Engaging Youth Culture Today

The Center for Parent/Youth Understanding (CPYU) endeavors to increase the ability of home and church to nurture children and teens into a lifetime of biblically-faithful, whole-life Christian discipleship.

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For Your Thanksgiving Table

The older we get, the more we tend to lean into the nostalgia that comes with remembering holidays past. That’s…
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Youth Ministry: Preaching The Word In Our Kids’ World

Personal confession: I’ve made way too many mistakes over the course of my time in youth ministry. Early on, there…
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Walk Carefully On Social Media This Week

I’m throwing this out there as something to think about – as I am – on this, the day before.…
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Youth Culture Today Radio Show

The Worship of Youth

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Episode 193: “How Jesus Helps Parents When They Feel Like Failures” with Lauren Whitman

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Youth Culture Today Radio Show

Episode 79: Strategically Using Retreats, Camps, and Conferences for Spiritual Growth

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Parent Prompt: Attention Fragmentation

Navigating Today’s Youth Culture as Christian Parents

Family TableTalk – Conversation 104

College Stress: What Parents Should Know about Student Depression

Helping Teens Navigate a Sexualized Culture

Parent Prompt: Parent/Teen Conversations

Talking With Teens About Sex

Parent Prompt: Self-Actualization (& Manifesting)

A Parents’ Primer on Internet Pornography

Parent Prompt: Responding to Authority

Trend Alert: Language is Important – Problems with the Term “Gay Christian”

God’s Plan for Sex and Gender: 10 Teaching Points for Home and Church

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Youth Culture 101: Cultural Forces Shaping Children and Teens Today

Our kids are growing up in a world that powerfully shapes and mis-shapes their values, attitudes, and behaviors. What are the major cultural forces that are influencing the worldviews of children and teens today? How can we begin to temper the negative influences that present challenges for Christian parents and youth workers? … Learn more here.

Catechizing 101: Raising Spiritually Healthy Kids In Today’s Youth Culture

Our children and teens are at a unique stage of life where they are making decisions about who they are and what they believe. . . both now and for the rest of their lives. Culture is “catechizing” or teaching them 24/7. The challenge for the Christian home and church is to counter this cultural education with the life-shaping truths of the Gospel. … Learn more here.

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