TikTok Tech Addiction
If you’re a regular listener to Youth Culture Today, I’m sure you’ve heard me quote the words spoken by media critic Marshall McCluhan several decades ago. He wrote, “We become what we behold. First we shape our tools, and then…
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Snapchat and Fentanyl
Earlier this year, Amy Neville, a mother from San Diego, testified before lawmakers regarding a tragedy that occurred in her life back in June 2020. Neville had gone into her fourteen-year-old son’s bedroom to wake him up so that they…
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Parent Prompt: Teens and Gambling
CPYU Parent Prompts are a regularly released resource to spark biblically-centered conversations with your kids about the issues they face in today’s youth culture. As Christians, we need to embrace a biblically-faithful theological perspective that not only informs our personal…
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Saying Too Much on Social Media
Back when we first started our Digital Kids Initiative here at CPYU, I would often tell parents that they need to let their kids know that whatever they post on social media is not only available for the entire world…
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Social Media and Cannabis Use
I recently ran across a social media meme that pictures some cannabis, along with this message: negative effects of smoking weed include, less weed. It’s one of many weed-friendly social media posts that researchers say are influencing teenagers and their…
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