YOUTHS
(See also Adolescence; Children; Child Training; For Young People [Series on Bible Reading]; Juvenile Delinquency; Puberty; Teenagers; Young People Ask)
(Note centered headings below: Examples; Experiences)
abortion:
United States: g90 5/8 26; w88 4/15 3; g86 7/22 30
whether advisable: g95 3/8 25-27
accepting counsel: w21.03 6-7
adopted: g03 4/22 25-27; g03 5/22 18-20
AIDS: w94 4/15 15; g93 8/22 16-18; g91 7/22 5-7
avoiding: g93 9/8 13-15
alcoholic beverages: ijwyp article 60; g03 2/8 29; g91 2/8 8-10; g90 9/8 4; yp 262-271; g86 2/22 18-19; g86 3/8 11-12
binge drinking: yp1 246-251; g04 9/22 13-15
Britain: g93 6/22 28-29
Europe: g02 2/8 29; g01 11/22 29
France: g88 4/8 29-30
getting hooked: g93 1/8 22-24
stopping drinking: g93 1/22 15-17
United States: g93 12/22 28
video Think Past the Drink: lff lesson 43
anger: yp2 219-221
controlling one’s own: ijwyp article 41
coping with another’s: g01 11/22 23-25
anxiety:
coping with: ijwyp article 40; mwb24.09 11
video Jehovah Cared for Me: mwb24.09 11
apologizing: ijwyp article 97
appearance: ypq 6-8; yp2 67-73
acne: g04 7/8 6; yp 84-85; g87 2/22 10-12
balanced view: ijwyp article 15; g 2/14 2; g 6/13 2; g 10/13 2; g 11/13 2; g02 7/22 13-14
body image: ijwyp article 15; g 5/14 2; g 10/13 2
clothing: ijwyp article 48; w23.12 26
cosmetics: g90 5/22 21-23; g90 6/22 18-20
cosmetic surgery: g03 4/22 30; g02 8/22 18-20
first impressions: g 6/11 26-28
overweight: g00 1/8 29; g99 4/22 13-15; g99 5/22 18-20; g94 4/22 17-19; g94 5/8 20-22
too thin: g01 5/22 30; g00 9/22 12-14; g94 4/22 19
use of steroids: g05 12/22 20-21
when physical development seems too fast: g93 10/8 23-25
when physical development seems too slow: g93 9/22 21-23
appreciation for—
Awake! articles: g05 4/22 30; g90 7/8 30; g88 4/22 28
older Witnesses: w21.09 2-7; w93 3/15 27-30
spiritual heritage: w14 12/15 27-31
spiritual things: w04 5/1 16-18
Young People Ask book: w90 1/15 30; w90 2/1 32; g90 9/8 10-14
appreciation for Witness youths: w20.08 22; w02 11/15 12-13
helping to reach their full potential: w21.09 8-13
assemblies:
example of Israelites: w90 8/1 4-5
association: w23.09 8-10; scl 16; w04 5/1 15-16
avoiding bad associations: w23.09 9-10; w10 6/15 8-9; jd 134-136; w04 9/1 16; g02 5/22 25-26; w99 9/1 23; w97 2/1 30; w96 5/1 23; w93 4/15 15-16
being left out: yp2 86-91; g 7/07 10-12
childhood friends: w93 8/1 20
discerning good and bad associations: w93 8/1 19-20
good associations: w23.09 10; g04 8/22 16-17; g97 2/22 13
older people: g98 5/22 13-14
parental oversight: w19.12 25-26; w10 1/15 20; w07 9/15 10; w05 1/1 23-24; g05 4/22 29; w99 7/15 32
attitude toward—
authority: w00 8/1 3
being compared with others: g 4/07 11-13
constructive criticism: ijwyp article 94
death: g93 12/22 29
future: g95 12/22 29; g93 12/22 29; yp 305-310; g86 11/8 3-8
Jehovah’s standards: w21.12 23-25
nuclear war: yp 305; w87 7/1 10
older people: w87 8/15 19-20; g86 7/22 21-23; g86 10/8 18-20
restrictions: w97 5/15 28; w94 9/1 27-28
technology: g86 11/8 4-5
automobiles:
accidents: g05 10/8 29; g86 2/22 20
drinking and driving: g91 2/8 9-10; yp 266-267; g89 3/8 13; w88 3/15 20; g86 2/22 18-20; g86 3/8 11-12
weekend fatalities (Germany): g88 10/22 30
when youths should start driving: g89 3/8 11-13; g89 3/22 21-23; g87 8/22 24
youth dies after father fails to restrict: g88 1/8 19-20
youths sentenced to visit morgue: g91 10/22 29; g88 12/22 29
avoiding—
deception by Satan: w86 8/1 10-15
envy for wrongdoers: w99 9/1 21-23
negative thinking: ijwyp article 90
worldly enticements: w90 5/15 27-28; pe 246
baby-sitting: g91 2/22 25-27; g91 3/8 19-21
baptism: w18.03 3, 6-12; w17.12 23-24, 26; w16.03 3-12; w11 6/15 3-6; w10 11/15 14-16; w08 5/15 18; w89 1/15 17-19; yp 317-318; w88 3/15 14-15; w87 8/15 16; w86 8/1 17-18
benefits: w89 1/15 18-19
coping with doubts arising after: w22.08 4-5
deciding whether to undergo: ijwyp article 109; yp2 304-310; w06 7/1 28-30; g90 3/22 25-27
helping youths with doubts arising after: w17.12 22
making progress after: ijwyp articles 112-113; w24.03 12; w22.08 2-7
preparing for: ijwyp article 110; mwb18.05 3; w16.03 8-12
what holds some back: w19.03 3-7; w06 7/1 29; w92 10/1 21-22; g90 3/22 27
when appropriate: od 179-181; w10 11/15 14; yp2 307; w90 8/1 14; w87 4/15 12-14
whether ready for: ijwyp article 110; w17.12 21-22; w16.03 3-7; w11 6/15 3-5; w10 11/15 15-16; yp2 308-309; g90 4/8 15-17; g90 8/22 30
beauty:
moral cleanness: w89 11/1 10-15
relative unimportance of looks: ypq 6-8; yp2 72-73; yp 82-89; g86 1/8 13-15
becoming an adult: w09 5/1 10-12; fy 74-75
being attractive: g03 3/8 30; g03 4/22 30; g02 7/22 13-15
being patient: w21.03 4
being reliable: w23.12 26
being responsible: ijwyp article 21; g18.2 13-14; g 5/14 2; yp1 199
being somebody: w96 2/1 26
being successful: w17.07 22-26; w12 5/1 26-27; w11 6/15 29-32; w01 8/15 4-7; w00 11/1 18-21; w99 9/1 19-24
being trustworthy: w21.03 2-7; g18.2 13; yp1 23-27; g 4/08 28-29
Bible:
faith in: w16.09 25-27
living by Bible principles: w22.08 5
living by Bible standards: w21.12 23-25; yp2 282-286, 288; g 11/07 26-28
relevance: g90 9/8 8-9; g86 5/22 12-14
trusting in: w96 2/1 25-26
truthfulness: yp 308-310; g87 6/8 17-20
value: ijwyp articles 77, 116; ypq 30-31; w10 11/15 3-7; w07 5/1 26-27; w01 8/15 4-7; w00 3/15 19-20; g96 2/8 10; w90 8/1 11
Bible reading: ijwyp articles 77-78, 116; w16.09 27; w10 4/15 4-5; g 3/10 30; g 4/09 23-26; km 4/04 1; w02 3/15 9; g02 4/8 30; w01 8/15 3, 6-7; g01 8/22 23-25; w99 9/1 23-24; yp 288, 312-313
Aaron, Miriam jealous of Moses: w13 1/1 2
Abraham: w09 7/1 31
Absalom: w12 10/1 30-31
Adam and Eve disobey: w09 11/1 18
Ahab, Jezebel, Naboth, Elijah: w12 7/1 30-31
Cain and Abel: w08 7/1 31
Cornelius, Peter: w10 9/1 30-31
Daniel’s death plotted: w08 11/1 23
David, Jonathan, and Saul: w10 7/1 30-31
David and Goliath: w09 1/1 31
Dinah is violated: w11 5/1 22-23
Elijah, Ahab, 450 Baal prophets: w11 3/1 30-31
Esau sells birthright to Jacob: w11 1/1 30-31
Jeremiah, Ebed-melech, Zedekiah: w10 5/1 14-15
Jesus’ discussions with religious leaders at 12 years of age: w08 9/1 24
Jesus’ healings: w08 5/1 23
Jesus resists temptation: w09 5/1 26
Jonah: w10 1/1 30-31; w10 3/1 24-25
Joseph, son of Jacob: w11 7/1 30-31; w11 9/1 30-31
Josiah: w23.09 12
Lazarus resurrected: w09 3/1 24
Moses at burning bush: w12 4/1 30-31
Naaman cured of leprosy: w10 11/1 22-23
Nephilim and wicked spirits: w12 1/1 30-31
Pentecost 33 C.E.: w09 9/1 24
Peter’s denial of Jesus: w08 1/1 26
Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego: w11 11/1 30-31
Sodom and Gomorrah: w08 3/1 17
video Youths Learning to Love God’s Word: mwb23.03 11
Bible study: w17.12 25; w16.03 9-10; yp2 290-293; g90 10/8 23-25; yp 312-313; g86 2/8 16
benefits: w00 3/15 20; g90 10/8 24-25
enjoyment from: mwb25.01 15; g 2/12 18-20; yp1 274-276; g 7/08 19-20
family Bible study: w02 3/15 9
making it worthwhile: w87 8/15 17-18; g86 1/8 28
using Young People Ask book: yp 7
Bible view: scl 14-16
blood transfusions:
importance of instruction: km 12/05 6; w91 6/15 16-18
rights of mature minors: kr 162-164; km 12/05 6; w91 6/15 16-17
“bloom of youth” (1Co 7:36): ijwfq article 43; lff lesson 42; w00 7/15 31; w99 2/15 5; w96 10/15 14; g94 7/22 24-25
bodybuilding: g86 12/22 13-15
body image: ijwyp article 15; g 10/13 2
body piercing: g02 8/8 28-29; g00 3/22 11-13; g00 12/22 30
boredom: ijwyp article 81
bullies: yp2 122-124, 126-127; g03 8/22 3-7
coping with: ijwyp article 12; mrt article 76; mwb23.09 5; ypq 15-17; g 4/14 2; g 4/13 2; g 9/13 2; g 10/13 2
cyberbullying: ijwyp article 73
female bullies: g03 7/8 28; g03 8/22 4-5
helping one’s offspring to cope: ijwhf article 5; w19.10 32; g89 8/8 14-16
why harmful: g97 3/22 17-19
burnout: ijwyp article 74; w20.11 32
calamities:
coping with: g03 6/22 12-14
‘carrying the yoke during youth’ (La 3:27): w07 6/1 11; w97 5/1 32; w87 2/15 23-24; w86 11/1 19-20
challenges: g 9/09 3-6; g90 9/8 4-8
coping with: g 9/09 7-9; g04 7/8 3-9
coping with change: g16.4 10-11
economic anxieties: g90 9/8 6
moral standards: g90 9/8 6-7
parental help with: w10 1/15 16-20
social changes in family: g90 9/8 5-6
childbirth:
Africa: g94 11/22 28
worldwide: g94 11/22 28
choosing a career: w18.04 10-11; w14 4/15 4-5; w14 6/15 3-4; w13 1/15 13-14; w13 10/15 14-15; w12 6/15 23; g 10/12 7; w07 5/1 27-28; g 7/06 23-25; w04 5/1 16; g03 10/22 28; km 6/01 5; w00 11/1 18-21; km 7/98 4; yp 174-179; g89 5/8 12-14; w87 8/15 10-15; w86 4/15 28-30; w86 5/1 22-24; w86 7/1 12-13; w86 7/15 30; w86 9/1 5; g86 6/8 25-27
