School Has Rules for What Not to WearGet downloadable PDF.Get downloadable PowerPoint presentation.About/DisclaimerWhat Happened:A high school in Richmond, Ind., recently installed a new dress code, trying to c...

I possibly should have last week in Gulu, Uganda at the Invisible Children (IC) compound. The previous day we were touring some of the IC project schools and sites. David and I with driver on one boda boda or m...

Camp Edge is affiliated with Ranch Hope Inc. and operates as an adventure/wilderness, day, resident and trip/travel camp for youth ages 9-13. Located 45 miles south of Philadelphia, Penn., the camp is open...

Every April 5 for the past 10 years, Phillip Garrido registered on his birthday with the Contra Costa Sheriff's Office as a convicted sex offender. Two to three times a month, he met his parole officer at the p...

I recently did some reflecting about the uniqueness of culture today for young teens. Here are some things I came up with:A Culture of InformationWe all live in a culture of information; so in a sense, this is ...

I have worked with youth since 1982. Frequently, adults ask (especially parents of teenagers) what keeps me from quitting. Their questions take various forms, but they all boil down to one basic query: How do y...

Middle-School Ministry: A Comprehensive Guide to Working with Early AdolescentsMark Oesteicher and Scott RubinZondervan/Youth Specialties, 2009, 384 pp., $15.99zondervan.com For rather appropriate reasons, the...

You may have heard the news reports: Jaycee Lee Dugard was 11 when she was abducted in California by a registered sex offender. After 18 years of captivity and abuse she was found and reunited with her family o...

Kids are back in school, and many are trying to balance school, extracurricular activities, social lives and work.Should Kids Work? How much? If so, why? These are some of the issues addressed in The ABCs of Ma...

Danyl Johnson gets a little help from his friends in his first audition for "Britain's Got Talent." ...