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Brands Target Tween Girls in Bid to Keep Them as Longtime Customers

Brands are tackling once awkward topics, such as menstruation, with a more conscious, humorous approach.

Read or listen to the story from NPR here.

Celibate Gay Christian Leader Urges Faithful to “Normalize” Committed Friendships

Jonathan Merritt interviews Wesley Hill about his upcoming book “Spiritual Friendship: Finding Love in the Church as a Celibate Gay Christian.”

Read the full interview here.

CDC: Teens Unfamiliar With Most Effective Form of Birth Control

The CDC recommends long-acting reversible contraception to further reduce historically low teen pregnancy rates.

Read the full article here.

Number of NYC Teens Having Sex is at an All-Time Low

More Big Apple high school students than ever say they are abstaining from sex, a health poll reveals.

Read the article here.

How I’m Overcoming Shame in My Sex Life

Even those who save sex for marriage have to deal with feelings of guilt.

Read more of this article from RELEVANT here.

Transgender Teen in California Kills Self After Bullying

A 16-year-old transgender student who spoke on YouTube about being bullied at school killed herself. Read the full article here.

Teens, Social Media & Technology Overview 2015

A majority of teens report access to a computer, game console, smartphone and a tablet.

Read the full research report (and download the full .pdf version) from Pew Research Center here.

Music Videos Linked to Rise in Teen Sex – And Make Teens Believe Their Peers are More Sexually Active Than They Are

Researchers in the UK examined children and teens and assessed the correlation between watching music videos and sexual activity and perception.

Read the article here.

Welcome to the New “Gateway Porn”

Fight the New Drug takes a look at marketing and how sexualized images in advertising are becoming the new gateway to pornography use. Read the article here.

Is Your Teen Using Apps To Keep Secrets?

Studies suggest that sexting is more common than many parents might realize or want to admit.

Read the article here.

Jazz Jennings, Transgender Teen, Lands Clean & Clear’s ‘See The Real Me’ Ad Campaign

Jennings, a 14-year-old transgender teen, announced last week that she is one of the new faces of Clean & Clear’s latest ad campaign titled “See The Real Me” promoting natural beauty.

Read the full story here.

Is it finally time to put marriage in the dustbin?

Is the institution of marriage in such decline that it is irreversible? And what does this mean for the well-being of children who statistically flourish better under the care of married parents? Read the full article here.

Young, Attractive, and Totally Not Into Having Sex

Wired Magazine takes a look at new sexual and gender identities that have made their way onto the Internet, college campuses, and beyond. Read the article here.

Lust

What exactly is lust, why is it so hard to change, and how can we deal with its power to shape our lives?

Read the full article here.

Swapping Nude Images Spells Danger for Teens

Many teens who sext believe the sexually explicit photos and videos they send on their phones will stay private, but they don’t. Read the article here.

Gay Marriage: What the Church and God’s People Need to Do Now.

…many churches, and individual believers, have tended to respond in knee-jerk fashion…
It is vital that the church think about this issue from a biblical perspective. 

Read the full article here.

The Normalization of Porn in the Church: What the Church Needs to do Now

Porn is becoming normal for people within the church and something needs to be done about it.

Read the full article here.

Sexting

How do you handle a child that is potentially sexting and how your kid can respond to confrontation.

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Do I Tell my Children About my Sexual Past?

Many parents hide their sexual past from their children but are there time that the closet door should be opened to them?

Read the full article here.

Your Children are Looking at Pornography. How are You Responding?

This article presupposes that your children are being exposed to pornography and that you are already responding – even if you are doing nothing.

Read the full article here.