Teens

Our feelings are very human and part of what makes us frail. To limit our frailty, we find ways to harden or suppress or otherwise numb our emotions. We may ignore our hearts, ignore other people’s feelings, use distraction like substances or video games or other addictions, or simply avoid ...

“You’re grounded!”  Angry voices, hardened hearts and slammed doors often punctuate the punishment.  How effective is grounding a teen?  A better question focuses on the goal of the grounding:  punishment or discipline.  Is the grounding a reactive response to undesirable behavior?  Or is it a forewarned consequence with proactive aspects?  ...

We have free will. Long before humans were created, God had created the heavenlies where the angels live. The highest-ranking angel was named Lucifer, and Lucifer had been endowed with great intelligence and musical ability. God made him like a god (Isaiah 14:12). Like us, God created Lucifer and his ...

Teens seem to have a fascination with horror movies, but why? An article on Psychcentral.com quoting Glen Sparks, professor and associate head of the Brian Lamb School of Communication at Purdue University, explains the physiology of being scared and the after effects of all that adrenaline. “Sparks’s research found that ...

Growing up can be an extremely difficult and extremely stressful thing. Every day I’m slowly creeping closer to my eighteenth birthday and it not only scares me, but it also stresses me out! Already I’m feeling the pressures of everything else and it seems that many times I’m hearing this ...