In most junior and senior high schools, students are dieting even though, on average, they are not overweight. "I always wanted to be the good girl. Good girls are skinny and happy. The bad girls are the fat ones," answered an eleven-year-old when asked why she starved herself to the point of hospitalization.

Are the holidays as the song states, "The most wonderful time of the year"? The holidays are rapidly approaching which can stir up a range of different emotions in teens. Holidays can stress even the mellowest ...

John J. Lemoncelli, EdDPraeger, 2012, 171 pp., $37, ABC-Clio.comA third of females and one sixth of males are sexually abused by age 18, according to recent research. Some of these abused young people are in ou...

It's been said that eating disorders are an illness of the soul. Today, more than ever, a spirit of hopelessness presses down particularly on adolescents who don't like themselves or feel as if they can't do an...

He is a Christian 15-year-old male who believes he is addicted to pornography. He either senses or blatantly knows his behavior is wrong. He seeks advice and help by declaring his problem to strangers in a Yaho...

At 14, Jenna just reaches the 5-foot mark. She weighs 87 pounds, and her coach orders her not to gain weight under any circumstance. She never has menstruated. Jenna, a high school freshman is a serious, compet...

Every day kids wake up afraid to go to school because of bullying. It's a problem that affects millions of students. There is a lot more public awareness today than in the past, and sadly that's because far too...

There are different theories regarding the cause of eating disorders (EDs). Triggers and causes for eating disorders are about more than just food. According to the National Eating Disorders Association, there ...

An Overview: What Youth Leaders Need to Know Today About Deadly Eating DisordersIt's been said that eating disorders (EDs) are the greatest mental health challenge for youth today. The fact is, troubling report...

How does a youth worker instill in adolescents a deep, passionate, transformative and lifelong love for God? We (the Church of the Nazarene in Molalla, Ore.) believe teens must first grasp the concept of love i...