Teen World Class
Posted by Blaine on March 21, 2006
Roger Butner and I have been teaching a class entitled “Inside the World of Today’s Teenager” on Wednesday nights. We told those in class we would make the materials and resources available online. So, here they are. (To view them, you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader, a free pdf file reader, which you can get here.)
Class Notes:
- History of Adolescence
- Postmodernism- “The Mind of Our Culture”-
- The World Beneath- Teen Culture as a response to adult abandonment.
- Teen Friendships
- Technology
- Media Safety
- Family
- Discipline
- Sexuality
- Teen Spirituality
Handouts:
- Developmental Stages Handout
- Parenting Article Handout
- U.S. Teen Sexual Activity Handout
- Evangelism Most Effective Among Kids
- New Research Explores Teenage Views and Behavior regarding the Supernatural
- Research Shows that Spiritual Maturity Process Should Start at Young Age
Online Resources:
- www.mediafamily.com/
- www.cpyu.org/
- www.pluggedinonline.com
- www.screenit.com
- www.xxxchurch.com - Check out the X3watch software
- www.wiredsafety.org
- www.bsafeonline.com
- http://apps.nccd.cdc.gov/yrbss/- Statistics of by CDC on risky teen behaviors regarded sex, alcohol, and drugs
- www.kff.org- Kaiser Family Foundation U.S. Teen Sexual Activity Fact sheet
- www.barna.org- Many statistics to Christian and Church-related topics and trends.