5 Truths about Pop Culture
– by Walt Mueller ©2004, The Center for Parent/Youth Understanding Pop Culture is Market Driven The children and youth market is the most aggressively targeted market segment in the world. The reason? They have more disposable income and purchasing influence than…
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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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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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I Love You Just The Way You Are
– By Walt Mueller ©2003, The Center for Parent/Youth Understanding I experienced pains of “anticipatory agony” the night before my seventh grade gym class assembled on the cinder quarter-mile track for the annual mile run for time. I remember praying…
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Making the Young Old Before their Time
– by Paul Robertson ©2001, The Center for Parent/Youth Understanding Being a school guidance counselor can be quite an adventure these days. In the span of a few weeks, a guidance counselor friend of mine dealt with the following issues…
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