The Blessed Adolescent Mind
Try these ways to overcome the negative vibes often associated with adolescence.
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Adolescent Development
What Is Going On Up There?: Adolescent Brain Development
Adolescence is its own animal of a time period in the life of a person compared with childhood,...
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Betwixt: Just How Much Should You Let Them Get Away With?
It’s a question youth workers have to ask themselves often: how much should they let their kids get away with, and when should they step in?
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Betwixt: The Incredible Shrinking Attention Span
Some tips on how to help kids focused.
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Snark, Crackle, Pop Culture: Physical Pain vs. Emotional Pain
Does the emotional pain of a breakup trigger the same parts of the brain as physical pain? What does this mean for working with youth?
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Snark, Crackle, Pop Culture: Complex Text
While we believe everyone can read and understand God’s Word, it never occurred to me that the reason some students struggle, refuse and rebel against reading the Bible on their own would be that they simply don’t have the right skills and experience to deal with the text.
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Betwixt: They Think I’m Crazy…Until They See the Kids I Work With
As youth leaders, we need to know everything we can about our kids, so we can best learn how to work with them and help them grow in their faith. Here’s a quick glimpse of what exactly we’re dealing with when we talk about your average middle school student.
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Servant Formation: Not Nice, but Good
An in-depth look at servant-hood and adolescent development, and some talking points to generate conversation with youth.
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Female Bullying – Mean Girls
Most women have participated in female bullying at some point in their lives, either as aggressors or victims. This article discusses how adults can recognize trouble before it starts and how they can step in for the spiritual sakes of all the girls involved.
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Filling in the Holes
When teens consistently don’t receive adequate support and sense of belonging, the result is a disruption in normal development. Youth group can help to fill in that hole.
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Meeting Them Where They Are
Do you remember developmental theory? If not, or if you want a refresher course, this article is for you. The work of developmental psychologists can do a lot to inform our practice as servants of the Gospel among youth.
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Blurred Boundaries-Gender Differences and Roles
The boundaries between gender identity/roles and sexuality are being stretched and blurred every day, in every way. Youth workers are in a unique position to bring the focus back to Scripture, which teaches young people who God made them to be. This article discusses how to go about doing just that.
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