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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Youth Workers – You Are Invited! . . .

Did you ever hear what John Calvin said to churches considering sending their young leaders to Geneva for pastoral education?…
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Guiding Kids In Their Search For Identity

In the quest to discover and adopt an identity, the teenagers you know and love are looking for answers to…
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On This Day In 1963. . . Kennedy, Huxley, and Lewis. . .

When I woke up this morning I looked at the date and immediately my mind rewound and settled on this…
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Youth Culture Today Radio Show

Christmas, Toys, and Kidulting

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Youth Culture Today Radio Show

Episode 175: “What a 100 Year-Old Book Has to Say to Us in Youth Ministry Today” with Steve Nichols

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Youth Culture Today Radio Show

Episode 58: “Teaching The Word Matters!” with Rich Brown

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Featured Resources

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

Parent Prompt: Energy Crisis? Teenagers and Energy Drinks

College Stress: What Parents Should Know about Student Depression

Parent Prompt: Youth Sports & Church Participation

A Parents’ Primer on Electronic Addiction

Parent Prompt: Foundations for Biblical Friendships

Parent Prompt: BeReal

“The Simple Seven” Ad Filtering Questions

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

Trend Alert: Teen Suicide – Warning Signs and Cries for Help

Family TableTalk – Conversation 100

Trend Alert: Holiday Communication

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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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