by Terrie Lynn Bittner | Jun 21, 2013 | Teen Life
The media has been talking a lot about proms, lately. They have become enormously expensive and many teens can’t afford to attend. Because they are so expensive, some see them as more important than they need to be and many times, those proms end in disaster, either...
by ashley | May 17, 2013 | Teen Life
Mormon Prom? What is that!? Youth (ages 16-18) from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (inadvertently called the “Mormon Church”) in the Fredericksburg Virginia Stake are having their prom inside of a “cruise ship” (okay, maybe it’s a church decorated as...
by Terrie Lynn Bittner | May 7, 2013 | Teen Life
The media has been talking a lot about proms, lately. They have become enormously expensive and many teens can’t afford to attend. Because they are so expensive, some see them as more important than they need to be and many times, those proms end in disaster, either...
by erikg | Apr 16, 2013 | Teen Life
You may have once invited a Mormon friend of yours to a party. He or she might have asked, “Is there going to be alcohol there?” And if the answer was “Yes,” your Mormon friend might have declined. Mormons— a nickname for members of The Church of Jesus Christ of...
by dwhite | Feb 1, 2013 | Teen Life
Valentine’s Day can be a hard day if you’re alone. I personally don’t give much heed to the commercialized holiday, even though I’m happily married. I recognize that it was created to generate revenue for industry and that all the hype around Valentine’s Day puts a...
by Terrie Lynn Bittner | Jul 23, 2012 | Teen Life
I was teaching some pre-teens recently and we were talking about peer pressure. Sometimes in religious lesson manuals, there are little stories about teens who stand up to their friends when asked to do something wrong. In the stories, things usually work out really...