Engaging Youth Culture Today

The Center for Parent/Youth Understanding (CPYU) endeavors to increase the ability of home and church to nurture children and teens into a lifetime of biblically-faithful, whole-life Christian discipleship.

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A Shifting Digital Landscape

Guest Blog Post from Jake Bier Walt Mueller invites Jake Bier – CPYU Research Fellow and Assistant Pastor at Springton…
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Kids, The Beach, and Handling Lust

A couple of years ago a mother of several teenage kids had an interesting response to our question about their…
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My Bi-Self-Tennial

Yes. . . I was a very excited 20-year-old who was home in Philly on summer vacation when the Bicentennial…
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Youth Culture Today Radio Show

Peer Influence and Online Gambling

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Youth Culture Today Radio Show

Episode 225: “Purposeful Parenting Summer Series – Habitus & Their Hearts”

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Youth Culture Today Radio Show

Episode 107: “The Importance of Teaching about The Holy Spirit” with Alex Tufano

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Featured Resources

Family TableTalk – Human Pride and God’s Rainbow

Parent Prompt: Perseverance

3(D) Review: “drop dead” by Olivia Rodrigo

Family TableTalk – God on Gender

The Dopamine Delusion: Episode 4 – Dopamine and Consumerism

Parent Prompt: Monkey-Barring

Spiritual Nurture: Equipping Teenagers to Stand Firm – Moving From Motivation to Activation

3(D) Review: “Drag Path” by Twenty One Pilots

Spiritual Nurture: The Value of the Local Church

Teens And Digitally-Interrupted Sleep

Trend Alert: K-Pop Demon Hunters & Inner Battles

Parent Prompt: Fear of the Lord

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Featured Seminars

Youth Culture 101: Cultural Forces Shaping Children and Teens Today

Our kids are growing up in a world that powerfully shapes and mis-shapes their values, attitudes, and behaviors. What are the major cultural forces that are influencing the worldviews of children and teens today? How can we begin to temper the negative influences that present challenges for Christian parents and youth workers? … Learn more here.

Catechizing 101: Raising Spiritually Healthy Kids In Today’s Youth Culture

Our children and teens are at a unique stage of life where they are making decisions about who they are and what they believe. . . both now and for the rest of their lives. Culture is “catechizing” or teaching them 24/7. The challenge for the Christian home and church is to counter this cultural education with the life-shaping truths of the Gospel. … Learn more here.

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