doors after several years of financial difficulties. "Honestly, t...

Wheaton College, a prominent Christian school near Chicago, suspended Associate Professor Larycia Hawkins after she suggested that Muslims and Christians worship the same God. Hawkins, who teaches politi...

While periods are critical when writing Youth Culture Updates, they might be leaving the wrong impression in text messages. According to researchers from Binghamton University, texts that terminate in a peri...

Though the Netherlands is well known for its tolerant drug policies, electronic cigarettes may push the envelope too far for the country. The government there has outlawed ecigarettes and water pipes for those ...

While Huck Finn may not have been shown a lot of love around Pennsylvania this month, another book—the Bible—is seeing its popularity soar in some very surprising places. The YouVersion Bible app...

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, written by Mark Twain and published in 1885, has long been considered to be a classic, but a controversial one. Its use of the n-word and its portrayal of black characters ...

Five San Francisco teens were rushed to a hospital for overdosing on over-the-counter cough syrup. Experts say the teens likely were trying to get high on Coricidin, which is sometimes used as a hallucinogen. ...

Even when it comes to saying their holy matrimonial vows, many Millennials are opting to do it outside the holy church, according the Public Religion Research Institute. Only about 39 percent of young married ...