cleanliness:
cleanness:
moral cleanness: w89 11/1 10-15
neatness important: g87 8/22 23-25
clothes: ijwyp article 48; g 6/11 27
choosing: w23.12 26; w16.09 20; yp1 77-84; g 11/09 18-21; w05 1/1 24; g95 1/22 18-20; g92 6/8 17-18; g92 9/8 24-25; yp 90-96; g89 10/8 10-12
designer clothes: g92 9/8 23-25
killed for stylish clothing: g90 7/22 28
communication:
improving conversational ability: ijwyp article 124; g89 5/22 23-25; g89 12/8 30
youths’ need for: g18.2 8
communication between adults and youths:
counseling youths: w86 9/15 12, 17
communication with adults: g86 7/22 21-23; g86 10/8 18-20
communication with parents:
video How Can I Talk to My Parents?: lff lesson 50
computers: g05 4/8 8-9
concentration problems: ijwyp article 104; g98 7/22 18-20; g98 9/22 18-20
conscience: ijwyp article 99; w21.02 32; g86 4/8 12-14
conventions:
example of Israelites: w90 8/1 4-5
helping youths to benefit: km 4/08 5; km 5/89 1, 7
cooking:
disinterest: g97 10/8 29
courage: mwb21.07 16; w17.09 29-30
credit cards: g99 12/22 17-19; g88 11/8 29
crime:
Britain: g86 5/22 30-31
college youth gangs (Nigeria): g90 8/22 28-29
curfews effective in preventing: g90 1/8 28
family life a key cause: g04 9/22 29; g98 11/8 31
female jogger raped and beaten by gang: w89 9/15 30
Germany: g99 12/22 29
increasing link with heavy-metal rock and Satanism: g87 1/8 29
most victims are teens: g87 3/8 29
murder: g90 7/22 4; w89 10/15 29; w88 4/15 21; g86 10/22 12-13
number of parents killed yearly: w88 4/15 21
Scotland: g00 6/8 28
South Africa: g90 10/22 29
stealing: g95 6/22 17-19
“steaming” (mass intimidation): g89 4/22 10
United States: g97 2/8 28-29; w88 3/15 20
victims robbed for trendy clothing: g90 8/8 29
dares: yp 75; g88 1/8 19, 21; g86 5/8 21-23
playing “chicken”: g89 7/22 28
daydreaming: g93 7/8 23-25; g93 7/22 20-22
deaths: g98 9/8 3
“death culture”: g00 7/8 6-10
guns: g93 11/8 28
leading cause: w89 10/15 29
leading cause aged 15-24: w88 3/15 20
leading cause aged 16-19: g89 3/8 11
leading cause aged 16-24: g91 2/8 9; g86 2/22 18
leading cause aged 18-35: tp 157
train surfing (Brazil): g89 2/22 30
weekend fatalities (Germany): g88 10/22 30
youths buying own graves (Japan): g88 3/22 29-30
desire for nice things: g99 3/22 12-14
“desires incidental to” (2Ti 2:22): w08 6/15 10-11; w96 2/1 25-26; w88 2/15 19-20
desire to be liked: g89 4/22 12-14
diet: g05 4/8 29; g04 10/22 29; g04 11/8 29; g02 4/22 29
balanced diet: ijwyp article 92; yp2 70-71; g00 1/8 29
disabled: ijwyp articles 13, 17; g 5/13 2; g 7/13 2; g 9/13 2; g 11/13 2; yp2 74-82; g 2/08 26-28; g93 5/22 18-20; g93 6/8 13-15
discipline: g 5/13 4-5; g 9/09 9; g05 4/8 7; g98 1/22 6-7; fy 71-72
attitude toward: w17.11 29; g 4/14 4-5
by single parents: fy 107-110
value of learning to work: g88 1/8 20
discussion: g18.2 12-15
double life: ijwyp article 118; w18.10 9; yp2 136-141; g94 1/8 18-20; g94 1/22 18-20; g94 7/22 30; g93 12/22 25-27; w91 6/15 20; yp 23; w88 1/15 27; w88 8/1 16-21
drugs: g05 4/8 3-4; g03 4/8 3-4; g01 7/8 6-7; yp 272-281
at raves: g02 11/8 28-29; g01 7/8 7-8; g97 12/22 25-27
at school: g96 4/22 28; w88 5/1 4
effect of addiction: g87 5/8 5
effect on life: g90 7/22 4-5; yp 272-277, 280; g88 12/8 29-30
girl informs police of parents’ drug abuse: g86 11/22 29-30
how parents can protect: g 5/09 6-8; g03 3/22 29; g03 4/8 5-9; g99 11/8 10; g94 8/8 6
Italy: g04 6/8 29
letter and reply on Awake!: g86 2/22 28
marijuana: yp1 241; yp 274-277; g86 1/22 16-18
painkillers: g90 10/8 28
prevalence: g90 12/8 28-29; g86 12/22 30
recovering from abuse: yp1 252-256; g03 4/8 7; g86 7/8 15-17
Soviet Union: g87 2/22 29
steroids: g05 12/22 19-21
eating disorders: g 10/06 18-21; g99 4/22 13-15; g99 5/22 18-20
effect of—
adversity: w86 11/1 19-20
food shortage: w86 1/15 4
insecurity: g89 7/22 28
lotteries: w90 3/15 30
working mothers: g90 9/8 5
World War I: g87 3/8 11-12
electronic media:
addiction to: yp1 259-264, 301-302; g 1/11 24-27
employment: w23.12 27; yp2 151-155; g98 8/22 20-22
afterschool jobs: yp2 151-155; g03 4/22 28; g98 8/22 20-22; g91 1/8 19-21; g90 11/22 25-27; g90 12/8 14-16
effect on school performance: g90 12/8 15; g88 10/22 16-17
how to get and keep a job: yp 166-173
interviews: g 6/11 26
preparing for: w14 1/15 21; g91 12/22 25-27
encouragement to stick to Jehovah’s organization: w14 12/15 22-26
entertainment: g 11/11 17-19
horror movies: g88 5/8 18-20
how to have a good time: g86 11/8 10-12
movies: g 11/11 17; yp2 266-269; g90 7/22 10-12; g90 8/8 10-12
practical jokes: g86 9/22 12-13
reading: yp 283-288
television: yp2 266-269; yp 289-295
terrified after occult “games”: w88 2/15 21
walking out on bad movies: g90 8/8 12
ethics viewed as unnecessary in business: g90 9/8 29
evolution:
defending belief in creation: ijwyp articles 28, 33, 35-36; w24.12 18-19; w19.05 29; w16.09 23-27
whether to accept evolution: ypq 27-29
why question it: ijwyp article 33
examples for youths: w14 12/15 23-24
Asaph: yp2 287
Esther: ia 129-130; w11 10/1 20
Jacob: yp1 48
Jehoash (king of Judah): w23.09 8-9
Job: yp1 97
Joshua: w08 5/15 17-18
Josiah: w23.09 11-13
Moses: yp1 149
needy widow: yp2 166
older youths: km 7/94 2
Paul: yp2 227
role models: ijwyp article 71; g 8/12 21-23; w08 4/15 15-16; g98 5/22 12-14; w87 8/15 10-14
Ruth: yp1 215
Timothy: w25.04 26-29; yp1 287
Uzziah: w23.09 10-11
exercise:
getting motivated: ijwyp article 88
fads: g94 11/22 13-15; g94 12/8 15-17; yp 92-94
whether to follow: g86 8/8 14-16
failure:
coping with: g04 11/22 19-21
fear of: g 5/11 26-28
family:
being an example for siblings: g91 4/8 16-18; g89 10/22 23-25
being youngest child: g92 10/8 22-24
benefit of meals together: g 2/11 29; w10 1/15 19; g 8/07 7; g 11/06 13; w05 1/1 32; g00 10/22 29; g99 1/8 29; g99 8/22 29
caring for younger siblings: g87 12/8 10
challenge of social changes in: g 9/09 5-6, 9; g05 4/8 5-7; g90 9/8 5-6
coming out from sibling’s shadow: g04 9/22 30; g03 11/22 25-27
death of family member: yp1 111-118; w08 7/1 5, 7-9; g03 6/22 14
death of father: ijwyp article 45; g94 8/22 25-27; g94 9/8 21-23
death of parent: g17.2 8-9; yp1 111-118; g 9/10 30; g 8/09 10-13; g 10/09 17
death of sibling: g88 7/22 28; g87 12/8 13-15
effect of parental breakup: yp1 28-29; g 10/09 19; g05 4/8 5-6; g03 5/22 30; g91 4/22 4-5; g90 8/22 11-12; g90 10/22 17-19; yp 34-41; g87 10/22 21-23; g87 12/22 13-15
getting along with siblings: ijwyp article 57; scl 44; yp1 40-47; g 8/10 26-29; yp 50-55; g88 2/8 28; g87 7/22 23-25; g87 9/22 25-27; g87 11/8 28; g87 12/22 28
grandparents: g02 1/22 30; g01 4/22 16-18; g01 5/22 13-15; g01 12/22 30; g92 7/8 18-20; g92 7/22 18-20
helping with finances: g90 12/22 16-17
immigrant families: yp1 156-162; g 9/07 18-20
living without parents: g98 11/22 23-25; g98 12/22 25-27
older sibling goes bad: g93 8/8 30; g92 12/22 20-22; g90 3/22 30; g89 11/8 23-25
one-parent families: yp2 208-214; g90 7/8 20-22; g90 12/22 15-17; g86 1/8 7
part in promoting peace: g86 1/8 6-7
responsibilities in: g90 6/8 17-18; tp 137-139
sharing a room: g88 10/8 20-21
stepfamily: yp1 34-39; yp 42-49
when siblings get more attention: g97 10/22 25-27; g97 11/22 18-20
fears: g87 1/8 30
blatant crime: g86 11/8 5
nuclear war: yp 305; w88 4/15 11; w88 10/1 7; g86 5/22 7; g86 11/8 5-6
what peers think: w89 6/1 6
feelings: yp2 216-243; g05 4/22 30; g04 7/8 6-7; yp 97-132
attracted to someone of the same sex: ijwyp article 2; g89 4/8 21-23
broken heart: g 2/09 18-20; yp 248-249
control: ijwyp article 70; yp2 218-224; g05 2/22 18-20
crushes: yp 219-224; g87 1/8 20-22; g87 1/22 18-20; g87 7/22 28
depression: ijwyp article 65; mrt article 76; g17.1 3-7; yp1 95-96; g 9/10 22; yp2 222-224; g02 4/22 30; g02 5/8 30; g01 9/8 3-14; g00 10/22 13-15; yp 104-114; g88 8/8 23
embarrassment: g88 9/22 14-16
feeling worthless: yp 98-103, 118-119; g88 8/8 22-24
grief over death: ijwyp articles 45, 115; g17.2 8-9; yp1 111-115, 117; g 9/10 30; g 8/09 10-13; g 10/09 17; w08 7/1 5, 7-9; we 14-16; g03 6/22 14; w90 5/1 3; yp 127-132; g88 7/22 28; g87 12/8 13-15
guilt: g94 11/8 18-20
happiness: w17.07 23-24
infatuation: yp1 205; yp 242-251
insecurity: g90 4/22 25-27; g90 9/22 30
loneliness: ijwyp article 27; g 4/15 10-11; yp2 86-91; yp 115-120; g87 6/22 18-20; g87 8/8 22-24
losing temper: g 9/09 17-19; w89 10/15 29; g87 4/22 22-24; g87 5/8 21-23
low self-esteem: yp1 85-90; yp 98-103, 118-119
