Meet the Millennials
– by Walt Mueller ©2004, The Center for Parent/Youth Understanding *This article originally appeared in Living With Teenagers magazine “I’m glad I’m not raising kids in this day and age.” I’m sure my dad isn’t the only grandparent who’s uttered those words…
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In Particular
– By Walt Mueller ©2006, The Center for Parent/Youth Understanding Christmas. Lately it’s been a time for me to pursue some re-directed thinking. The problem is that I’ve spent so many years immersed in and pursuing the nostalgic, commercialized, feel-good…
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Tracy Speaks: An Excerpt about “Thirteen”
– by Walt Mueller ©2004, The Center for Parent/Youth Understanding Editor’s note: CPYU has received numerous questions regarding the recent film, Thirteen. In an effort to help our readers understand the purpose and message of the film, we’ve chosen to include…
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Hip-hop 101: It’s not a passing fad
– By Luke Bobo ©2005, The Center for Parent/Youth Understanding Something historic happened in October 2003. As Joan Anderman reported in the Rochester Post-Bulletin, “For the first time in the 50-year history of the Billboard charts, all Top 10 songs in the country…
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Teens Behind The Wheel
– By Chris Wagner ©2005, The Center for Parent/Youth Understanding A driver’s license—for teenagers it’s a ticket to freedom, a big step on their way to adulthood, and a first taste of independence. Teens with a driver’s license and a…
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High-energy Kids
– By Doug West ©2005, The Center for Parent/Youth Understanding Energy drink “buzz” In the past decade several highly caffeinated and sugared beverages, with brand names like “Jolt” and “Surge,” were popular among youths. Over the past several years there…
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e-Update: June 3, 2014
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Millennial Moral Mess
– by Walt Mueller ©1999, The Center for Parent/Youth Understanding I didn’t know her. I didn’t know her parents. I had never seen any of them before. But for THE few minutes our paths crossed in the small foyer of…
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Identity, World and Word
By Walt Mueller ©2009, The Center for Parent/Youth Understanding I use the fact that I’m a “youth culture watcher” as an excuse to regularly play a little game that might sound a bit strange—at first. I call it “assuming…
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My Week In Professional Wrestling
– by Walt Mueller ©2003, The Center for Parent/Youth Understanding It was our inability to keep from crossing the thin line between fiction and reality that forced our mother to declare a halt to the playful sibling scuffles we initiated…
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Shame, Shame, Shame
– by Walt Mueller ©2001, The Center for Parent/Youth Understanding The first thing I did on my first night in youth ministry with the first youth group I ever worked with was to teach them to lie. Don’t misunderstand me…
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