Matt Mikalatos A Capella Books, 2012, 111 pp., $8.99In The Sword of Six Worlds, Validus Smith (a.k.a. Val) is an ordinary middle school girl with an ordinary middle school life, that is until a crazy monst...

Doug FranklinGroup/Simply Youth Ministry, 2012, 136 pp., $5.99Just as those looking for the best leadership books can't go wrong with any of John Maxwell's titles, youth leaders seeking to strengthen their stud...

Danette MattyGroup/Simply Youth Ministry, 2012, 200 pp., $7.99During my years of leading teenagers as a professional or hired staff, I often looked for resources I could hand off to my adult volunteer team. Pra...

Mark OestreicherGroup/Simply Youth Ministry, 2012, 72 pp., $,6.99Parents may remember the commercial with the tag line: "This is your brain on drugs." Oestreicher's pithy A Parent's Guide to Understanding ...

It's official: Twitter is now a cradle-to-grave social network. On Feb. 20, 2013, Houston's Hermann Memorial Hospital tweeted a live cesarean section delivery—the graphic pictures and video clips accompan...

Childhood victims of bullying—along with bullies themselves—are far more likely to develop psychiatric problems than their peers, according to a study published recently in JAMA Psychiatry. Sometime...

Children who watch decent television turn out to be better kids, according to a new study published in Pediatrics. Researchers studied more than 600 families with children between the ages of 3 and 5 and asked ...

A 16-year-old pregnant girl won a legal battle against her own parents and will be able to give birth to her baby. The girl took her parents to court, claiming they were forcing her into having an abortion, usi...

Mark Oestreicher and Adam McLaneGroup/Simply Youth Ministry, 2012, 72 pp., $6.99At one time or another, most parents have wondered, "What is my child posting on Facebook, and should I allow access to social med...

Rhett SmithMoody Publishers, 2012, 208 pp., $13.99Anxiety is a very prevalent issue in youth ministry. Today's students fall into one of the most stressed-out, over-worked and socially demanding demographics on...