Youth culture 101
Title:
Youth culture 101
Personal Author EPSB:
Summary:
This book is an overview of popular culture for youth workers, parents and educators. Explores the dynamics of why kids are drawn into the culture and how it shapes their development. The book approaches youth culture from a distinctively Christian perspective and contains chapters on a variety of topics including: music, media, sexuality, materialism, drugs and alcohol, and spirituality.
Other Title:
Youth culture one hundred one
Youth culture one hundred and one
Year Published:
2007
Contents:
Good news : there's a teenager in your life! -- The times they are a-changin -- Media : the new face of nurture -- The media : how it's shaping kids -- Through the maze : teaching kids media discernment -- It all ads up : marketings powerful influence on teenagers -- Fitting in : the push and pull of peer pressure -- Hooking up : understanding our sexualized youth culture -- Living in a material world -- Under the influence : teenagers and substance abuse -- When adolescence hurts : the dark world of teenage depression and suicide -- Especially for parents : helping your teenagers find their places in God's story.
Electronic Access:
Table of contents only http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0711/2007005986.html
ISBN:
9780310273134
Publisher:
El Cajon, CA : Youth Specialties ; Grand Rapids, MI : Zondervan, 2007.
