"No one wanted anything to do with a cynical person like me. I told my youth minister that I was, I pretty much told him that I wanted to kill myself."—Reed Robertson, a teenage star of Duck Dynasty, talk...

It's no secret that watching television isn't the healthiest way to spend your time—particularly if you're a kid. Pediatricians say children under the age of 2 shouldn't watch TV at all and that TV time a...

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder has been running rampant in children and teens, with 11 percent of children between the ages of 4 and 17—nearly 6.5 million kids—having been diagnosed with t...

Teens are often stereotyped as impulsive. A new study suggests there's more truth in that stereotype than we might expect.When in danger, the average teen reacts more impulsively than those who are younger or o...

When something is amiss in our youth ministries, we often blame non-Christian influences or cultural shifts. Rarely do we step back and assess our own ministry approaches, which may have worked in years past, b...

Maroon 5's Adam Levine may have been named by People magazine as the 2013 Sexiest Man Alive, but what's the sexiest word? According to Oxford Dictionaries, the answer is selfie.Use of the word has risen 17,000 ...

A new study suggests adolescents aren't getting the care they need for mental and emotional disorders, according to a new study from Duke University.Granted, when teens are clinically diagnosed with a mood or b...

According to new research from Baylor University, R-rated movies can have a negative impact on the faith of teens and young adults. Those who watch them tend to go to church less often and think of their faith ...

A game that puts users in the shoes of the Sandy Hook (Conn.) Elementary killer has shocked many, including a senator who's now asking the game be banned. "This abhorrent video game should be taken down from al...

While eating disorders such as anorexia and bulimia often are thought to be mainly conditions from which girls and women suffer, researchers at Boston Children's University found that teen males are also suscep...