Additional Resources

Chapter 1 – Reality Bytes: Snapshots of a Crying and Dying Culture

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Dear diary, dear world - A look into the world of online journals and blogs and the teens who use them

Finding Teens Online - A step-by-step approach to navigating their online world

Adolescent Development – Links to more articles about adolescent development from the Center for Parent/Youth Understanding

Movies: The Story of This Generation – Movies are a window of insight, and a point of contact for conversation. By Denis Haack

Who Invented Adolescence? – By Mardi Keyes, for Ransom Fellowship

A few thoughts and resources on pop-culture advertising – By Sam Van Eman of the Coalition for Christian Outreach

See the signs - Helping parents, youth workers and educators be aware of the signs of teen suicide

Helpful info on teenagers and jobs - What parents should know if their teens want to work

The pressure's on - Teens and negative peer pressure

Where the teens are - Popular online sites for teens and what they're learning from them

Pass it on! - Our youth culture cries out for redemption, and it is up to us to pass on the Good News of Jesus Christ

Pressure Points - Today's teen athletes face an immense amount of pressure

Guess Who's Coming to Breakfast - A look at the changing face of adolescent sleepovers

What's up with bullying? - The latest research on bullying along with personal and cultural impacts of bullying

Making the Young Old Before Their Time - the problem with "adultified" teens

I Love You 12 - Twelve traits of a Godly character we should want to see in our children's lives

Confusion or Clarity: Youth Culture at the Crossroads - the "signposts" that mark the teenage years

I Love You Just the Way You Are - exhibiting unconditional love in a conditional culture