Yes Nate, really!
– By Walt Mueller ©2004, The Center for Parent/Youth Understanding *This article originally appeared in Living With Teenagers magazine. “Hey Dad, the Ten Commandments are on!” I wasn’t sure what my ten-year-old son was trying to tell me when he yelled those…
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Confusion or Clarity? Youth Culture At the Crossroads
– by Walt Mueller ©2002, The Center for Parent/Youth Understanding He survives a plane crash into the sea – and after weathering four years on an uninhabited island, Chuck Noland is rescued and brought back to civilization. Chuck Noland – played…
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“I Love You 12”
– by Walt Mueller ©2001, The Center for Parent/Youth Understanding I never thought this day would arrive. Back in December of 1983, the fall of 2001 was light years away. But in hindsight, it went as quickly as an overnight. It’s…
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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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Brokenness … Deep and Wide
– By Walt Mueller ©2006, The Center for Parent/Youth Understanding When my daughter, Caitlin, was in first grade, I took her to see the elementary school I attended when I was her age. Closed for years, my peek through…
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