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 Culture Today Radio Show

Mother’s Day Truth 5

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Youth Culture Today Radio Show

Episode 200: “School Cell Phone Policy” with Delaware County Christian School

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Youth Culture Today Radio Show

Episode 85: “Not Ignoring The Old Testament in Youth Ministry Teaching” with Chelsea Kingston Erickson

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Featured Resources

Parent Prompt: Teens and Mental Health

The Journey with Ron Moore Podcast: Generations Unpacked

Spiritual Nurture: Make Life Hard For Your Kids

Family TableTalk – Conversation 107

Parent Prompt: Identity

Trends in Youth Ministry (Walt Mueller on the Youth Pastor Theologian Podcast)

3(D) Review: “Espresso” by Sabrina Carpenter

Spiritual Nurture: Your Kids and Your Time

“The Simple Seven” Ad Filtering Questions – Super Bowl Edition!

Parent Prompt: Dating

Helping Parents Understand Today’s Youth Culture – The Longer Haul in Youth Minstry Podcast

College Stress: What Parents Should Know about Student Depression

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Featured Seminars

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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