*The following is excerpted from an online article posted on Reuters. Teen girls who get along with their mothers may be less likely to have sex earlier in adolescence, a Dutch study suggests. Researchers examined survey data for 2,931 boys and girls who were asked about their sex lives as well as…
*The following is excerpted from an online article posted on Business Insider. When it comes to maintaining friendships, teens don’t text. Snapchat is the most popular platform among teenagers. It’s a place to post pictures and videos, but teens mainly use it as a communication tool. One of the ways that Snapchat keeps its users engaged is…
Trending Today on Twitter – 12/16/16 1. #HighCastle 2. #ImNotAMillionaireBecause 3. #NationalUglySweaterDay 4. #WhiteLiesOnMyResume 5. #YesSheCan 6. #2017Predictions 7. Useful Idiots Galore 8. Munhall 9. Logan Ryan 10. Albany County Source: Twitter Trending Today on Google – 12/16/16 1. Rogue One Trailer 2. Craig Sager 3. Seahawks 4. Blake Lively 5. Dylann Roof…
*The following is excerpted from an online article posted on PsychCentral. New research finds that the way your teen perceives your parenting tactics, makes a big difference in whether they will comply or rebel with your admonitions. Researchers at the University of California, Riverside (UCR), found that when teens viewed their parents’ parenting tactics…
What we are learning: Eternity What happens after we die? There is a choice we make in our lives that determines our eternity. What about the end of the world? There is a lot we don’t know, but what we do know is revolutionary. This month we are going to be diving into God’s Word…
Because we live in the most affluent nation on earth, it’s easy to fall into the trap of believing that accumulation of stuff is the pathway to fulfillment and redemption. Sadly, what most people never discover is that what we thought would bring satisfaction doesn’t. Instead we’re left only wanting more. I think about this…
*The following is excerpted from an online article posted on USA Today. American teenagers are the best behaved they’ve ever been — drinking and smoking less and doing fewer drugs than their predecessors in more than 40 years of tracking. Even use of marijuana is down among 8th- and 10th-graders, though it’s flat among high school seniors,…
Trending Today on Twitter – 12/9/16 1. #Monumental 2. #RIPJohannah 3. #MajorApplewhite 4. #fridayreads 5. #ChristmasAPopSong 6. The Fate of the Furious 7. Kirk Douglas 8. War for the Planet of the Apes 9. Lincoln Memorial 10. #GiftIdeasForCelebs Source: Twitter Trending Today on Google – 12/9/16 1. Kirk Douglas 2. Maisie Williams 3. Louis Tomlinson…
*The following is excerpted from an online article posted on CNET. Pens and notebooks, you may be on the way out as the main tools of classroom learning. At least according to one study, technology is catching on in a big way. New survey data from online-learning site Quizlet shows that teachers and students…
Why did I care so much about my kids and their driving habits when they first got their licenses? Well. . . simple answer is that I remember many of the risks I took when I was first out on the road by myself (sorry Mom and Dad!). Inexperience, adolescent impulsivity, smartphones, and that “nothing……