For years, people have lambasted iconic fashion doll Barbie and her employer, Mattel, for her insane body proportions: Her legs are too long. Her bust is too big. Her waist is ridiculously skinny. Now, it seems...

We all know teens and young adults spend a great deal of time staring at screens (i.e.,  smartphones, tablets, flat-screen televisions). According to Nielsen's Audio Today Report, they also engage in a for...

Teens are feeling significant levels of stress these days, struggling with pressures at school, home and on the job. Experts say stressed-out teens—particularly those who don't have very effective coping ...

The American Dream is alive and well among Millennials, but the dream looks quite a bit different for them than for their parents and grandparents.Youth in their late teens and 20s place a premium on mobility a...

Anne E. Streaty Wimberly, Sandra L. Barnes and Karma D. JohnsonJudson Press, 2013, 224 pp., $12.81As I was reading Youth Ministry in the Black Church: Centered in Hope, I said to myself, "Yes! This is the book ...

Brock Morgan The Youth Cartel, 2013, 160 pp., $11.85 Culture is rapidly changing, and we must be able to engage culture for the sake of the gospel. Brock Morgan, in his new book Youth Ministry in a Post-C...

"Be at peace among yourselves" (1 Thess. 5:13). We don't have to live in a war zone to know peace resides first and foremost in the human heart—in our desire to live in harmony with those around u...

"I said, 'I will guard my ways that I might not sin with my tongue'" (Ps. 39:1).There was a time when gossip, innuendo and hurt feelings among teenagers were the result of conversation. Now, with the adven...

Nearly six in 10 children in Great Britain have joined a social network by the age of 10, though most such networks prohibit someone from joining until age 13.According to a survey by KnowTheNet, a British onli...

A new Internet fad—wherein people record themselves drinking copious amounts of alcohol often mixed with other substances—is being blamed for the death of two men in Ireland. The game, called Neknom...