perfectionism: ijwyp article 68; yp2 225-230; g04 3/22 30; g04 6/8 30; g03 7/22 11-13; g03 8/22 17-19
racial prejudice: g89 2/8 12-14; g88 11/8 20-22
romantic love: yp2 33; g02 8/8 28; w99 2/15 5, 8; yp 242-251
sadness: mrt article 76; g 7/15 2; yp1 91-96; g 9/10 20-22
shyness: ijwyp article 105; g 9/09 7; g99 10/22 25-27; g99 11/22 11-13; yp 121-126
field ministry: om 99-100
assistance in: km 7/87 4
attitude toward: g02 3/22 11-12; g94 9/22 13-15; g90 6/8 19; yp 315-317
counseling girl who wished to quit: g87 2/8 21-22
displaying self-sacrifice: g90 6/8 19
enjoyment from: yp1 276-277; g 7/08 20-21
feeling a failure in: g04 11/22 20-21
meeting classmates or teachers: g02 2/22 21-23; g02 3/22 10-12; g02 10/8 30; g02 12/8 30; w91 7/15 24
number pioneering: w90 7/1 29; w86 8/1 20
progress in: w09 5/15 16-17; km 5/93 1; km 9/86 3
reply to objection “you should be doing something else”: w94 9/15 19
summer: km 5/93 1
training in: km 11/90 7
why some hold back: g94 9/22 13-14
witnessing to youths: km 12/89 8; w88 1/1 27-28; w88 7/15 13
finishing what you start: g91 9/8 23-25
fleeing wrong desires: w14 7/15 16; w93 4/15 16-17
freedom: w18.12 22-23, 27-28
friends: yp2 84-111
adults: w87 8/15 19-20; g86 7/22 21-23
avoiding being smothered: g99 1/8 30; g98 4/22 17-19
avoiding wrong people: g 7/06 30; g05 8/22 25-27
being drawn to wrong people: g 3/06 30; g 8/06 30; g05 7/22 19-21; g05 8/22 27
being God’s friend: yp2 289-296; g97 2/22 11-13; g97 5/22 18-20; g96 3/22 30; g96 7/8 30; g95 7/22 13-15; g95 11/22 12-14; yp 311-319; g87 3/8 19-21; g87 11/22 18-20
being likable: yp2 87-91; g88 8/22 11-13; g88 11/22 12-14
being outgoing: g00 5/8 30; g99 10/22 25-27; g99 11/22 11-13
choosing friends: w22.08 5-6; w15 9/15 7; yp1 57-63; g 3/09 18-20; g05 7/22 21; lr 227-231; g97 2/22 13; yp 100-101
extending circle of: ijwyp article 64; g 6/14 7; g98 4/22 18-19
fitting in: ijwyp article 91; g 4/11 18-20; g91 10/22 23-25
helping friends who get into trouble: g96 1/22 15-17; g96 8/22 30
hurt feelings: ijwyp article 75; yp2 92-96, 98; g00 2/22 13-15; g00 10/22 30; g00 11/8 30
identifying true friends: g 9/11 19-21
Internet friends: mwb22.03 9; yp2 99-104
listening to problems: g05 1/22 19-21; g05 11/8 30
maintaining friendships: g 3/09 20; g97 2/22 30; g96 5/22 25-27; g90 3/22 30; g89 9/22 25-27
making real friends: g16.1 10-11; g 4/14 2; yp 65-72, 119-120
older people: w15 9/15 7; g 4/15 11; g04 12/8 10, 12; g96 2/22 26-27; g96 11/22 30; g96 12/8 30
opposite sex: ijwyp articles 55-56; g 6/12 15-17; g 7/12 16-19; g 5/09 20; g05 8/22 27; g92 8/22 17-19; yp 232-233; g86 3/22 17-19; g86 8/8 28
overcoming obstacles to friendship: yp2 87-91
privacy with: yp1 108-109; g 3/10 20-21
school friends: yp2 142-146; g 4/06 17-19
when best friend moves: g97 10/8 30; g96 12/22 13-15
whether to tell on: g 12/08 19-21; yp 68-69; g88 9/8 19-21
wondering why no friends: ijwyp article 27
full-time ministry:
encouragement to enter: w23.12 22; mwb19.08 5; w17.07 22-26; w12 6/15 23; w12 10/15 21; w10 6/15 11-12; km 5/10 4; yp2 313, 315-316; g 7/06 23-25; w05 9/15 24-25; km 4/02 4; yb01 219-220; km 6/01 5; w00 11/1 18-21; w99 11/15 20; km 1/93 1; km 3/93 3-4; yb91 103, 113; w88 12/15 25-27; w87 8/15 11-15; w86 4/15 28-30; w86 5/1 22-24; w86 7/1 12-13; w86 7/15 30; w86 9/1 5
encouragement to enter Bethel: km 6/01 3-6; w86 8/1 20
pioneering after graduation: w86 7/15 30
preparing for: w23.12 28
future: w12 5/1 26-27; w04 5/1 13-18; g04 10/8 28
deciding what to do after high school: km 4/99 8
preparing for: w23.12 22-23, 28-29
what to do with one’s life: w23.09 8-13; w17.07 22-26; w10 11/15 12-16; yp2 311-317; g 7/06 23-25
gambling: g04 7/8 29; g02 7/22 7-8; g95 9/22 8-11; g91 11/8 19-21
effect of lotteries: w90 3/15 30
how to stop: g93 8/8 16-17
gangs: g98 4/22 3-11; g91 6/8 16-18; g91 7/22 18-20
female gangs: g96 10/22 31
generosity: g89 1/22 14-15
getting even: g01 10/22 13-15
glue sniffing: g94 6/22 12-14
goals: g18.2 15; w10 11/15 12
educational: yp1 139
full-time ministry achieved: w17.09 30; w88 12/15 26; g88 1/22 22-23
life: w10 11/15 12-16; yp2 311
pioneering: mwb19.08 5
reaching: yp1 282-286; w10 11/15 16; g 10/10 24-26
spiritual: w23.12 28; w18.04 25-29; w18.12 27; w17.09 30; w16.03 10-11; mwb16.11 7; yp1 280-281; w10 6/15 11-12; w10 11/15 13-16; yp2 314; w07 5/1 24-28; km 6/06 4; w03 4/1 9-10; km 3/03 5; km 6/97 1; km 8/95 2; km 11/93 4-5; km 5/92 1
value of spiritual: mwb24.05 7; w22.08 6-7; w18.12 22, 27; w14 6/15 3-4; w08 4/15 14-15; km 6/01 5; km 2/87 1, 8
gossip: yp2 105-110; g 8/07 12-14; g99 2/22 17-19; g89 11/22 30
when others gossip: ijwyp article 23; g 7/14 2; g 12/13 2; g89 7/22 18-20
why harmful: g89 7/8 17-19
growth: g18.2 13
becoming mature men: w23.12 24-29; g 12/12 16-18
becoming mature women: w23.12 18-23
guns: g 3/06 29; g96 10/8 28; g95 4/22 8
health: g 8/15 2; g 10/12 6; yp1 71-76; g 6/10 12-14
benefit of family meals: g 1/10 14; g00 10/22 29
bones: g99 10/22 28
need for calcium: g98 11/8 28
health problems: g90 10/22 29; g89 12/8 4
repetitive strain injuries: g04 9/8 28-29
self-caused: g90 10/22 29
helping others: ijwyp article 25
helping youths succeed: mwb23.01 14
hippie movement: g 11/08 4-5; w05 7/1 3; g99 2/8 16; g87 6/8 23
homeless: g04 5/8 28; g91 2/8 29; g91 10/8 28-29; g89 10/8 28; w88 4/15 11
homelife:
chores: g90 12/22 17; g89 1/8 19-21
home alone: g86 8/22 14-16
leaving home: ijwyp article 79; g 6/14 2; yp1 49-54; g 7/10 10-13; yp 56-63
moving back home: g 10/15 12-13
parental rules: ijwyp articles 54, 85, 100; g 8/14 2; g 3/13 13; yp1 297-302; w10 11/15 3-4; yp2 181-189; g 12/06 10-12; w88 8/1 19
running away from home: yp 60-61; w88 4/1 3-7; g88 2/22 13-15; g88 3/22 13-15; g88 11/22 28
honesty: ijwyp article 47; g18.2 13; g93 6/22 28; yp 212-217
identity as a person: g18.2 12; ypq 3-5; w13 11/1 9-10; g 10/11 26-28; g 3/07 9
illegitimate births: w88 4/15 3-4
United States: g86 5/22 31
why rates are higher in poor or minority families: w88 4/15 3
illness:
coping with serious: ijwyp articles 13, 17, 46; g 5/13 2; g 7/13 2; g 9/13 2; g 10/13 2; g 11/13 2; g 3/09 30; yp2 74-82; g 2/08 26-28; g98 2/8 29; g98 2/22 30; g97 4/22 17-19; g97 6/22 25-27
diabetes: g03 5/8 6
injustice:
coping with: g99 9/22 10-12
Internet: ijwyp article 81; g 5/14 8-9; g 3/08 30; g 3/07 3-7; g00 1/22 19-21
chat rooms: g05 9/22 19-21; g05 10/22 17-19
cyberbullying: ijwyp article 73
photo sharing: ijwyp article 67
social networking: g 7/11 24-27; g 8/11 10-13; g 3/08 30; g 10/08 7; g 3/07 5-6
website jw.org: g 1/14 5
Jehovah’s view of youths: scl 14-15
learning another language: ijwyp article 62
life course: w23.09 8-13; w11 5/15 10-11; w10 11/15 12-16; yp2 311-317; km 4/99 8; w87 8/15 10-15
anxiety of choosing: g03 10/22 28
making wise choices: w22.01 27; w15 9/15 7; w14 1/15 17-21
satisfaction in: w18.12 24-28
listening:
to whom to listen: mwb25.01 12
loneliness: ijwyp article 27; g 4/15 10-11; g 4/14 2; g 9/09 3-4, 7; g05 4/8 10; g93 9/22 4-5
being left out: yp2 86-91; g 7/07 10-12
parents dead or gone: g04 6/8 6; g98 11/22 23-25
lying: yp 212-217; g87 10/8 19-21
manners: ijwyp article 32; yp1 196-197
online manners: ijwhf article 26
texting: g 7/14 8-9
marriage:
preparing for: ijwhf article 34; scl 71; mwb22.09 5; w09 5/15 15-16; w09 10/15 12
selecting a mate: w24.05 20-25; w23.12 22-23; mwb22.09 4-5; w15 1/15 31-32; g 3/14 2; g 1/09 20; g 3/08 30; g 5/07 18-20; g92 6/22 6-7, 9
‘stay free till you’re 23’: w16.10 6
what to expect from marriage: g 9/12 10-12; g 10/12 16-18
when desire for is unfulfilled: g96 6/8 27; g95 10/22 25-27
when married too soon: g95 4/22 25-27
when parents oppose: g05 11/22 22-23; g98 1/22 19-21
when very young: g98 6/22 13-14
whether ready for: yp1 212-214, 216-220; w01 5/15 19-20; fy 14-16; yp 236-241
whether to have a formal wedding: g05 11/22 21-23
wisdom in waiting: w11 1/15 19-20; w08 4/15 17-18; km 6/01 5; w00 7/15 31; w99 2/15 5; fy 15-16; w93 2/15 17-18; w92 5/15 14-15; w89 11/1 13-14; w87 11/15 16
masturbation:
avoiding: yp 205-207; g87 11/8 18-20
Bible view: yp1 179; yp2 239; yp 198-204; g88 2/22 28; g87 9/8 19-21
fighting: yp1 178-182; yp2 239-241; g 11/06 18-20; yp 205-211; g89 4/8 22-23; g88 3/8 20-23
meaning in life: w04 8/1 29-31
meaning of terms:
teenager: ijwyp article 34
tween: ijwyp article 34
medical treatment:
ability to decide: kr 162-164; w91 6/15 16-17; g91 10/22 29
