The latest trend for communicating during school hours is to use Google Docs to chat with their friends. The app has become a staple in the workplace and in schools, as the program offered through Google offers easy sharing, collaboration and...
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Slang terms are ever evolving and are an integral part of growing up. A word or abbreviation can add significant meaning or emotion to a message or text. Slang helps teens define their connections, feel accepted and gain independence. Keeping...
Loneliness can be one of the most difficult feelings we as humans can experience. For many singles, the feeling of loneliness can be a motivating factor in seeking to find the perfect spouse. However, attempting to find the perfect spouse can...
Whenever anyone opposes the topic of marijuana they are challenged to back up their opposition with recent scientific evidence. A recently published study in The Lancet involving, among others, researchers at King's College London, compared...
"Have you identified some specific concerns about your teens? Is it their impatience? Their multitasking that you interpret as rude? Entitlement attitudes? Not enough sleep? Complaining? Academic apathy? Quick boredom? Depression? Believe it or...
Internet filters can have a large role in protecting children from pornography, mainly limiting or delaying their exposure to it. Unfortunately, internet filters are not enough in permanently blocking children from ever seeing...
The infograph on the right is telling in what Tim Elmore believes to be "the new methods of coping with our new realities." "While none of these methods are tragic, they do signal a different way of coping with our busy lives," Elmore wrote...
More than half of all teenagers in America see bullying as a major problem among their peers, according to a new survey by Pew Research. Teenagers were more likely to rank bullying as a problem than poverty, drug addiction or alcohol consumption....
According to the National Institutes of Health, "America's teens report a dramatic increase in their use of vaping devices in just a single year, with 37.3 percent of 12th graders reporting 'any vaping' in the past 12 months, compared to just...
With spring comes the anticipation of prom season for thousands of parents and teens. Formal attire is purchased, hair appointments are scheduled and arrangements to take pictures at a unique location are made...
On Saturday, March 9, the Abstinence Clearinghouse hosted a Knight to Remember for mothers and sons in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The event encouraged young men to choose to reject passivity, accept responsibility, lead courageously and reach for...
It is with gratitude that Dr. Michelle Watson shared a father's honest reflectionsas a man whose daughter paid the price for unwise decisions that he had made in the past. Despite being a father with a failing marriage, with a daughter who was...
A young girl enrolled in a Christian middle school gave voice to the great loneliness many feel in their quest for purity. She said: I think that at my school, having sex is normal. Everybody has either had sex or they are really close...
A father can have a heroic impact on his daughter as he helps protect her from the negative influences of our culture. In a recent broadcast by Focus on the Family, Dr. Meg Meeker encourages fathers to model the kind of honorable character...
Tim Elmore set out to discover what kept teens and college students up at night. Young adults made known that binge watching YouTube videos, social media and texting their friends late into the night motivated their lack of sleep. In addition to...
Good parents aren't perfect and that is ok! There is no "one size fits all" formula to follow, but there are ways you can grow daily as a parent. Focus on the Family's 7 Traits of Effective Parenting Assessment gives parents an honest look at...
On Tuesday, the Colorado House approved bill HB19-1032, requiring school districts who choose to provide sex ed courses to teach a comprehensive curriculum. According to Colorado's 9News, Jeff Johnston, a culture and policy analyst for Focus on the...
Last week, we shared a press conference by the National Center of Sexual Exploitation as they released their 2019 Dirty Dozen List. Among the companies listed, YouTube was found to be a corporation that profits from sexual exploitation,...
At the Abstinence Clearinghouse, we have often heard that "clients who receive a negative pregnancy test are the most difficult clients to meet with." While we agree that the client who receives a...
On Monday, the National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE) revealed the 2019 Dirty Dozen List, an annual campaign that names and shames twelve mainstream facilitators of sexual exploitation. Companies making this year's list include Message...
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