Smellmaxxing
When I was in elementary school, I remember pulling a stool up to the medicine cabinet in my grandparent’s bathroom in order to grab my grandfather’s old spice decanter, from which I would splash on a healthy dose of the…
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The Stanley Quencher Craze
Depending on how old you are, you remember the specific have-to-have-it faddish items that you needed if you desired to fit in with your peers. For those who are baby-boomers, it was yo’s-yo’s, clackers, mini-skirts and bell-bottomed jeans. There’s a…
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Episode 179: Teens, Tech, and Social Media – A Youth Worker Roundtable
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: CPYU Research Fellows Social Media and Youth Mental Health – The…
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Current Trends Youth Ministry Volunteers Need to be Aware of at the Start of 2024 with Walt Mueller
Walt Mueller joins the “Youth Ministry Podcast for Volunteers”, episode 034, to discuss current trends youth ministry volunteers need to be aware of at the start of 2024. Discover practical tips for balancing trend-awareness with a busy schedule, enhancing your…
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Episode 177: “Youth Culture Year-In-Review”
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: CPYU Research Fellows CPYU Parent Prompts God’s Plan for Sex and…
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Parents with Rizz
There’s a story from my teenage years that consistently leaves me laughing as I think about just how confusing the always-morphing world of teen slang confuses those who are older. My mom had heard the word “geek” for the first…
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