Parent Prompt: Safetyism
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. In his timeless book Orthodoxy, G.K. Chesterton once wisely quipped that the modern world is “full…
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Online Peer Pressure
Earlier this year, Mitch Prinstein, the chief science officer at the American Psychological Association spoke to the Senate Judiciary Committee about the effects that social media and technology are having on our kids. His particular focus was on the decline…
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Viral Social Media Challenges And Basketballs
I often say that if I had a dollar for every stupid thing I did as a teenage boy, I’d be a rich man. The boys in my neighborhood fed off of each other with our foolishness, and issuing dares…
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A Car Theft Social Media Challenge
From time to time I will inform you of the latest social media challenge going viral among teens. Some of these can be fun. But many of these challenges are dangerous or even deadly. One of the latest social media…
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Trend Alert: Autoerotic Asphyxiation
Scarfing, or autoerotic asphyxiation is a deadly form of sexual experimentation that over the years has become more widespread, particularly among young adolescent males, although it is suspected that more and more females are engaging in the practice. What kind…
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Episode 142: “Youth Workers Pose Tough Questions to a Counselor” with Julie Lowe
Download the podcast as an .mp3 by clicking here. RSS FEED – click here. Access from iTunes. FURTHER RESOURCES Resources, links, or other helpful tools mentioned in the podcast: Julie Lowe (bio) Christian Counseling & Educational Foundation For Pastors: A…
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