The following is excerpted from an online article posted by HealthDay. Teen pregnancy can change the trajectory of one’s life, but now a new study suggests it could also shorten that life. Canadian researchers report that women who were pregnant as teenagers were more likely to die before they reached the age of 31. “The younger…

Last night my kids came home to tell me about a friend whose parents had just bought them a brand new car. Then we all laughed really hard. Our family reality is that this kind of gift will not be happening anytime soon for any of my kiddos. Not only do they first need a…

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The following is excerpted from an online article posted by ScienceDaily. Approximately 11% of 12th-grade students across the United States reported past-year use of delta-8- tetrahydrocannabinol (delta-8-THC, or delta-8 for short), according to an analysis of data from the 2023 Monitoring the Future survey, which is funded by the National Institutes of Health. Delta-8 is…

The following is excerpted from an online article posted by AOL. The always-online generation may be starting to unplug a bit. Around 40% of teenagers say they have cut back on their time on social media, according to a report published by the Pew Research Center. Nearly the same proportion of teens acknowledge that they…

Truth be told, I get a bit nervous when I hear a youth worker say that the goal of their youth ministry is to “just bring people to Jesus.” I don’t question the intentions. I don’t question the fact that… Read More The post Just Jesus? appeared first on The Center for Parent Youth Understanding….

The following is excerpted from an online article posted by Forbes. Teenagers who wake up early for school, sleep less than eight hours per night or spend time on their electronic devices within an hour of going to bed are more likely to have experienced depression and loneliness, results of a new National Sleep Foundation…

The following is excerpted from an online article posted by ScienceDaily. An inexpensive measure of obesity in children and adolescents that could replace body mass index (BMI) has been identified in a new study as waist circumference-to-height ratio. This measure detected excess fat mass and distinguished fat mass from muscle mass in children and adolescents…

Have you ever felt like you’re praying for the same things over and over and getting discouraged when it seems God isn’t answering your prayers? I’ve been there. With two children with special needs, I was constantly praying for my sons’ speech, their development, their progress, and for peace for my own stress and anxiety….

Compliment my kid and I just don’t know what to do. I’ve worked a long time to figure out how to accept compliments on my own behalf, but even with best friends and supportive strangers, there is a weird subtext underlying compliments for my kids. What they say is, “Wow, that was great!” But what…

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