meetings: ijwyp article 76; scl 16; w18.05 29-30; g 4/12 20-22; w02 3/15 10; w02 10/1 9-10; km 8/00 8; g91 7/8 20-22; w90 8/1 12; yp 316-317; g88 6/8 19-21
counseling girl who wished to quit: g87 2/8 21-22
enjoyment from: yp1 277-279; g 7/08 21
getting more out of: g 4/12 20-22; km 8/00 8; w99 9/1 24; g98 9/22 18-20; w90 8/1 12; yp 316-317; g88 6/22 11-13
learning to listen: sg 27
modern history of youths and: jv 244-246
overcoming boredom: w95 7/15 21-22
mental health:
decline: mrt article 76
mistakes: ijwyp article 29; ypq 12-14
modesty appropriate: w88 3/15 20
money: g 11/14 2
anxieties over: g90 9/8 6
coping with poverty: yp2 164-170; g92 1/22 18-20; g92 2/22 25-27
making money: yp2 150-155; g98 8/22 20-22; g97 9/22 12-14
management: ijwyp article 72; g 9/15 2; w10 11/15 5; yp2 156-163; g 6/06 10-13; w96 12/1 19-20; g89 1/22 13-15; g88 12/22 12-14
sharing household expenses: g90 11/22 25, 27; g90 12/8 14, 16; g89 1/22 14-15
moral breakdown: w14 1/15 30; g00 4/8 8; w97 10/15 32; w97 12/1 3-5
Internet: g 3/07 6-7
Russia: g96 9/8 29
moral guidance: w24.12 17-18; w11 2/1 18-20; g93 8/8 6-7; g92 6/22 4-9; pe 248-249; yp 180-217; w88 4/15 4-7
moving away from home: ijwyp article 79; g 6/14 2; yp1 49-54; g 7/10 10-13; yp 56-63
moving back home: g 10/15 12-13
moving to another land: yp2 164; g00 6/22 12-14; g00 7/22 25-27
multitasking: ijwyp article 103
music: ijwyp article 49; g 11/11 19; w99 9/1 12; g93 2/8 15-17; g92 6/8 18
alternative rock: g97 9/8 30; g96 11/22 21-23
avoiding unwholesome: yp2 255-256, 259-260; w93 4/15 19-24
broadening one’s taste in: yp2 258; g93 3/22 15
career in full-time service preferred: w86 8/1 22-23
effect of heavy-metal rock: g94 1/8 28; g94 9/22 6-8; g87 1/8 29
effect of loud music: g90 6/22 30
effect of unwholesome: g 5/07 11; g93 2/22 25-27
idolizing performers: yp 220-221; g87 1/8 21-22
keeping music in its place: yp2 253-262; g93 3/22 13-15
love songs: g89 6/22 12-14; g89 11/22 30
music videos: g03 2/22 19-21; g03 3/22 11-13; g03 10/22 30
personal stereos with headphones: g99 5/22 28
rap: w93 4/15 21-22; g93 2/8 16-17; g93 2/22 26-27
relationship to mentality: g86 4/8 11
rock: g93 2/8 15-16; g93 2/22 26
rock concerts: g99 10/8 8; g96 3/22 28; g96 8/8 30; g95 12/22 17-19
need for progressive independence: g 6/08 7-9; g03 10/22 25-27; fy 73, 82-83; w91 10/1 31
need for reasonable boundaries: g05 4/8 11
need for recognition: w94 12/1 29
need for sleep: ijwyp article 87; g 2/14 15; yp1 75-76; g 6/10 13-14; g02 7/22 12; g97 5/8 28
occult:
why avoid: ijwyp article 86; w19.11 32; g02 1/22 25-27; g90 3/8 13-15
overweight: g 10/12 10-11; g94 4/22 17-19
losing weight: ijwyp article 93; w20.09 32; yp1 72-74; g 6/10 12-14; yp2 70-71; g94 5/8 20-22
whether truly overweight: yp2 69-70
peer pressure: g18.2 12; ypq 18-20; g 1/14 10-11; w10 11/15 7-11; w08 12/15 8-9; yp2 128-135; w07 10/1 27; w05 1/1 24-25; w04 10/15 22-23; g03 7/22 30; g02 11/22 11-13; g02 12/22 25-27; w99 10/1 29-30; g92 6/22 15-17; yp 73-80, 91-92, 278-280; w88 8/1 17
popularity: ijwyp article 108; g 3/12 15-17
population: g04 10/8 28
posters: w96 2/1 26
practical jokes: g86 9/22 12-13
pregnancies: g05 7/22 30; g04 10/8 3-12; g03 9/8 29; g02 3/8 9; g97 12/8 29; yp 184-185; w88 4/15 3-4; g86 2/8 31
Americas: g91 4/22 29
Brazil: g96 8/8 29
contributing factors: g04 10/8 4-5; g99 7/22 29
effects on unwed fathers: g90 5/8 26
marriage not a cure-all: g90 5/8 25-26
prevention: g04 10/8 12; w88 4/15 4-7; w86 6/15 14
United States: g 10/09 30; g04 10/8 7; g01 9/8 29; g00 4/22 13; g93 12/22 28; g90 10/22 29; w88 4/15 3; g86 5/22 31
what to do if pregnant: g04 10/8 8-11; g94 10/8 22-24; g90 5/8 25-27
worldwide: g04 10/8 7; kl 123
privacy: ijwyp article 61; yp1 105-110; g 3/10 18-21; g88 7/8 25-27; g88 10/8 19-21
letters on Awake! articles: g89 4/8 28
problems: g05 4/8 3-9; g93 12/22 28
facing with soundness of mind: w09 5/15 14-15
help in solving: g05 4/8 9-11; g93 12/8 15-17
toll-free hot line besieged: g96 9/8 29
procrastination: ijwyp article 11
profanity: ijwyp article 42; g 8/09 29; g 3/08 19-21; g89 8/22 21-23
avoiding: g89 9/8 20-22
protection from Satan’s designs: w86 8/1 14-15
protests during 1960’s: g87 6/8 22-23
puberty: ijwyp article 51; yp2 56-73; g04 7/8 4-6; g02 12/22 29; g94 6/22 30; g90 1/22 22-24; g90 2/8 13-15
females: yp2 59-60
helping youths through: g16.2 8-9; w91 10/1 30-31
males: yp2 60-62
when physical development seems too fast: g93 10/8 23-25
when physical development seems too slow: g93 9/22 21-23
purpose in life: w90 5/15 29
racial prejudice: g98 2/22 25-27
coping with: g89 2/8 12-14
overcoming feelings of: g88 11/8 20-22
reaching out for congregation responsibilities: w25.04 28; mwb19.07 5; km 7/13 2-3
reading: g 4/07 29; g 5/06 15-17
rebellion: w07 1/15 17-20; g03 10/22 26-27; fy 76-89; g95 1/8 19-21; g94 12/22 25-27
recreation: yp2 244-279; w99 9/1 11-12; g97 6/22 30; g97 7/8 30; g96 9/22 21-23; yp 296-303; g86 10/22 17-19; g86 11/8 10-12
afterschool (extracurricular) activities: w11 6/15 29, 31-32; g86 12/8 16-18
dance clubs: yp2 271; g05 2/8 30; g04 4/22 25-27
dancing: yp2 269-271
electronic games: ijwyp article 31; g 4/15 2; yp2 246-252; g 1/08 18-21; g02 12/22 3-8; g97 5/22 30; g96 8/22 12-14
hanging out: g93 6/22 12-14
hobbies: w11 6/15 29, 31-32; g91 11/22 21-23
nightclubs: g91 2/8 15-17
parental oversight: w05 1/1 25; fy 97-101
raves: g01 7/8 7-8; g97 12/22 25-27
role-playing games: g00 4/8 30; g99 8/22 12-14
selective reading: yp 283-288
sneaking out: g01 2/22 25-27; g01 11/8 30
social gatherings: g 12/11 25-27; w99 9/1 15-16
staying out late: g92 5/8 20-22
why not envy worldly youths: g97 4/22 30; g96 7/22 25-27
relationship with Jehovah: scl 15-16; w04 5/1 13-15; w02 10/1 9-11; w93 4/15 14-19; si 239; yp 311-319; km 1/89 1-2; g86 2/8 15-17
answering questions about: w08 5/15 19
appreciating Jehovah: w16.03 11-12; w90 8/1 13
avoiding teachings of demons: w94 5/15 15-20
away from home: w03 10/15 23-27
being different from the world: w14 12/15 31; w97 7/15 16; g92 6/8 16-18; g92 6/22 15-17; g92 12/22 30
being firm in faith: w91 7/15 23-26
being personally convinced of the truth: w16.03 9-10; w10 11/15 8-9, 13; w03 4/15 6-7; w00 10/1 9-10; w99 9/1 14; w97 12/15 9-10; w90 5/15 28
confidence in Jehovah: w08 6/15 20-21; w06 6/1 11
coping with opposition: w08 5/15 19-20
coping with parental opposition: g87 7/8 18-20
coping with persecution: w01 8/15 26
coping with ridicule: g00 2/22 30; g99 6/22 12-14
dedication to Jehovah: w24.03 7; w17.12 23-24, 26; w06 7/1 26-30; w02 10/1 10; yp 317-318; w86 8/1 17-18
defending belief in God: ijwyp articles 28, 33; w24.12 18-19; yp2 297-303
effect of afterschool jobs: g91 1/8 20-21; g90 12/8 16
enjoying true worship: yp1 273-281; g 7/08 19-21
faithfulness: w97 5/1 32
fear of Jehovah: w89 6/1 6; w88 4/15 6
friendship with Jehovah: mwb20.10 5; yp2 289-296; w04 8/1 30; g98 3/8 30; g97 2/22 11-13; g97 5/22 18-20; g96 3/22 30; g96 7/8 30; g95 7/22 13-15; g95 11/22 12-14; yp 311-319; g87 3/8 19-21; g87 11/22 18-20
happiness based on: w18.12 19-28
honoring Jehovah: w90 7/1 29-30
how meetings can help: yp 316-317; g88 6/8 19-21; g88 6/22 11-13
how others can help: w09 9/15 6; yb88 255
Jehovah’s interest: w03 4/15 29-30
knowing Jehovah: w19.12 16; w90 8/1 12-13
love for Jehovah: w22.08 3-4; lff lesson 34
loyalty to Jehovah: lff lesson 34; w91 6/15 19-21
making Jehovah’s heart glad: km 11/93 3-6; w86 8/1 15-20
making truth one’s own: w05 2/15 16, 19; g02 3/22 11; w01 2/1 9-13; g99 6/22 30; g98 10/22 12-14; km 8/95 2; w90 8/1 11
moral cleanness: w89 11/1 10-15
obedience to Jehovah: w21.12 23-25; w18.12 25
parental role: w15 11/15 8-12
praising Jehovah: w05 6/15 23-28
prayer: ijwyp article 69; w17.12 25-26; yp1 102-103; w10 4/15 5-6; w10 11/15 13; yp2 293-295; g 5/08 28; g 11/08 26-28; w04 5/1 14; g02 2/22 30; g01 6/22 25-27; g01 7/22 13-15; g93 4/8 30; g92 9/22 14-15; yp 313-315; g87 3/22 20-22; g86 2/8 16-17
‘remembering Creator’ (Ec 12:1): w14 1/15 18; w11 7/1 8-9; w10 4/15 3-4; w08 4/15 12-16; yp2 312-313; w05 6/15 28; w04 5/1 13-14; g04 7/8 8-9; w00 1/1 24-29; w99 9/1 21; w99 11/15 13-18; w98 8/15 8-9; w96 12/1 15-20; w96 12/15 30; w90 5/15 27-29; w86 8/1 17-19
resisting Satan: w18.05 27-31
resisting spirit of world: w99 9/1 8-13
responding to Jehovah’s love: km 5/87 1-2
serving Jehovah: w20.10 26-31; mwb16.11 6; w14 1/15 18-19, 21; w11 5/15 10-11; w10 4/15 3-7; w09 9/15 3-6; w08 5/15 17-21; w06 7/1 26-30; w05 3/15 8-9; w03 4/15 12-22; w90 8/1 3-7, 10-14
