2. Alarming Stats  In the next twenty four hours, 1,439 Teens will attempt suicide.  Suicide is the third leading cause of death for 15 - to - 24 years old, and the sixth leading cause of death for 5 - to - 14 year old.  In the next twenty four hours, 15,006 Teens will use drugs for the first time.  In the next twenty four hours, 2,795 Teenage girls will become pregnant. www.parentingteens.com

3. Alarming Stats  Every 4 minutes a youth is arrested for an alcohol related crime.  Every 7 minutes a youth is arrested for a drug crime.  In the next twenty four hours, 3,506 Teens will run away.  Every 2 hours a youth is murdered. www.parentingteens.com

4. Abortions  1.2 million abortions were performed in 2005  More than 52 percent of abortions obtained are by women who are under 25.  Teenagers obtain 19 percent of abortions  As of 2000, there were around 1800 places in the United States where a women could get an abortion. www.pregnantteenhelp.org

5. According to the Texas Department of State Health Services:  Every 10 minutes a teen gives birth.  Every 48 minutes a teen has an abortion.  Texas has the highest rate of repeat teen births of any state at 23 percent.  Houston lead U.S. cities in girls under 15 giving birth. http://www.thechampinyou.com/texasteenpregnancy.html TEXAS Teen Pregnancy Statistics:

6. Stats by Barna Barna Group is widely considered to be the leading research organization focused on the intersection of faith and culture.  Three out of every four teenagers have engaged in at least one type of psychic or witchcraft-related activity.  Most Americans have a period of time during their teen years when they are actively engaged in a church youth group. However, Barna’s tracking of young people showed that most of them had disengaged from organized religion during their twenties. www.barna.org

7. Stats by Barna  Seven out of ten parents claim they are effective at developing the spiritual maturity of their children, but the Barna survey among 8-to-12-year-olds discovered that only one- third of them say a church has made "a positive difference" in their life; one-third contend that prayer is very important in their life; most of them would rather be popular than to do what is morally right.