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05/29/2026

A recent report on Ai is calling parents to manage their childrens use of Ai in the home. Learn more. . .

All this week we’ve been looking at AI and the potential role it will play in the lives of our children and teens. Specifically, were looking at some conclusions made by the Brookings Institution and their new report titled, “A… Read More

05/29/2026

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! . . .

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. Download the Parent Prompt here. By: Tim McAlpineCPYU Research Fellow and Director of Faith Formation at… Read More

05/28/2026

Artifical Intelligence is here. Will we posture ourselves to take control of AI, or will we allow AI to take control of us? It only takes a minute to listen in to today's Youth Culture Today podcast. . . https://cpyu.org/podcasts/ai-mastering-the-machine/

All this week we’re looking at AI and the potential role it will play in the lives of our children and teens. Specifically, were looking at some conclusions made by the Brookings Institution and their new report titled, “A New… Read More

05/27/2026

We 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. . .

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:Kyle Fulks – Hope Community ChurchKatie Schneider – Highview Evangelical Presbyterian ChurchCPYU Research FellowsSucker: My year as… ...

05/25/2026

Spicey meals and Artificial Intelligence. . . on today's 1-minute Youth Culture Today podcast. https://cpyu.org/podcasts/ai-proceed-with-caution/ #𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲

Recently, I ate a spicy meal of a food I had never had before. It tasted good going down, and in the moment I believed I had discovered something wonderful that I would look forward to having again. Then, during… Read More

05/20/2026

Parents. . . take the time to warn your kids about how to navigate a world that gives them nudification tools. . . https://cpyu.org/podcasts/wake-up-to-nudification-tools/

If you pay any attention at all to the changes taking place in youth culture, you will be sure to encounter words and terms occasioned by the new pressures, problems, challenges, and opportunities facing our kids as they grow up… Read More

05/20/2026

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://cpyu.org/.../the-power-of-an-involved-grandparent/

05/18/2026

You'll never guess what's making a return! Yes. . . the kids are looking for iPods. . .

Recently, I was watching one of those videos where a man was running a large sieve through the sand at a beach, to find coins, jewelry, and other treasures. At one point he pulled his sieve up out of the… Read More

05/14/2026

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. . .

Let me make a very direct statement here regarding some of the ridiculous decisions parents are making regarding their kids and youth sports: Parents, we are losing our minds! I’m speaking specifically about the high cost of travel tournaments that… Read More

05/13/2026

Spot on. . . Chasing Beautiful by Bryan Just - Salvo Magazine

An essay on Bioethics from Salvo #71 in Biohazards

05/13/2026

She protested the assignment. . . but eventually shut down her phone. Guess what happened? . . .

I recently had a college professor tell me about an assignment he gave to his class, as they were in the midst of studying anxiety. “I want you to put your phones aside for three days”, he said. “Do not… Read More