speaking about Jehovah: g94 9/22 13-15
special target of Satan: w12 7/15 13-15; w08 6/15 20-21; w93 4/15 14-15; w86 8/1 11
spiritual goals: w16.03 10-11; yp1 280-281; w10 6/15 11-12; km 5/92 1
spiritual growth: yp2 280-318
spiritual progress: w18.02 25; w16.08 21; km 7/13 3; w09 5/15 13-17; w09 11/15 16; w03 4/1 8-10; km 9/03 8; km 5/93 1; w90 8/1 13-14; g90 9/22 21-23; w87 8/15 15-20
strengthening one’s faith: w16.09 23-27
trust in Jehovah: w08 4/15 12
video Building a Relationship With Jehovah: lff lesson 23
video Young Ones—Your Endurance Makes Jehovah Rejoice!: mwb23.11 9
“whatever you do for Jehovah lasts forever”: g 8/06 24
when parents don’t help: w02 10/1 11; g92 1/8 18-20
why some abandon Jehovah: w94 10/1 27
‘working out own salvation’ (Php 2:12): w17.12 23-27
relationship with opposite sex: w23.12 25-26; yp2 12-55
abusive relationships: g05 3/8 30; g05 4/8 30; g04 5/22 19-21; g04 6/22 23-25
avoiding a broken heart: g88 2/8 18-20
avoiding misconduct in courtship: mwb25.03 5; w24.05 29; yp2 42-47; g94 4/22 30; w93 4/15 16-17; g93 10/22 20-22; g86 4/22 10-12
avoiding toying with another’s feelings: yp1 201-202
avoiding toying with immorality: w00 11/15 29-31; g95 2/8 30; g94 2/8 16-18; g94 3/22 16-18
being attractive to boys: yp1 188-194; g 1/10 26-28
being attractive to girls: yp1 195-202; g 5/09 18-20
breaking up: ijwyp articles 66, 125; w24.05 30-31; g 7/15 10-11; g 8/14 2; yp1 221-227; g 1/09 18-20; g 2/09 18-20; yp2 35-38, 41; yp 248-249, 256-257; g88 1/22 13-15; g88 7/22 12-14; g88 9/22 28; g88 12/8 28
charts “Is It Love or Infatuation?”: yp1 211; yp 245
chasteness: mwb24.03 11; w08 4/15 13-14; w99 9/1 12-13
communication: g92 8/22 17-19
courtship: mwb25.05 15; w24.05 26-31; w15 1/15 32; w04 2/15 12-13; g04 8/22 18; w99 9/1 17-18; w99 12/15 30; g99 1/22 13-15; yp 252-260; g89 2/22 21-23; g89 4/22 20-22; g86 4/22 11-12
dating: ijwyp articles 119, 122; lv 105; g 5/14 2; yp1 199-202; g 2/10 12-13; g 5/09 18-20; yp2 14-27; g 2/08 30; g 1/07 27-30; g02 8/8 30; g01 1/22 19-21; g01 10/8 30; g01 11/22 30; g01 12/22 25-27; g92 6/22 6-9; yp 225-226, 228-231, 234-235; g88 2/8 18-19; w86 8/1 13-14
dating secretly: yp2 21-27; g 6/07 26-29
dating through Internet: g05 4/22 16-18; g05 5/22 12-14
ending a relationship with unbeliever: g94 6/8 17-19
failed romance: g93 5/8 22-24
flirting: ijwyp article 63; wp18.1 9; g02 7/22 15; g91 5/8 18-20; g91 12/8 17-19
friendship: ijwyp articles 55-56; g 6/12 15-17; g 7/12 16-19; g 5/09 20; g05 8/22 27; g92 8/22 17-19; yp 232-233; g86 3/22 17-19; g86 8/8 28
handling attraction: w04 10/15 21-22
infatuation: yp1 205
kissing: g93 10/22 21
petting: g93 10/22 21-22
recognizing true love: yp1 203-211; yp 242-251
romantic love: yp2 33; g02 8/8 28; w99 2/15 5, 8; yp 242-251
selecting a mate: w24.05 20-25; mwb22.09 4-5; w15 1/15 31-32; yp2 28-32, 34-41; g92 6/22 6-7, 9
thinking about opposite sex: yp2 237-242; g95 4/22 30; g94 7/22 24-26; g94 8/8 16-18
unbaptized publisher or Bible student: w04 7/1 30-31
unbelievers: w04 2/15 13; w04 7/1 30; w98 10/15 16; g97 2/22 12-13; g95 4/8 30; g94 5/22 18-20; g94 6/8 17-19
unrequited love: g05 10/8 30; g04 12/22 18-20; g99 3/8 30; g98 6/22 12-14; yp 219-224; g87 1/22 18-20
when girl wishes to initiate: g05 6/22 18-20; g04 10/22 20-22
when not or no longer interested: g01 3/22 12-14; g01 11/22 30
when other person declines: yp1 200
whether sex improves relationship: yp1 172-177; g 4/10 26-28
writing: g93 2/8 30
relationship with parents: yp2 172-215; g04 7/8 6; w93 4/15 18; w91 5/15 7
abuse of parents: g92 10/8 29
accepting parents’ guidance: w04 10/15 20-24
always being blamed by parents: g97 7/22 18-20; g97 8/22 19-21
anger toward parents: w13 5/15 23; yp 15-16; g88 1/8 20-21; g87 11/22 18-19
appreciation for direction given: w93 10/1 8
appreciation for parents: g 10/11 20; w10 4/15 3-4; km 8/95 2
arguing: yp1 14-20; g 2/10 26-29
coming out from under parents’ shadow: g04 8/8 30; g03 10/22 25-27
communication: mwb22.01 11; g18.2 8; ypq 9-11; g 1/13 5; g 5/12 19-21; yp1 7-13; w10 6/15 23; w10 11/15 4; g 12/09 18-21; w08 8/15 29; yp2 184-189; g 12/06 11-12; g97 8/22 19-20; fy 65-66, 82; g96 8/22 28-29; w91 9/1 22; yp 20-25; g88 10/8 20; w87 2/15 6-7; g87 7/8 19-20; w86 11/1 16-20; w86 12/15 30; g86 1/8 7; g86 7/22 21-23
confessing problems or wrongdoing: g97 1/22 11-12; yp 20-21; g86 9/8 14-16
confidential talk: yp 20-21; w88 8/1 18-19; g86 1/8 7
criticism by parents: w10 11/15 4; yp2 174-180; g92 11/22 25-27; g92 12/8 10-12
curfews: g 10/08 26-29; w07 9/1 23; g92 5/8 20-22; g92 5/22 21-23
death of parent: g17.2 8-9; yp1 111-118; g 9/10 30; g 8/09 10-13; g 10/09 17
discussing concerns: w93 4/15 18
discussing personal problems: g96 9/8 29; g93 12/8 16-17
“divorce” from parents granted 15-year-old: g89 7/22 28-29; g87 3/22 29
earning trust: ijwyp article 80; yp1 21-27; g 9/09 29; g 4/08 27-29
effect on parents: w07 5/1 29-30
estranged parent: g90 11/8 24
fellow feeling: g 9/09 9
generation gap: yp 18-25; g86 7/22 25-26
getting along with them: ijwyp article 43
getting to know them: g 10/09 10-13
‘giving one’s heart’ (Pr 23:26): w93 4/15 18; g88 10/8 20
honoring parents: w25.09 16-17; w21.12 4-5; lff lesson 50; mwb18.02 4; g95 5/22 24-25; yp 11-17; g88 4/8 22-24; g88 4/22 20-22; g88 9/8 28; g86 1/8 6-7
illiterate parents: g89 12/22 13-15
ill parents: ijwyp article 58; g00 3/8 30; g99 7/22 21-23
importance in behavior of youths: g95 5/22 29
“loving-kindness and trueness” (Pr 3:3): w86 11/1 17-18
moody parents: g94 6/8 30; g93 11/8 22-24; g93 11/22 15-17
need for parental love: g98 8/22 29
need for parental time: g 9/09 8; g05 10/8 31
not lying to parents: yp 20-21, 212-217; g88 10/8 19-20; g87 10/8 19-21; w86 11/1 17-18
obeying parents: scl 83; fy 135; g94 12/22 25-27; w93 4/15 18; yp 11-13, 16-17; g88 1/8 19-21; tp 137
obtaining more freedom: g18.2 13; yp1 21-27; yp2 184, 186; yp 26-33
obtaining permission to go out: yp1 265-270; g 2/11 10-12
parent addicted to alcohol or drugs: yp2 190-192, 194-197; g92 8/8 15-17
parental favoritism: yp2 186
parental manipulation: g89 12/8 19
parental restrictions: ijwyp article 6; w97 5/15 28
parental rules: ijwyp articles 54, 85; w20.02 32; g 8/14 2; g 3/13 13; yp1 297-302; w10 11/15 3-4; yp2 181-189; g 12/06 10-12; yp 11-13; w86 9/15 17
parents religiously divided: g91 1/22 21-23
rebellion against parents: g95 1/8 19-21; g94 12/22 25-27
respect: w25.09 16-17; lff lesson 50; g02 9/22 22
single parents: fy 112; g91 3/22 18-20; g90 7/8 20-22; g86 1/8 7
stepparents: yp1 34-39; yp 42-49; w86 11/1 20; g86 1/8 8-9
unbelieving parents: fy 134-136; w95 6/1 26-29; g87 7/8 18-20
understanding each other: g 5/12 19-21; yp 18-25; g86 10/8 18-20
value of good: g86 1/8 7
verbal abuse by parents: g89 6/8 11-13; g89 9/8 30; g89 11/8 30
video How Can I Talk to My Parents?: lff lesson 50
what youths desire in parents: g97 7/22 28
when fathers leave: g00 11/22 13-15; g00 12/22 25-27
when parent remarries: yp1 34-39; yp 42-49
when parents argue: yp2 199-205; g 10/07 18-20; g89 11/22 23-25; g89 12/8 17-19
when parents break up: ijwyp article 5; g 5/14 2; yp1 28-33; g 10/09 19; yp2 206-207; g05 4/8 5-6; g03 5/22 30; g90 8/22 11-12; g90 11/8 22-24; yp 34-41; g88 5/22 23-24; g87 10/22 21-23; g87 11/22 18-19; g87 12/22 13-15
when parents disgrace family: g93 4/22 30; g92 10/22 19-21
when parents don’t love you: g03 5/8 30; g03 5/22 30; g02 9/22 20-22
when parents do wrong: g95 5/22 24-26
when parents embarrass: g90 2/22 25-27
when parents seem to control life: g91 4/22 21-23
when parents set poor example: w10 9/1 14
when parents show little interest: g92 11/8 22-24
when parent stops serving Jehovah: yp2 198
when privacy seems invaded: g88 7/8 25-27; g88 10/8 19-20
when siblings get more attention: g97 10/22 25-27; g97 11/22 18-20
religion:
clergy dress like punks to attract youths: g95 5/22 27
decline in church attendance: g99 11/8 28; g88 6/8 19
decline in influence: g95 4/22 6
decline in trust: g93 7/8 28
divided household: g91 1/22 21-23
interest in religion: g98 8/8 12-14; g95 5/22 27
movies supplant: g00 10/8 29
whether to accept parents’: yp 308-310; g86 11/22 13-15
resilience: ijwyp article 95
respect:
building self-respect: g 5/10 26-28
gaining respect: g92 3/8 18-20
responsibilities: scl 15-16
roommates: g02 4/22 16-18; g02 5/22 25-27; g02 6/22 15-17; g02 12/8 30
runaways: yp 60-61; w88 4/1 3-7; g88 2/22 13-15; g88 3/22 13-15; g88 11/22 28
help in averting: g90 11/22 28-29
