3 Ways To Parent
The Barna Group identifies three approaches to parenting being utilized today. Parenting by default is what Barna calls the path of least resistance. In this approach, parents do whatever comes naturally as influenced by cultural norms and traditions. The objective…
Read More
Parental Desires
Parents, what do you value most when you think about your kids and your desire for their future. I’ve learned that as a parent, the idols of my heart are exposed if my greatest desires are to lead my kids…
Read More
Sideline Parents
Perhaps nowhere is our questionable example more powerfully displayed than outside the white lines surrounding our kids’ fields of play. I’ve found the following directives to be helpful guides for being a responsible sideline parent. “Winning isn’t everything.” “Playing hard…
Read More
CPYU Partner Update – Fall 2020 Edition
CPYU’s Fall 2020 edition of our Partner Update is available in digital format. Download the report to see the latest updates on the ministry of CPYU.
Parents and Parties
Earlier this fall, a news story broke about a high school in Massachusetts that had to scramble to delay the start of its in-school opening by two weeks, leading to two more weeks of students learning remotely. The delay was…
Read More
How to Love Your Kids
One of the most disheartening realities regarding beliefs and behaviors in today’s youth culture is the way that the word love has been re-defined in ways that drain it of its power and meaning. As a parent, you need to…
Read More
When Do Kids Feel Loved?
It’s been my experience that research findings often-times confirm what we’ve known to be true through observation, intuition, and just good-old common sense. That’s certainly the case with a new study entitled “When Do Adolescents Feel Loved?” that’s been published…
Read More