Jim Liebelt
Jim is Senior Writer, Editor and Researcher for HomeWord . Jim has over 40 years of experience as a youth and family ministry specialist, and has been on the HomeWord staff since 1998. He has served over the years as a pastor, author, youth ministry trainer, adjunct college instructor and speaker. Jim’s culture blog and parenting articles appear on HomeWord.com. Jim is a contributing author of culture and parenting articles to Crosswalk.com. Jim and his wife Jenny live in Quincy, MA.
Senior Writer, Editor and Researcher for the HomeWord Center for Youth and Family at Azusa Pacific University
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What's Hot? 02/03/17
A weekly listing of hot cultural items from the Internet, music, television and movies.Friday, February 3, 2017
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Obesity-Linked Diagnoses on the Rise Among Kids and Teens
A recently released analysis by the nonprofit Fair Health, a national clearinghouse for claims data, joins earlier research showing the consequences of extra weight carried by American children.Friday, February 3, 2017
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U.S. Teens Upped Daily Facebook Usage in 2016
Despite concerns that teens are abandoning Facebook for other social networks, a November 2016 survey found that 65% of teens said they used Facebook daily, up from 59% in November 2014.Wednesday, February 1, 2017
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Bullying Can Also Hurt Kids' Academic Performance
New research finds that chronic bullying is related to lower academic achievement, a dislike of school, and low confidence by students in their own academic abilities.Tuesday, January 31, 2017
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Researchers Find "Moderate" Screen Use is OK for Teens
Researchers have found that “moderate” screen use “has no detectable link to well-being and levels of engagement.”Monday, January 30, 2017
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What's Hot? 01/27/17
A weekly listing of hot cultural items from the Internet, music, television and movies.Friday, January 27, 2017
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A Majority of Parents Allow Kids to Take Devices to Bed, But Only One in Three Monitor Usage
A new study finds the majority (76%) of parents allow their child to bring an Internet-connected device to bed but only a third (32%) of parents monitor their child’s use of the device in the...Thursday, January 26, 2017
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Teens Who Get Mental Health Help Less Likely to Suffer Depression Later
Young people with mental health problems who have contact with mental health services are significantly less likely to suffer from clinical depression later in their adolescence, according to new...Wednesday, January 25, 2017
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When College Kids Surf the Web in Class, Grades Fall
A new study found that in 120-minutes of class time, college students spent an average of 37-minutes online using social media, reading emails, shopping and watching videos. Surfing the web was...Tuesday, January 24, 2017
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Many Teens Lose Sleep Over Social Media
According to a new study of UK youth, a fifth of teens regularly wake up at night to check their social media.Monday, January 23, 2017
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What's Hot? 01/20/17
A weekly listing of hot cultural items from the Internet, music, television and movies.Friday, January 20, 2017
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Heavy Alcohol Use in Adolescence Alters Brain Electrical Activity
Long-term heavy use of alcohol in adolescence alters cortical excitability and functional connectivity in the brain, which is known to play a role in anxiety, depression and several neurological...Thursday, January 19, 2017
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Parents Have Mixed Views on When to Keep Sick Kids Out of School
According to a new poll of parents, most agree kids with diarrhea should stay home, but about half would send a child who had thrown up to school.Wednesday, January 18, 2017
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Kids May Put on More Weight When Parents See Them as Overweight
Children whose parents considered them to be overweight tended to gain more weight over the following decade compared with children whose parents thought they were a normal weight, according to new...Tuesday, January 17, 2017
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For Teens, 'It's A Mall World' No Longer
For the last three generations, teen life was centered on malls. With the rise of social media, teens have “virtual” meeting places that didn’t exist a decade or two ago. For today's teens,...Monday, January 16, 2017
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What's Hot? 01/13/17
A weekly listing of hot cultural items from the Internet, music, television and movies.Friday, January 13, 2017
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Cost of Raising a Child in the U.S. Rises to $233K
A new report from the US Department of Agriculture says that the estimated average costs of raising a child born in 2015 through age 17 has risen to $233,610, a 3-percent increase from 2014.Thursday, January 12, 2017
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Millennials May Need to Double How Much They Save for Retirement
If investment returns over the next couple of decades fall, as some experts suggest, millennials will need to save more -- perhaps twice as much as they have been saving -- to provide for their...Wednesday, January 11, 2017