Satanism: g94 9/22 4-6
Satan targets youths: w12 7/15 13-15; w08 6/15 20-21; w03 4/15 13; w99 11/1 10; w97 12/1 5
school: w23.09 11-12; tp 135-136
advanced education: w18.04 10-11; w13 10/15 15-16; w11 6/15 29-32; w05 10/1 26-31; w99 9/1 16-17; km 4/99 8; g94 8/22 3-9; km 3/93 4; w92 11/1 18-20; g90 6/8 30; yp 175-179; g89 5/8 13-14; w87 8/15 11-12
afterschool (extracurricular) activities: w91 7/15 24; yp 144-145; g86 12/8 16-18
boring teachers: g94 8/8 7; yp 160-161; g86 3/8 13-15
cheating: g 8/12 26-28; g04 4/22 30; g03 1/22 13-15; g03 9/22 30; g03 11/8 30; yp 212-214; g86 6/8 10-12
Christian view: w92 11/1 17-20
class trips: g94 10/22 23-25
conduct: km 1/06 8; km 6/98 7; km 8/95 1
coping with harassment and teasing: yp 150-157
coping with stress: yp1 128-133; g 4/09 3-9; g 9/08 26-28
distance learning: ijwyp article 101
drugs: w88 5/1 4
explaining stand to teachers: w91 7/15 24
failing grades: ijwyp article 98
flour sack “baby” cared for by students: g90 9/22 28-29
friends at: yp2 142-146; g 4/06 17-19
getting along with teachers: ijwyp article 106; yp1 142-148; yp 158-165; g86 6/22 28
hating school: ijwyp article 7
homework: ijwyp article 96; g 4/09 4-5; g04 1/22 13-15; g04 11/8 30; g93 4/8 13-15
improving grades: ijwyp article 98; g98 3/22 20-22; g98 12/22 30; yp 140-149
making most of: g 10/12 3-7; yp2 114-120; km 8/98 1; km 8/97 2; w92 11/1 17
pep rallies: g92 2/8 11-13
proms: g93 3/8 20-22
purpose: w96 12/1 17-19
sports teams: yp2 265-266; g96 2/22 12-14; g96 3/22 21-23; g96 12/8 30; g91 6/22 14-16
unfair teachers: yp1 144, 147-148
value: yp 135-139
value of reading a lot: g03 8/8 29; g86 7/22 30
value of studying hard: g92 4/8 17-19
violence: g93 5/8 29; g86 7/22 30
when others don’t want to learn: g88 10/22 15-17; g88 12/8 14-16
whether to quit: ijwyp article 102; yp1 134-141; g 11/10 26-29; yp 134-139
witnessing in school: w18.04 27-28; w18.05 29; w17.12 26-27; yp1 121-127; km 10/11 2; g 7/09 24-27; km 8/09 2; yp2 298-299; km 1/06 8; w03 4/15 18-22; g02 3/22 12; km 8/98 1; g92 12/22 30; w91 7/15 24-25; w90 7/1 30; yp 156-157; km 8/89 1-2
self-confidence: yp1 85-90
self-defense: g95 9/22 12-14
self-injury: ijwyp article 19; w19.03 3; g 8/13 2, 4-5; g 11/13 2; g 9/09 6; g 1/06 10-12; g 2/06 18-20; g 10/06 28-29; g05 4/22 29
self-sacrifice:
value of developing: g90 6/8 18-19
sex: g91 7/22 6-7
14-year-old Witness writes newspaper columnist on sexual morality: w87 10/15 6
abstinence pledges: g 2/07 20
anal sex: g 2/07 20
average age: g92 10/22 29
avoiding fantasies: g93 7/22 21-22; yp 287
avoiding premarital: mwb25.11 7; mwb24.03 11; g 9/09 8; w08 4/15 13-14; g05 5/8 30; g05 6/8 30; g04 7/22 12-14; g04 8/22 16-18; w99 4/1 30-31; w99 9/1 12-13; w93 4/15 16-17; g93 9/8 14-15; w89 11/1 12-15; yp 181-197; g87 11/22 19-20; g86 4/22 10-12
bisexuality: yp1 168; g 12/10 24
casual sex: yp1 183-187
comments by girls: ijwyp article 26; g92 6/22 3
coping with arousal: g90 2/8 15
coping with pressure to have sex: ijwyp article 107; mwb24.03 11; w20.07 22-23; w17.09 5; ypq 21-23
coping with sexual feelings: mwb24.03 11; w22.08 5
education: w11 2/1 18-20; g03 7/22 29; w98 2/15 8-11; w97 7/15 22-23; fy 90-94; g92 2/22 3-4, 9-11; g92 6/22 4-6; pe 248-249; w88 4/15 4-7; w86 7/15 7
effect of Internet: g 3/07 6-7
effect of misinformation from peers and media: g00 11/22 28
effect of sexual content of TV programs: g 7/09 30
effect on relationships: yp1 172-177; g 4/10 26-28
exceptional young person has not had premarital intercourse (quote): w89 11/1 11
explaining beliefs about sex: ijwyp article 26
failure of sex education programs: g89 10/8 28-29
fathering children: g01 2/8 30; g00 4/22 13-15; g00 5/22 13-15
gang initiation: g93 9/8 28
going “too far”: yp2 42-47; g94 4/22 30; g93 10/22 20-22
high school students: g92 9/22 29
homosexual feelings: ijwyp article 2; yp2 232-236; g 2/07 28-29; g04 7/22 30; g95 2/8 15-17; g95 3/22 21-23; g89 4/8 21-23; g89 6/22 30; g89 8/8 30
homosexuality: ijwyp article 59; yp1 165-171; g 12/10 22-24; yp2 231-236; g 2/07 28-30; g95 2/22 12-14
“hooking up”: g 2/09 30; g 3/07 26-29
hurtful consequences of premarital: w12 7/15 14; yp1 173-175, 177; g 9/09 5; w07 4/1 5-6; g04 7/22 13-14; g01 1/8 30; g97 6/8 5; w93 4/15 17; g92 3/22 22; g92 4/22 26-27; g92 6/22 3; g92 10/22 29; w89 11/1 12-13; yp 182-188, 190-191; w87 8/15 17
keeping mind off sex: ijwyp article 89
legal prescription of contraceptives without consulting parents (Britain): w86 4/15 21
oral sex: w25.01 13; ijwyp article 44; g 2/07 20; g05 4/8 4; g93 10/22 22
physical development: g90 2/8 13-15
pornography: ijwyp article 30; g 1/15 2; yp2 273-278; g 12/07 12-14
pressures to engage in: mwb24.03 11; g 9/09 4-5; g 4/07 4; g97 6/8 5-6, 8; g93 9/8 14-15
prevalence: g 9/09 4-5; g 3/06 26; g05 4/8 4; g02 5/8 29; g00 3/8 28; w99 9/1 10; g98 4/8 29; w97 7/15 22-23; g97 12/22 28; w94 4/15 16-17; g94 5/8 28; g93 8/22 17-18; g92 6/22 3; w89 11/1 11; yp 181
prevalence among youths in conservative religions: w94 4/15 16-17
protection from sexual predators: yp1 228-234
rejecting immoral talk: g 3/06 27-28
resisting sexual attention: g 3/15 2; g 3/06 28; g95 8/22 16-18; g91 5/22 12-14; g91 9/8 30; g91 10/8 18-20
school: g 3/06 26-28
sexting: ijwyp article 24; g 2/14 2; g 4/14 2; g 11/13 4-5; g 12/13 2
sexual assault: ijwyp articles 38-39; ypq 24-26
sexual harassment: ijwyp article 9; mrt article 76; ypq 24-26; g 3/15 2; yp2 125-127; g00 8/22 25-27; g95 8/22 16-18; g93 10/8 24-25
sexually transmitted diseases: g93 8/22 18; g93 12/22 28
talking to parents about: yp2 63-64
teenage girls: g91 5/22 28; g91 9/8 28
telephone sex: g04 2/22 20-22; g04 12/8 30
value of chasteness: yp 188-191; w86 7/15 6
video God “Is Aware of the Secrets of the Heart”: mwb25.11 7
video My Teen Life—How Can I Fight the Pressure to Have Premarital Sex?: mwb24.03 11
violence: g98 12/8 29
virginity: ijwyp articles 26, 50; w10 11/15 10; g 9/09 30; yp2 48-49, 51-54; g96 8/22 31; g92 3/22 20-22; g92 4/22 25-27
sharing with others: g87 5/22 25
sin:
unforgivable sin: g94 11/8 18-20
what to do about: g04 11/22 21; g95 1/8 19-21
whether to confess: g97 1/22 10-12; g97 10/22 30
smokeless tobacco products: g96 4/22 25-27
smoking: ijwyp article 121; yp1 237-245; g 3/11 26-28; g00 3/22 5; g96 10/22 24; g91 8/8 15-17
comment by Mariel Hemingway: g86 7/22 15
ease of addiction: g04 5/22 29; g03 6/8 28; g89 11/8 27; g86 4/8 5
girls: g99 3/8 29; g95 8/8 31
how advertising targets youths: g86 7/22 14-15
prevalence: g95 5/22 6-7
promotion: g95 5/22 6-7
resisting pressure: yp1 240; w10 11/15 9-10; g91 8/22 16-18
social media and networking: ijwhf article 26; ijwyp articles 117, 120; mrt article 83
speech:
saying the wrong thing: ijwyp article 84; g 1/12 21-23
sports: ijwyp article 53
team sports: yp2 265-266; g96 2/22 12-14; g96 3/22 21-23; g96 12/8 30; g91 6/22 14-16
thrill sports: g17.5 12-13; g02 10/8 20-24; g97 5/22 28; g94 7/8 9-11
stereotypes: ijwyp articles 34, 37
stress: g 2/14 14-15; g91 4/8 28
coping with: g 11/12 18-20; yp1 128-133; g 9/08 26-28; g87 4/8 25-27
pressure to conform: g00 11/22 29
suicide: g01 9/8 4, 6; g98 9/8 4-10; w97 12/1 3-4; g94 4/8 23-25; g93 12/22 28; w92 7/1 4; g92 8/22 31; g91 4/22 29; g91 5/22 28; g90 9/8 3; yp 108-109; g87 1/8 29-30; g86 1/8 31; g86 5/22 29
attempt to see previous life: w90 11/15 28
coping with feelings of: ijwyp article 114; mrt article 76; yp1 98-104; g 5/08 26-29; yp 112-114
coping with suicide of sibling: g 9/09 29; g 6/08 18-20
how parents can help prevent: ijwhf article 32
increase: g02 4/8 28; g93 12/22 28; g90 9/8 3
surveys:
attitudes and values: g96 3/8 28-29; g96 8/22 29; g90 9/8 3-4
attitude toward disobedience and prostitution (Japan): g97 10/8 28-29
attitude toward employment: g88 6/22 30
attitude toward home: yp 18
attitude toward life: g97 11/22 28
attitude toward society: g92 2/22 28-29
belief in God: g94 9/22 13; g90 9/8 7-8
Bible knowledge: g90 9/22 21
Bible reading: g86 2/8 16
cheating: yp 212; g86 6/8 10-11
concerns: g 7/12 5; g90 5/22 28
concerns for future: g90 9/8 6
ethics in business: g90 9/8 29
geographic knowledge: g88 11/22 30
goals in life: g90 9/8 3; g88 5/22 29
interest in religion: g90 9/8 7-8; g86 11/22 13
lack of interest in church: g90 9/22 21
love or infatuation: yp 244
movies and religion: g00 10/8 29
number attending meetings at Kingdom Hall: g88 6/8 19
problems of most concern: g90 9/8 3
respect for fathers: g86 6/8 30
risky behavior (U.S.): g99 4/22 28
