*The following is excerpted from an online article posted on Investor’s Business Daily. A survey of U.S. teenagers by Piper Jaffray finds that young people are excited about Apple’s (AAPL) iPhone 7 and interested in new Fitbit (FIT) activity trackers, but think GoPro (GPRO) action cameras are yesterday’s news. In the firm’s 32nd semiannual survey of teens about brand preferences…
We’re miles apart connected through cell phones, but the smile I feel in her voice sinks into my bones. With me, through moves across the country, career changes, moments when I was feeling sorry for myself, and times I needed to celebrate, Sibyl always had the words that hit the spot. She’s never shied…
Act out the story of the God’s deliverance of the Israelites from the Egyptian army. Assign parts (Narrator; Moses with a rod; Israelites; Egyptian army; two people to be the Red Sea, which will part and then come back together when the army comes through). If you have a smaller family, act it out in…
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*The following is excerpted from an online article posted on Quartz. According to new research, parents are distracted by mobile technology more than anything else, and as a result, the interactions with their kids suffer. In a recent study of caregivers, child-behavior specialists at University of Michigan and Boston Medical Center found that parents feel their phones…
*The following is excerpted from an online article posted on Adweek. Snapchat’s growth as the preferred social platform for teenagers continues to outpace other social platforms, and it’s cutting into Facebook usage. According to investment firm Piper Jaffray’s new “Taking Stock With Teens” report, 80 percent of teens use Snapchat at least once a…
We want our kids to understand how best to treat their neighbor, follow God, and trust Him no matter what. We could explain the facts of why they should, have them memorize the verses, or lecture them on what will happen if they don’t. Or we could tell them a story. More…
Dear parent of a pre-teen or teen—the competition has started. Whether you can recognize it yet or not, you’ve started to compete with another voice influencing your teen. It’s not the voice of their peers (though certainly they’re influential, too). It’s not their teachers or coaches. It’s your child’s inner voice, and…
*The following is excerpted from an online article posted on PsychCentral. According to a new study, 15 percent of sixth-grade students report they have perpetrated at least one form of abuse toward a dating partner through technology. For the study, researchers from the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) School of…
Review the ten plagues God brought on Egypt. Write each one on a slip of paper and toss them into a bag or hat. Take turns picking a slip and drawing it on a white board (or piece of paper) while the others guess. Water, which turned to blood and killed the fish and…