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Featured Article:

• “Why Teenagers Are Growing Up So Slowly” by Po Bronson

Articles:

• “10 Tips For Teenage Drives” by The Baltimore Sun

• “Beyond ‘Turn That Thing Off!’ - Elevating the Gaming Conversation between Parents and Kids” by Kara Powell and Brad Griffin.

• “New Challenges for Our Boys” by Matt Westbrook

• “See Jane Deal With Her Body” by Kara Powell and Brad Griffin

• “Making Peace In Our Families” by Cameron Lee

• “Decoding The Postmodern Teenage World” by Marv Penner

• “New Twists on Not-So-New Issues for Girls” by Kara Powell & Brad Griffin

• “Girls Gone Bad” by Kathleen Deveny [Newsweek]

• “Being 13” by Nancy Gibbs [Time Magazine]

• “A Rite in the Wilderness” by Mark Yaconelli

• “The Teenage Brain” by Nora Underwood

• “Am I an Adult or Not? There’s More to Being a Teenage than Just Growing Up” by Marv Penner

• “Teen Drug Slang” by Denise Mann [WebMD]

• “Turning Towards Holistic Ministry” by Mark Maines

• “Strategic Assimilation: Rethinking the Goal of Youth Ministry” by Chap Clark

Web Sites:

• The Fuller Youth Institute: www.fulleryouthinstitute.org

• Youth Specialties: www.youthspecialties.com

• Family Based Youth Ministry: www.familybasedyouthministry.org

• Amen Clinic: www.amenclinics.com

• The Search Institute: www.search-institute.org

Books:

• Teenage Guys by Ginny Olson

• Teenage Girls by Steve Gerali

• Hurt by Chap Clark

• Real Teens by George Barna

• Faith Begins at Home by Mark Holmen

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