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How should we interact with a person - young or old - who is considering su***de? Take a minute to listen in to today's Youth Culture Today podcast. . . https://cpyu.org/podcasts/when-they-consider-su***de/

When They Consider Su***de - The Center for Parent Youth Understanding During the months of spring and early summer, su***de attempts among young people tend to rise. Pastoral Counselor Karen Mason offers some great advice on how to interact with a person who you think might be experiencing depression and considering… Read More

Are you aware of "surveillance capitalism" and how it's manipulating and commodifying your kids? Learn more on today's 1-minute Youth Culture Today podcast. . . https://cpyu.org/podcasts/kids-and-surveillance-capitalism/

Kids and Surveillance Capitalism - The Center for Parent Youth Understanding One of the great concerns regarding the growing presence and use of Artificial Intelligence has been labeled as “surveillance capitalism” by writer Shoshana Zuboff. Zuboff defines surveillance capitalism as a system that claims human experience as free raw material for… Read More

We really enjoyed this conversation with Travis Deans, Wayne Morgan, and Tony Villafane! NNYM - National Network of Youth Ministries

Episode 221: "The Power of Networking to Help You Faithfully Serve" with NNYM - The Center for Parent Youth Understanding Download the podcast as an .mp3 by clicking here.Access from Apple Podcasts. FURTHER RESOURCES Resources, links, or other helpful tools mentioned in the podcast:National Network of Youth MinistriesWayne MorganTravis DeansTony VillafaneFind a Network Tool9 Month Mission TripLancaster E3 SummitSurgeon...

You've heard of "precocious puberty." Have you heard about our kids and "precocious love"? Take a minute to learn more on today's Youth Culture Today podcast. . .

Kids and Precocious Love - The Center for Parent Youth Understanding The word “precocious” comes from the Latin word that is translated as “to ripen before.” In our day and age, the word precocious is used to describe something that develops early or before the usual time. We often pair precocious… Read More

Negative peer influence. . . positive peer influence. . . and everything in between. It only takes a minute to learn more! https://cpyu.org/podcasts/the-latest-on-peer-influence/

The Latest on Peer Influence - The Center for Parent Youth Understanding As our children enter the teenage years, more and more of their world begins to revolve around their peer group. While parents remain important and influential, our kids look increasingly to their peers for clues on what to believe, how… Read More

It's Pride month. How can we be praying for our kids to help them navigate the cultural narrative on s*x and gender? Here's a short prayer that we trust is helpful. . .

Pride Month. . . a Prayer to Pray June has been labeled as Pride Month. As we help our kids navigate the cultural narrative on s*x and gender, here's a prayer to pray.

To protect them from passively loading their brains with the bad stuff, we need to run interference for our kids by limiting and monitoring their screen-time And, we must fill their brains with the Truth that brings life and by which all things can be evaluated. Listen in to learn more. . .

Screentime - Garbage In? - The Center for Parent Youth Understanding Parents, think of the brains of your children and teens like you think about your email accounts. If you are like me, your email box is pounded with more junk, spam, scams, and phishing schemes than legitimate, trustworthy, and truthful… Read More

What does it mean to be a parent who smashes idols? Asa can tell us. Take a minute to check out today's Youth Culture Today podcast from CPYU . . . https://cpyu.org/podcasts/parents-as-idol-smashers/

Parents as Idol Smashers - The Center for Parent Youth Understanding I was recently reading about the Old Testament king of Judah named Asa. In Second Chronicles two, verses two to four, we read this about King Asa: “He took away foreign altars and the high places and broke down the… Read More

Did you know that self-injury has been on the rise among our children and adolescents? What you need to know. . . on today's 1-minute Youth Culture Today podcast. . .

The Latest on Self-Injury - The Center for Parent Youth Understanding As parents, we are called to be diligent about monitoring the attitudes, beliefs, behaviors, and health of our children and teens. One recent study published by the Journal of the American Medical Association reports on one type of behavior that… Read More