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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Wake Up Call: Teens and Sports Gambling

It’s the day after the ending of what was promoted as a “First-Time Ever” five consecutive days of playoff football.…
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Your Kids and Your Time

I think often about the story I once heard about a busy woman who was struggling to balance the demands…
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Devotional Reading – 2025

One of the great benefits of being a member of what I hear being called “The 5am Club,” is that…
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Youth Culture Today Radio Show

Entrusting Children to God 5

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Youth Culture Today Radio Show

Episode 195: “Hippos or Honeybees?” with Dave Coryell and Josh Good

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Youth Culture Today Radio Show

Episode 81: “Better Preaching in Youth Ministry” with Jeremy Meeks

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Featured Resources

Parent Prompt: Dating

Family TableTalk – Conversation 104

Navigating Today’s Youth Culture as Christian Parents

Parent Prompt: Attention Fragmentation

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

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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