sex and dating: yp 229
shyness: yp 121
student violence: g93 5/8 29; g86 7/22 30
teachers showing favoritism: yp 158
TV viewing in America: yp 289
use of alcohol, tobacco, drugs: g88 4/8 29-30
values: g00 7/22 29
what makes a “real man”: g02 8/22 28
what they would bring if isolated on an island: g00 5/22 29
tattoos: ijwyp article 52
telephone:
helping to be responsible: g00 8/22 28
mobile (cell) phones: g 6/14 2; g 6/09 29; g05 1/8 28; g05 11/8 28; g03 6/8 30; g02 10/22 18-20
television: yp2 266-269
controlling: yp 289-295
effect of excessive: g 5/14 3
effect of sexual content: g 7/09 30
temptation:
resisting temptation: ijwyp article 83; w20.07 22-23; g 10/14 8-9; yp1 64-70; g 8/08 26-28
texting: ijwyp article 10; g 7/14 8-9
thankfulness: g87 2/8 20-22
time management: ijwyp article 82; w19.12 32; yp1 150-155; w10 11/15 16; g 6/09 19-21
tragedies:
coping with: ijwyp article 45
training perceptive powers: w99 9/1 13-18
unbaptized publishers: od 76-77; km 5/07 4; km 3/03 5
wrongdoing by: od 154-155; w88 11/15 19-20
unemployment:
developing nations: g90 9/8 6
United Nations initiatives: g99 1/8 31
unwed fathers: g01 2/8 30; g00 4/22 13-15; g00 5/22 13-15
whether the couple should marry: g00 5/22 14-15
unwed mothers: w07 4/1 5-6
attitude of congregation: fy 106
Brazil: g96 8/8 29
what to do: g94 10/8 22-24
vaping: ijwyp article 121
video series My Teen Life:
How Can I Fight the Pressure to Have Premarital Sex?: mwb24.03 11
How Can I Fix My Mistakes?: mwb24.05 13
violence: g 2/07 19; g05 4/8 3
comments by criminologist: w88 4/15 21
counseling center for self-control: w89 10/15 29
death rate due to: w89 10/15 29
effect of TV violence: g 10/06 30; g90 12/22 28; yp 290-291; g86 2/22 30
increase: g95 11/8 28
Italy: g89 7/22 28
“steaming” (mass intimidation): g89 4/22 10
teens victimized most: g87 3/8 29
war:
effect of: g87 3/8 11-12; w86 1/15 4; g86 3/8 30
protest against during 1960’s: g87 6/8 22-23
witnessing to: km 12/89 8
world problems:
what youths would do about: g 7/12 5; g86 11/8 6-7
worry: g03 9/22 28; g02 5/8 30; g01 9/22 12-14
wrongdoing:
handling by congregation: w24.08 24-25; od 154-155
Examples
14-year-old Witness writes newspaper columnist on sexual morality: w87 10/15 6
17-year-old girl and family on vacation in Ireland: w12 6/1 24-25
17-year-old girl baptized, congratulated by Bible students: w92 11/1 26
17-year-old on crutches begins ministry: yb92 60
appreciation for parents: ijwyp article 25; g 11/08 8; g99 3/8 25; w93 10/1 8
appreciation for truth: w03 4/15 17; w02 9/15 8-9
assisted by dramas: w09 6/15 14
auxiliary pioneers: yb08 57; km 2/97 4
baptized: w14 6/15 31; w92 10/1 22
Bible examples: w25.04 26-31; w05 6/15 25-26; w03 10/15 24-26; w99 11/15 13-14; w90 8/1 4-7, 10; w86 8/1 19
Asa: w21.03 5-6
captive Israelite girl in Syria: lfb 124-125; w12 2/15 12-13; w08 2/15 9-10; w08 6/1 24-25; w05 8/1 10; lr 215-216; w96 5/15 8-9
Daniel: w16.03 5-6
Daniel and three friends: ljfac article 1; scl 60; lfb 142-143; w08 12/15 8-9; yp2 134; w99 10/1 30; w97 7/15 15-16; g92 6/22 16-17
David: w21.03 2-5; wp16.5 9-10; w11 9/1 27-29; w08 5/15 20-21; yp2 257; w90 8/1 5
Hezekiah: w10 9/1 14; yp2 193; w97 7/15 14-15
Jehoash (king of Judah): w23.09 8-9
Jehoshaphat: w21.03 6-7
Jesus Christ: cf 62; w20.10 29-31; w12 2/15 13-14; w02 3/15 8-10; w02 11/15 12-13; g98 5/22 14; km 6/95 1; w94 7/1 22; w90 8/1 6-7; w87 8/15 13; w86 9/1 4
Joseph (son of Jacob): w14 11/1 13; yp2 50
Josiah: w23.09 11-13; w17.03 22
Mark: w25.04 26-28
Samuel: mwb22.01 13
Shulammite maiden: mwb25.11 6; yp2 33
Timothy: w25.04 26-29; bt 122-123; yp1 287; w10 6/15 11-12; w07 5/1 24-28; lr 214-215; w90 6/15 14; si 235-236; w87 8/15 13-15, 19
Bible reading: w18.05 31; w02 3/15 9
blind:
14-year-old with glaucoma: g97 5/22 19
blood issue:
appreciation for Awake! articles on: g95 3/8 30; g94 10/22 30; g94 12/8 30
boys with leukemia: g95 1/22 11-15; g94 5/22 3-8
effect of integrity on others: g92 10/22 15-16
girls with leukemia: w95 1/15 6-7; w94 7/1 29-31; g94 5/22 9-10, 12-15
girl with bowel disease: g94 5/22 11-12
girl with Fallopian tumor: g94 5/8 12-14
girl with perforated intestine: yb93 169-170
varicose veins in esophagus: g91 8/22 13-15
brain surgery without blood: g90 4/22 21-24
carries elderly Witness: g90 6/8 19
change man’s burst tire in freezing weather: ijwex article 3
classmates use Ouija board: w09 4/15 11
conduct at restaurant: w08 12/1 12
conduct in field ministry: w87 1/1 5
contributions: w04 8/1 32; w92 12/1 29; w88 12/1 28; yb87 202-203
courage:
deaf girl refuses sex with soldiers: yb92 45
face soldiers to save printing operation: w99 2/1 12
cystic fibrosis: w06 7/1 31
decline invitations to parties of schoolmates: jr 78; yb08 24
declines offer to become a model: ijwex article 29
depression: w05 11/1 15
diabetic: g99 9/22 20-23
effect of another’s faith: g93 6/22 32
eye lost to cancer: w94 1/1 26-27
faithful unto death: re 43, 102; w86 9/1 22
blood issue: g95 1/22 11-15; g94 5/22 3-10, 12-14
cancer victims: g 8/06 26-27; g99 7/8 30; g99 8/22 24-25; g98 10/22 31
refuses to make sign of cross: w98 6/15 17-18
faith in resurrection: ie 29
family opposition: yb93 233
attend meetings despite parental beatings: yb89 210-211
conduct wins over Buddhist father: w94 1/1 27
family won over: w03 7/1 7
father won over: yb96 57
from parents: g99 10/22 31; w92 3/1 22
integrity wins family over: w95 1/1 7-8
parental opposition endured: w88 9/1 20
feelings of unworthiness overcome: w18.05 29-30
field ministry:
girl with leukemia: w01 6/1 10; w94 7/1 30
isolated area: yb97 137-138
recovers love for ministry: w21.04 26-29
full-time ministry: w17.07 24-25; mwb16.02 4; km 10/06 1; w02 10/1 9-11
chosen as career: w11 5/15 12; w09 7/15 24-27; w08 4/15 16; w07 5/1 27; w06 8/1 28-29; w02 8/15 24; w00 11/1 19-20; w96 10/1 27-28; w88 12/15 26; g87 8/22 12; w86 4/15 28-30; w86 7/15 30; w86 8/1 22-23; w86 9/1 5
chosen over advanced education: w24.10 15; w18.01 5; w14 1/15 20; w13 10/15 16; w10 4/15 5-6; yb10 183; w09 9/15 21, 24
chosen over Olympics: w18.04 29
construction work: w17.07 25
during supplementary education: w96 12/1 18-19
joy despite not helping anyone to baptism: w17.07 24
number in: w86 8/1 20
number in Bethel service: w96 12/1 20; w86 8/1 20
number pioneering: w90 7/1 29; w86 8/1 20
pioneers: w17.09 30; yp2 315-316; w02 9/15 8-9; yb01 221; yb98 15-16; w92 10/1 24-25; w90 7/1 29-30; w88 12/15 26; g88 1/22 22-23
girl’s composure under harassment: yp 157
girl’s mother immoral: w09 5/15 14-15
goals: w18.04 28; w18.05 31; w17.09 30; yp1 280-281; yb10 63-64; km 6/06 4; yb05 61-62
honesty:
honesty about previous crime rewarded: w90 3/1 30
turns in found diamond ring: w94 1/1 19
imprisoned: w01 5/1 16
happiness maintained: w22.10 9-11
video Enduring Despite Persecution: lff lesson 59
learns Cambodian to preach: w14 1/15 32
learns to converse with older ones: w25.04 29
learns Vietnamese to preach: w17.07 24
love for Jehovah: w25.04 4
love for truth: w02 10/1 9-11
loyalty during Nazi era: w97 8/1 21-23; yb89 111-112
‘marrying only in the Lord’ (1Co 7:39): w87 10/15 29; yb87 57-58
minority-language field: w17.07 24; w09 6/15 13-14
neuropathy, motor and sensory: yb11 64-65
no regret from putting spiritual activities first: w22.05 22
overcomes loss of parents and boyfriend: g87 4/8 26-27
paralytic: w06 8/15 11
parents ill: ijwyp article 58
peer pressure overcome: w18.05 29
prayer: w11 2/15 19
prayer in restaurant: g02 4/8 32
prove truth to themselves: w03 4/15 6-7; w97 12/15 9-10
reaching out for privileges: w25.04 28; w21.08 20-21, 23
regrets leaving truth: w14 12/15 30; w10 6/15 9-10
regrets not serving Jehovah in youth: w90 5/15 28
respectful reply to older man in ministry: be 191-192; yb88 47
school: w18.05 29
approach principal on religious singing: yb12 85-86
champions Bible’s portrayal of Jesus: w06 3/1 27
clean language: w02 9/15 9
conduct impresses others: w10 4/15 6-7; w05 3/1 32; w05 6/15 27; yb88 53-54; w87 5/15 27
declines to draw carnival items: yb17 50-51
defends beliefs in class: w08 6/15 16-17
defends Jehovah’s Witnesses: w18.04 27-28
discusses Bible Stories book with class: w94 1/1 26
essay “Does absolute truth exist?”: w07 11/1 32
essay “If I Could Change a Moment in Time”: g96 2/22 15; g96 10/8 30
essay “The Greatest Gift”: g91 8/8 11
essay “Why I Don’t Celebrate Halloween”: g 10/06 27
Examining the Scriptures considered: yb06 155; w05 8/15 32
