Scriptures For Teenagers
California Troubled Teenagers Teensdeal with issue regarding sexuality, gender identity, depression
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Depression
Depression
/de·pres·sion/
Depression is defined as a mental condition characterized by feelings of severe despondency and dejection, typically also with feelings of inadequacy and guilt, often accompanied by lack of energy and disturbance of appetite and sleep.
Statistics has shown that diagnosis of depression is growing at a very dangerous rate. Globally, depression affects over 350 million people of all ages. Depression has been linked to other negative health outcomes, such as obesity, heart disease, and stroke. Compared to those not affected by depression those who face it are more likely to be unemployed and have a higher chance of divorce.
Most people that suffer from depression do not seek care or attention. Since this is a global issue, many efforts are made to help those who are suffering depression. It is important for those that face depression to find help so that they can overcome this plague that millions of people face.
, bullying, and abuse
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Abuse
Abuse
/a·buse/
Abuse is defined as the improper usage or treatment of an entity, often to unfairly or improperly gain benefit. Abuse can come in many forms, such as physical or verbal maltreatment, injury, assault, violation, rape, unjust practices: crimes or other types of aggression.
Abuse is a negative and real threat that many people face. Child abuse is a problem that is continually occurring. The main types of child abuse are physical abuse, sexual abuse, and neglecting. When these types of abuse occur in a home, they often go unnoticed. The stress and fear of the abuse will usually cause the victim to remain quite about the problem.
It is a difficult problem to find out and assess, but there are solutions. It is important that people are aware of signs of abuse. They may include unexplained injuries, changes in behavior, fear of going home, changes in eating and sleeping and lack of personal care or hygiene.
of every kind. The Bible offers scriptures of hope and encouragement for both troubled teens
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Troubled Teens
Troubled Teens
/trou.bled/ /teens/
n. Noun
A troubled teen is defined as a person that is between the age 13-19 that is beset by problems or conflict.
Every Teenager faces problems that they must encounter in their life. Problems arise in every person’s life both big and small yet sometimes we allow even the most insignificant of problems affect our lives. Sometimes with teenagers they allow trials in their life greatly affect them in negative ways. Typically when a person (typically teenagers) face problems in their lives, the ability to cope with the problem does not exist. When teenagers turn to other things to cope with the feelings of the problems that they usually face things such as drugs and alcohol, pornography, criminal activity, etc.
It is important to find help for troubled teens as soon as possible. There are many different programs that are available to help troubled teens with the problems that they face each with a different approach and nature to the program.
and their parents. For parents, teachers, and youth pastors understanding the Bible (scriptures) offer both comfort and advice for a teen that is struggling. Starting with adversity, learning to maneuver through the pain and discomfort associated with adolescents
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Adolescents
Adolescents
/ad.o.les.cent/
n.Noun
The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines the term adolescent as a young person living in the transitional period between the years of puberty and adulthood until they reach the age of full maturity.
Adolescents or teenagers, are living in a turbulent and trying time in a person's lifetime. If ill prepared, teens may flounder or display negative behaviors at home. Adolescents are prone to negative behaviors such as, drug and alcohol abuse and other chemical dependencies, sexual misconduct or acting out, failing grades at school and disrespect towards authority. It is for this reason that parents of adolescents need to be particularly mindful when they reach their teenage years.
If a teenager is struggling during thus time of adolescence it, is crucial for parents to seek the right care for their son or daughter. During this time, people are typically more susceptible to negative behaviors and dangerous habits.
, young people can go from “troubled” to “triumph” by studying the Word of God.
1. Go to zioneducationalsystems.com and search for any topic related to troubled teens. This site offers deep teachings and understanding of the Word of God. This website offers Biblical views of such topics, such as addiction, substance abuse, sex, divorce, and drug use. Click on one of the topics to find a variety of different Bible verses regarding that particular topic. At any point in your search if you’d like to speak to our support line please call 1-866-471-8579.
2. Use craigstephenrogers.com for the same purpose. Use the search feature so that you can quickly locate e website to find scriptures by topic. Click in the large search box on the page and type in the topic of your choice, such as “pregnancy” and “Bible” or “word of God”. You will see the search query of every page or blog post on the site, especially those with the terms matching the content.
3. Find Biblical perspective for troubled teens (answers for teens). Click the links that are at the very bottom of the page to locate Bible studies, Scriptural references, or Daily