Youth Culture

Center for Parent/Youth Understanding

[Youth Culture @CPYU]

Negative peer influence. . . positive peer influence. . . and everything in between. It only takes a minute to learn more! https://t.co/HhG756QvvR #youthministry #studentministry #parentministry #christianparenting

[Youth Culture @CPYU]

It's Pride month. How can we be praying for our kids to help them navigate the cultural narrative on sex and gender? Here's a short prayer that we trust is helpful. . . https://t.co/ir2nVSC2KO

[Youth Culture @CPYU]

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. . . #youthministry #studentministry #parentministry #christianparenting https://t.co/zHcketnzsv

[Youth Culture @CPYU]

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://t.co/TpBJsp2Rb5 #youthministry #studentministry #parentministry #christianparenting

[Youth Culture @CPYU]

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. . . https://t.co/pjS5qcjQdU

[Youth Culture @CPYU]

A recent report on Ai is calling parents to manage their childrens use of Ai in the home. Learn more. . . https://t.co/T2Lg3KOnFH

[Youth Culture @CPYU]

Have you talked to your kids about persevering in their faith? How can we have those conversations? Check out this Free download from CPYU. . . our CPYU Research Fellow Tim McAlpine's Parent Prompt on perseverance! . . . #youthministry #studentministry #christianparenting https://t.co/92muEesEGY

[Diane Langberg, PhD @DianeLangberg]

We forget that anything done in the name of God that does not bear His character through and through is not of Him at all. In our forgetting, we are more loyal to the words of humans than to the commandments of God.

[Youth Culture @CPYU]

I deeply believe that the rise in online gambling and the ever-present encouragement to do so is the next dangerous cultural frontier that will destroy so many people. . . including our kids. That's why we took time to talk about it on the latest episode of our Youth Culture Matters podcast. . . #youthministry #studentministry #christianparenting https://t.co/YRKZBP3ZHv

[Youth Culture @CPYU]

Spicey meals and Artificial Intelligence. . . on today's 1-minute Youth Culture Today podcast. https://t.co/1M6Kp5IrSl #youthministry #studentministry #christianparenting

[Diane Langberg, PhD @DianeLangberg]

Given the numbers of suffering and traumatized people, the trauma of this world is one of the primary mission fields of the twenty-first century. It is one of the supreme opportunities before the church today. Will we enter the trauma of shattered humanity in the name of Jesus?

[Youth Culture @CPYU]

Parents. . . take the time to warn your kids about how to navigate a world that gives them nudification tools. . . https://t.co/bsNE0h5iZS #youthministry #studentministry

[Youth Culture @CPYU]

Are you a grandparent? Do you know how important you are in the lives of your grandkids? Here's a short word of encouragement for you today. . . https://t.co/5tJaRAtHPe #christiangrandparents #legacycoalition #legacycoalitioncanada

[Diane Langberg, PhD @DianeLangberg]

Many trauma survivors have lived in terrible isolation, thinking their secrets were too horrible to be told. To attend to the struggle of another by listening is to bestow honor on that person.

[Youth Culture @CPYU]

You'll never guess what's making a return! Yes. . . the kids are looking for iPods. . . https://t.co/3KcTq9422L

[Youth Culture @CPYU]

On this day when the "Let Kids Play" act legislation is prominent in the news cycle, we need to be thinking about our kids, youth sports, and what our ridiculous decisions are doing to our kids. It take's just a minute to listen in. . . #youthministry #studentministry #christianparenting #FamilyMinistry #parentministry https://t.co/2LzrHS0zuf

[Youth Culture @CPYU]

Spot on. . . Chasing Beautiful by Bryan Just - Salvo Magazine https://t.co/NuR82DWMgz

[Youth Culture @CPYU]

She protested the assignment. . . but eventually shut down her phone. Guess what happened? . . . https://t.co/IiwCZToSwa

[Youth Culture @CPYU]

We love this prayer to pray for our kids. . . on today's 1-minute Youth Culture Today podcast. . . https://t.co/frF8w9GWdE

[Youth Culture @CPYU]

"We should celebrate technological progress while remianing clear-eyed about its limits. Technology can improve our lives in many ways, but it cannot answer our deepest existential questions or fulfill our spiritual longings. Those require us to look beyhond the material world to the Source of our being." - Leslie Williams ("Salvo", Winter 2025)