explains 70 weeks (Da 9:24-27) in class: w00 4/1 23
explains Bible view of abortion: w05 3/15 8
explain stand to teachers: w91 7/15 24
firm during years of: w00 3/15 19-20
good conscience maintained: w06 8/15 11
holds class session: w97 2/1 6-7
Jehovah’s name featured in exhibit at fair: w93 2/1 29
neutrality maintained: yb11 222-223
obeys conscience in Catholic school: w94 5/1 31
persecution: w01 8/15 26
pioneering: w96 12/1 18-19
projects on Witnesses in Nazi Germany: g05 5/8 25; g02 1/8 31
proves Bible true to class: w86 9/1 4
puts baptism first: yb02 43
reaction to teacher’s ridicule: w98 1/15 16
refuses, on principle, to gamble: w97 10/15 30
refutes claim that Witnesses are a sect: w03 1/1 16
report explaining Witness stand on flag salute: w16.06 5; g96 1/8 31; g96 8/22 30
report “Forgotten Victims of Nazism”: w04 9/1 29
report on branch and translation: g05 9/22 31
report on Jehovah’s Witnesses: g03 8/22 16
schoolgirl’s speech on Jehovah’s Witnesses: w90 4/1 23
School Guidebook useful in school: w87 12/1 21
schoolteacher’s letter commending Witness youths: w87 1/1 5
schoolwork outstanding: w94 1/1 26
sexually active schoolmates: w17.09 5
speech about gossip printed: g96 12/22 32
speech using Young People Ask book: g 10/07 32; w97 2/1 7
students explain stand on religious ceremonies: yb91 245
talk on evolution: w16.03 28; w00 2/15 32
talks on creation: g 9/09 32; w06 8/15 9-10; w00 8/1 8
Trinity discussion: yb14 56-57
win awards in course on ethics: w94 1/1 19
wins essay contest: w92 12/1 29
witnessing in school: g04 9/8 12-13; w90 5/15 22-23; w90 7/1 30; km 8/89 1-2; yb88 53, 60-61
serving where need is greater: w18.01 5-6; mwb16.02 4; w14 1/15 18, 20; w13 4/15 3-6; w12 7/15 3-6; g 1/06 30; km 1/06 8; km 10/06 1; g05 1/8 31; g05 10/22 30
sexual morality maintained: lvs 127; lv 107; w06 1/1 25; w00 1/1 16; g96 8/22 31
deaf girl refuses sex with soldiers: yb92 45
despite tricks played to tempt: yb97 51-52
girl keeps mind off sex by reading Bible: yp 288
schoolmates ridicule: w17.09 5
shyness overcome: w97 2/1 6
single-parent families:
12-year-old whose father left: g97 5/22 19
sports:
accepts counsel on sports club: w18.04 29
decline soccer career: yb17 42-44; w14 6/15 4; yb08 46
declines participation in Winter Olympics: w18.04 29
ten-year-old with seven Bible studies: w92 11/1 26
terminally ill, witnesses by letter: g 9/11 18
timidity overcome: yb09 43-44
tracts in school bag: yb11 70-71
trust in Jehovah: yb02 145-146
truthful speech: w18.05 28
university declined for special-pioneer assignment: w06 1/1 23
university student resets priorities: w95 3/1 18
video I Prayed to Jehovah for Courage: lff lesson 22
video Young People—Choose a Path That Leads to Peace!: mwb25.03 13
wins national composition contest: w92 11/1 32
wins prize in essay contest: g90 3/22 30; g89 10/22 21-22
Experiences
13-year-old girl asks girl’s father for permission to study with her: w89 6/15 19
13-year-old immigrant prays to find Witnesses: w00 4/15 25
14-year-old learns truth from teacher: w91 2/1 30
14-year-old tripped by Pentecostal pastor: yb14 50
14-year-old visits priest in church: yb92 55-56
15-year-old comforts schoolteacher: yb13 69-70
15-year-old deaf Witness appeals to classmates: yb13 54-55
15-year-old strengthened by elder: w22.08 21
19-year-old answers rabbi: w17.06 13
abandoned by parents: w98 1/1 4-5
agnostic: w12 6/15 29
bad associations:
recovery from: w96 5/1 23
bored with meetings and service: w16.08 21
captivated, copies two books by hand: yb06 51
Catholic youth: w99 2/1 8
complaining spirit overcome: g88 4/22 28
concentration camps: yb02 145-146
confounded by missionary: yb90 107-108
daughter returns to parents, now Witnesses: yb05 62
defending faith: w08 6/15 16-17; g99 6/22 14
double life abandoned: yb03 52
enthusiasm for truth restored: w96 5/15 30-31
family opposition: yb08 242-243; w05 10/15 18; yb04 50
father’s opposition: w97 12/1 9
father’s violence: yb90 51
opposition overcome: w87 5/15 27
sent to Catholic college by opposed parents: yb87 205-207
unbelieving parents: g92 10/22 30
fun-lover changes: w09 11/1 29-30
girl admits father right about improper dating: yp 11, 17
girl depressed, full of doubts: w03 5/1 20
girl leaves Catholic Church: w94 11/15 8
girl who desired friendship with God: w05 2/1 15
Hindu girl: w12 6/15 29
hitchhiker seeks truth: w86 4/1 22
impressed by construction of quickly built Kingdom Hall: w87 4/1 30
inactive girl helped by caring spiritual sister: yb99 54-55
inactive youth helped by pioneer at dock: yb12 73-75
isolated girl in Nepal: yb09 52-53
isolated youth in Congo (Brazzaville): yb12 56, 59-61
isolated youth in Greenland: w89 11/1 31
kindness of missionary: w12 9/1 18
life stories:
Finding Relief From Youthful Despair: w08 1/1 27-30
“I Have Finally Found True Freedom”: w13 1/1 10-11
I Sought a Simpler Life Through Drugs: g87 11/22 21-23
I Was a Prodigal Son: g 12/06 13-15
“Jehovah, You Found Me!”: g05 7/22 30; g04 10/8 13-15
Remembering Our Creator From Youth On: w00 1/1 24-29
Something Worse Than AIDS: g89 4/22 12-14
When Cancer Is Kept a Secret: g90 10/22 20-23
When Life Is Not Easy (cancer victim): g95 1/22 30; g94 8/22 19-24
lives transformed: w91 6/15 24-25
criminal transformed: w90 11/1 5-6
delinquent: w90 5/15 21-22
drug trafficker and thief: w97 12/1 6
former gang member becomes missionary: g87 3/8 16-17
immoral gang member with mental problems: w90 12/1 21
no purpose in life: w18.12 24-25
orphan drug addict: w90 4/1 17; gm 176
punk girl accepts truth: w90 4/1 23
unwed mothers: wp17.1 8-9; w90 5/15 21
violent lifestyle overcome: wp16.5 14-15
violent temper overcome: w15 7/1 10-11; w90 4/1 17
wayward from ten years of age: wp17.1 8-9
murderous intent: yb17 67-68
prays for help to return to Jehovah: w00 3/1 6-7
prays to be shown correct way to worship: yb95 58-59
prays to learn truth: w88 3/15 6-7
rapid progress: yb98 58-59
recluse: w99 6/1 8
relationship with Jehovah: w98 10/1 29-30
return to truth: w20.04 27; yb17 64-65; w14 12/15 30; w12 4/1 12-15; w11 10/1 12-13; w11 11/1 3, 9; w10 6/15 9-10; w06 8/15 10-11; w00 3/15 20; yb93 192-194; w89 12/1 12-13
rising singing star: yb08 58-59
school: w04 6/1 17; w03 4/15 19-21; g02 3/22 12
12-year-old places Mankind’s Search for God with teacher: yb92 47-48
classmates and families learn truth: w95 11/1 9
class opinion on blood issue reversed: w88 1/1 19
drama presented: yb93 54-55
essay and conduct impress teacher: g 3/09 21
essay and conduct win teacher: yb04 47-48
former altar boy: w91 6/15 22
helps 15 classmates to dedication: w92 8/1 25
history teacher: g05 9/8 19
interested girl’s witnessing results in five pioneers: w92 7/1 20
Kingdom Melodies played through school sound system: w88 9/1 32
literature on desk: w95 1/1 25
report on air pollution using Awake!: w05 6/15 29
sad girl on school bus: w98 3/1 25
studies with classmate: yb90 53
teacher attends Memorial, asks for Bible study: yb08 11-12
search for natural father leads to learning truth: yb88 43
search for purpose of life: w03 5/1 6; w97 12/1 6
takes over presentation: w87 2/15 27
Turkish ambassador contacted about persecution in Türkiye: w89 2/15 28
Witnesses commended by youth: gm 186
Witnesses invited to teach at Presbyterian youth hostel: yb87 58-59
Witness girl compromises, contracts AIDS: w08 6/15 20-21
Witness literature:
12-year-old girl finds Watchtower in school library: yb02 52
12-year-old on bus places magazines: w87 12/1 21
15-year-old girl can’t put down Revelation Climax book: w89 3/15 32
antismoking poster based on Awake!: g99 7/8 32
Awake! helps overcome drug abuse: g87 1/22 28
Awake! used for research: g90 3/8 32; w89 5/1 32
Catholic youth reads and distributes Awake! and Watchtower: w88 8/15 32
criminal laments not having Young People Ask book earlier: w90 8/15 32
drug user changes after reading Creation book: w89 9/15 32
reading Young People Ask book on bus: g94 9/22 15
Russian youth thrilled: g98 10/22 32
ten-year-old places seven Creation books: w90 7/1 30
“Young People Ask” article on loneliness leads to Bible study: g89 6/22 30
Young People Ask book helps suicidal girl: g 10/06 32
Young People Ask book impresses photographer of youths: g03 11/22 32
Young People Ask book obtained too late: g92 1/22 32
Young People Ask book works: w90 4/15 32
Youth book: w90 11/15 32
Youth book helps transform lives: w87 4/1 29; yb87 205-207
Witness youths commended for dress, honesty, morality: yb08 8