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Religion and Babies

June 11, 2012 Discover

As people who think about youth culture I found this presentation fascinating. The number of babies per woman decreases when: Children survive (decreased mortality rate) Many children are not needed for work (child labor laws, children in school) Women get education and join the labor force Family planning is accessible What possible positive / negative [...]

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Infographic: Why young Americans are delaying financial independence

March 26, 2012 Discover

HT to Mint.com

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infographic comparing teenagers in 1982 to 2012

March 23, 2012 Discover

gerri elder sent me this infographic, and i mostly found this interesting. the part i found annoying was that in 1982, we would not have seen “kids” and “child” used as descriptors of high school students. that aside: From: BestEducationDegrees.com

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An interview with Matt Baker of the God Survey

March 20, 2012 Discover

Yesterday I got an email from Matt, a researcher in the UK, who is completing some research near and dear to our hearts… why the heck are young people leaving the church? In true Cartel form I let him know I would tell people about his survey… but one day ask a favor of him. [...]

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Facebook Memes in 2011

December 14, 2011 Discover

It’s tough to know if this is the height of the hysteria for Facebook or if the site will continue to grow in 2012. But what is clear is that Facebook has it’s pulse on the world in a way that we could never keep the pulse before. The engineers at Facebook recently released some [...]

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Drunk Gummies

December 6, 2011 Discover

Yep, you read that correctly. Drunk gummies. According to a report via abcnews.com, teenagers as young as middle schoolers are taking these fruit flavored, alcohol drenched bears or worms to school as a mid-class snack. Here are what some teens are saying, according to the news report: Two Florida teens told ABC News’ Fort Myers, [...]

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Norman

October 26, 2011 Discover

[watch the trailer] There’s a lot of buzz about this new teenage drama, so it might be worth seeing if it’s showing in your area. Here’s a review from the New York Times Here’s the official website for the film.

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How to tap into millennials passion

October 11, 2011 Discover

The majority of youth ministry staff and volunteers would be labeled by sociologists as part of the millennial generation. (As opposed to our students, who are part of the digital generation.) And, practically speaking, in order to make our ministry fly in our church/organization we need volunteers to pour themselves out and make an investment [...]

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The Pace of Puberty Matters

September 7, 2011 Discover

There’s been a lot of research about the psychological and social impact of early onset or late onset puberty in both males and females. But researchers are now looking into the emotional and psychological impact of the pace at which physical puberty occurs. Here’s some of the highlights of what they learned: A provocative new [...]

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