Snapchat has become one of the most popular social networks among teens because it offers a level of privacy that other photo-swapping services don't allow: If you send a picture via Snapchat, it'll self-destru...

Christmas is over, and some of the holiday's youngest celebrants wrapped more than dolls and Duplos. Santa gave some of them their very own tablet computers.In some ways, it makes sense. The touchscreen on a ta...

It's not how you look that's important, our mothers told us: It's what's on the inside that counts.As it turns out, our moms might've been wrong. In one of the most discouraging studies of the year, researchers...

Fewer than 40 percent of youth believe marijuana is harmful, according to a massive survey by the National Institutes of Health. The survey, which polled more than 41,000 eighth, 10th and 12th players, also fou...

The dangers of concussions have become big news in the sports world as of late, and with good reason. The damage that can occur after hard and repeated blows to the head can be life long, and have been blamed o...

Half of all British youth between the age of 12 and 17 say they've never sent an actual letter—you know, one with a stamp—in their lives. About 5 percent say they don't know how.Of course, they're n...

Quick Backdrop:OK, let's admit it. Sometimes reading is not the most exciting thing in the world to do. As fate or divine providence would have it, God's Word is, well, words, that require reading. So, sometime...

Children deserve the opportunity for education, but they suffer when they don't have adequate tools for learning—basic resources that many Americans take for granted—such as paper.In rural Zimbabwe,...

"But we do see Jesus, who for a little while was made lower than the angels, now crowned with glory and honor" (Heb. 2:9).Many years ago, a friend related a story from his childhood. He had grown up in a g...

"But in these last days He has spoken to us through a Son" (Heb. 1:2).When I was serving a rural North Carolina congregation in the mid 1980s, I became quick friends with one wonderful family. This clan lived a...