|
Adolescent Development |
| Resource
Name |
Description |
Web
Links |
| Understanding Your
Teenager |
This organization was founded by youth
ministry guru Wayne Rice and it has a lot of helpful information about the
development of teens. |
www.understandingyourteenager.com |
| Child and Family Web
Guide |
This website of valuable resources was compiled and is
maintained by Tufts University. |
www.cfw.tufts.edu |
| American Academy of Child and
Adolescent Psychiatry |
Provides good information on normal adolescent development. |
www.aacap.org |
| Puberty 101 |
A website written to teens explaining the physical changes they
go through in puberty. It can be crude and too descriptive at times
though, so it is recommended as a resource for parents only. |
www.puberty101.com |
|
Youth Culture and Media |
| Resource
Name |
Description |
Web
Links |
| Center for Parent/Youth
Understanding |
Walt Mueller is the President of this organization. His
full time job is studying youth culture, analyzing it, and informing parents and
youth leaders about it. This website is an excellent place to start
whenever you need more information about a certain aspect of youth culture. |
www.cpyu.org |
| The Dove
Foundation |
Reviews of movies, videos, and video games that contain sex,
language, violence, drugs, nudity, and the occult. |
www.dove.org |
| Focus on the
Family |
Dr. James Dobson is the Founder of this family friendly resource
on media and youth culture. |
www.family.org |
| Movie
Theology |
This list includes Web addresses
for sites that offer info on movies, along with sites that offer reviews
of film from a Christian perspective. |
www.cmu.ca/library/faithfilm.html |
| Internet
Slang |
This page is from the free Wikipedia online encyclopedia. This is an
exhaustive and ever growing database of the definitions of the "lingo"
that teens use when talking online. |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_slang |
| Song Facts |
Check out this page to see what a song really means, and how kids are
interpreting what a specific song means. Also includes some stories behind
some of the songs that are out there. |
www.songfacts.com |
| The Rap
Dictionary |
If you've finally figured out the lyrics to a hip-hip song but have no clue
what they mean, this website is for you. Also includes biographies of
rappers and album info. |
http://rapdict.org |
| Video Games |
This sight keeps you updated an all the newest video games on the market an
their content. |
www.joystiq.com |
|
Article
|
This
Boston Globe article tells the results of a study that
shows that teens who listen to sexually explicit lyrics
are more sexually active. |
Click
here to view article |
| National Institute on Media and the
Family |
More good reviews on all sorts of media influences. |
www.mediafamily.org |
|
Youth (General) |
| Resource
Name |
Description |
Web
Links |
| Center for Youth
Studies |
A great resource for parents to find out information on almost every topic
that might touch a young person's life. Their Encyclopedia for Youth
Studies (EYS) is a very valuable tool. |
www.centerforyouth.org |
Online
Accountability |
| Resource
Name |
Description |
Web
Links |
|
Covenant
Eyes
|
A
program which you install on your computer that allows
you to receive a report of what web pages your teens are
visiting (for a fee). |
www.covenanteyes.com |
|
X3Watch
|
Same
idea as above program, but the free version! (not as
thorough a program though) |
www.x3church.com |
