For a decade or more, I've asked myself (and others with ears to hear) this one vital question: "How well do we know and understand kids?" The answer I keep coming up with is that young people between the ages ...

Some of your students graduated last year and went off to college. Some of these students will be coming home for the holidays and/or winter break. Youth workers differ over the best way to connect with them...

Parents want their kids to be happy, healthy and safe; but what about money management? The average young adult amasses $45,000 in debt by the time he or she turns 29, according to a recent PNC Bank report."Thi...

Woman Responds to Insults with ClassGet downloadable PDF.Get downloadable PowerPoint presentation.About/DisclaimerWhat HappenedSeveral days ago, someone secretly took a picture of Balpreet Kaur—a female s...

Most parents know the thought of going to the local fast-food outlet and grabbing a kids' meal (toy included!) will make their kids' eyes light up. As it turns out, their brains light up, too. Fast-food franchi...

YouTube videos continue to inspire kids and teens to pull dangerous, sometimes fatal stunts. David Nuno was the most recent victim: The 15-year-old had just finished watching a video in which someone passed out...

While most Americans are finding a way to whittle down their debt, students and recent graduates are struggling with student loans. About 22.4 million homes reported college-related debt in 2010, according to t...

Johnny Lewis, an actor who appeared for two seasons on "Sons of Anarchy" and once dated Katy Perry, died Sept. 26 after falling or leaping off a roof. According to police, he may have killed his elderly landlad...

Some youth workers may overlook the challenges of ministering to youth with disabilities.If you are one of these youth workers, Benjamin Conner would like to challenge your thinking, as he does in his latest bo...

Jack and Jill, sitting in a treeK-I-S-S-I-N-GFirst comes love, then comes marriageThen comes baby in the baby carriage.My childhood friends and I would chant this poem in unison when we mocked our peers who had...