Brawling teen mob at Tulsa church prompts increased security

This past Saturday night, Rhema Bible Church (started by Kenneth Hagin) near Tulsa, Oklahoma, was anticipating the community visiting their massive Christmas lights display to have a family-friendly good time. Employees had worked hard for three months getting it ready. Then the totally unexpected happened. A mob of teenagers numbering anywhere from 50 to 100...

Ohio court rules teen transgender desire trumps parental rights

An Ohio judge stripped parents of the custody of their teen daughter for refusing to allow their daughter to get hormone treatments to pass herself off as a boy. When the case initially started a year ago, Ohio's family services agency sought custody of the girl after she complained to authorities about her parents. All...

Canadian study: Increased marijuana use in teens increases psychotic episodes

A four-year Canadian study in Montreal that examined 4,000 teens in 31 high schools in Montreal and its suburbs found that when teens went from occasional marijuana use to weekly or daily use, their psychotic episodes became "more exaggerated and more frequent..." The study was done in light of Canada's plans to legalize recreational use...

Another Facebook storm brews as leaked document shows they target teens

Targeting teens for ads based on their emotional vulnerabilities. That's what, according to Wired.com, was discovered about Facebook recently in an exposé in The Australian where the publication acquired a leaked in-house Facebook document. In the 23-page document Facebook offered an advertiser the opportunity of a lifetime with the possibility of access to over 6...

Self(ie)-obsession leads kid to attempted suicide

Narcissistic self-obsession in our society continues to display itself in unusual ways thanks to technologies like smartphones and social media. Danny Bowman, a 19-yr-old in the UK, is one of the latest examples. He became so obsessed with himself that taking selfies took over his life. Bowman's habit got so severe that he would take...

Christian organization believes it’s time to dump church youth groups

The National Center for Family-Integrated Churches (NCFIC) is presently conducting an extensive survey to discover why so many high schoolers (60-75%) turn their backs on church and the Christian faith when they graduate high school. The survey will continue online until November 8 and the early results are rather interesting. Thousands filled out the survey of three...