Fathers urged to engage in 'digital discipleship'

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“Mental health issues are among the consequences of today widespread technology, Jennings said. In the five years between 2010 and 2015, the number of U.S. teens who felt joyless and useless jumped 33 percent, he recounted. At the same time, the number of suicides among those ages 13-18 jumped 31 percent.” - BPNews

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Are We Scaring Our Kids into Leaving the Faith?

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“We often teach our youth that the ‘outside world’ is full of reprobate, evil monsters, and that the moment you graduate from Christian school and step onto a college campus or into a workplace, you’re going to be attacked from all sides—persecuted, mocked and ostracized.” - Pursuing the Pursuer

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The quasi-parent mess

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“The law formally defines “quasi”-parent as ‘a person not a legal parent who nonetheless has greater rights in a contest with the legal parent than does any other party.’” - WORLD

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Teens' screen time linked to ADHD, spiritual problems

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“Teens who report high-frequency digital media use are twice as likely to develop attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), a study in the Journal of the American Medical Association reports.” - BPNews

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Boys and Girls Are Different — Let’s Celebrate That

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“I have two children. Our four-year-old is a girl; her two-year-old brother is a boy. I know these things because I have a functioning inferior temporal cortex. Apparently, the editors at the BBC do not.” - NReview

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