Privacy? What’s That?

    Forget what Grandma told you about children being “seen, not heard.” Thanks to the Internet, today’s teens expect to be seen and heard by their friends, acquaintances–eve...

Cutting Down on the Bubbly

    High-calorie soft drinks are an endangered species in American high schools, according to a recent industry report. Part of this is because some schools have banned sodas from their halls, but s...

Nothing But the Truth

Forget that old-fashioned lie detector: A new company says it’s found a way to detect a lie while it’s bouncing inside someone’s brain.     Representatives from the company, San D...

You Gossip, Girl!

    One of most popular new shows for teens this year has been CW’s “Gossip Girl,” based on the popular pulp novels of the same name that delve into sex, drugs, and rampant consume...

Real Pastors in Youth Ministry

What makes a real pastor? Veteran youth ministry worker, Jennifer Bradbury, responds to a student's challenge about her title, position and educational background. It was the end of our regular Sunday Morning...

Waisted Youth

    Several towns and cities are trying to crack down on baggy pants by making them illegal. One Louisiana town could slap offenders with a $500 fine and six months in prison. Atlanta’s consid...

Self Injury on Rise

    Nearly half of high school students have engaged in non-suicidal, self-injuring behavior more than once the previous year, according to a study published recently in Psychological Medicine. &nb...

Grand Theft Autology 101

    Researchers have found that college students who spend lots of time playing video games have lower grade-point averages than those who don’t.     And they needed a study for t...

Another Reason to Finish High School

    A new study suggests that people who don’t finish high school are more likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease or dementia later on.     The study, actually conducted in F...