Teens Archives

Recently, while chatting with a few moms who regularly gather to pray, we agreed that there is a lot of pressure to be popular in our culture. But...

What advice would you give to first-year college students? I recently asked friends and colleagues that same question. And to say that I received...

In 2006, I spent 40 days visiting 23 college campuses in 11 states as a prayer leader. Here's what I found: hundreds of struggling, “nice,...

It's no surprise that our youth, even our Christian youth, are deeply affected by our culture's “it’s about me” thinking. What practical steps can...

Every Spring, parents take their charges on multiple tours of colleges and universities in order to make an informed choice. But if you travel to...

When your child walks away from Christ, it’s easy to feel despair. But there is hope, and there are actions you can take to help bring your...

Who could argue that, when it comes to sex education, our teenagers should be taught to say “no”? Considering what’s at stake -- and because we...

There's a lot of hype about turning 18. But are our kids really ready to cut ties with mom and dad at 18?

Author Allison Bottke has written a heartrendingly honest tough-love book that not only exposes the truth of her own struggles with her beloved...

With warmer temperatures comes a challenge for parents: how to help their daughters dress modestly?

A recent study by the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention found that at least one in four girls between the ages of 14 and 19 nationwide...

Every child is unique and will respond to the teenage years differently. But there are a couple key commitments you as a parent can make that will...

We must do a better job of instilling in young people a healthy fear - born from an awe of God's Word - of violating their God-given human...

As a mother of two sons in college, it's more than disturbing to hear college faculty announce that they cannot give me any information about my...

“It’s difficult to really be abstinent until marriage because it’s a lot of different things pulling at you when you’re a teenager.” No, that’s not...