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Youth Culture Today with Walt Mueller

Youth Culture Today is a 60-second daily radio spot from CPYU and Walt Mueller, now available as a podcast. It provides a quick glance into the world of teenagers and today"s youth culture for parents, youth workers and others who care about kids and want to help them navigate adolescence in ways that bring glory to God.

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Gender Transition and Lawsuits

Youth Culture Today with Walt Mueller ·

2023/12/28

Over the course of the last couple of years, I, like you, have seen countless television commercials for law firms inviting viewers to engage in lawsuits for a variety of causes, many times because of exposure to contaminants at Camp LeJeune, or for illnesses like Mesothelioma. I’ve often times turned to my wife to tell her that we are not far from seeing the same kinds of ads pop up for those who were encouraged and perhaps forced into gender transitioning steps by parents, medical doctors,

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Parenting by Social Media

Youth Culture Today with Walt Mueller ·

2023/12/27

I remember what a qualified parenting expert I used to be. In fact, I was at my best in knowing how to parent correctly before I even had kids. And then our kids came. I had a lot of repenting to do, and I also needed to know where to look for the best advice. My bookshelf is filled with Christian parenting books that helped us along the way as we were raising our own kids. We also went to our parents for advice on many of the everyday tasks of parenting that sometimes left us confused and looking

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ChatGPT Concerns

Youth Culture Today with Walt Mueller ·

2023/12/26

Just in case you’ve never heard of ChatGPT, here’s a short definition written by one of our CPYU Research Fellows, Brett Wirebaugh: “ChatGPT is an artificial intelligence assistant similar to Siri or Alexa, but considerably more powerful, intelligent, and interactive. Unlike those popular chatbots, ChatGPT doesn’t use voice commands. A user simply types in a question and ChatGPT sifts through billions of online data sources to answer complex questions, solve math problems, write essays, and much

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Remembering Christmas Hope

Youth Culture Today with Walt Mueller ·

2023/12/25

If you’re like me, there are two ways that I lose sight of what it is that we are celebrating on this Christmas day. First, I’ve allowed the familiarity of Christmas to diminish the meaning. I grew up in a Christian home where Christmas was centered on the birth of Christ. Even though I value that heritage, I realize that the bible readings and Christmas hymns have become so familiar that I’m tempted to listen and sing without actually focusing on the wonder of the incarnation. Second, I’ve allowed

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Circuit Jammers to Family Communication 5

Youth Culture Today with Walt Mueller ·

2023/12/22

Since Christmas is next week and we’ll be gathering with family and friends, we’ve been looking all week at what Doctor Wayne Mack calls “circuit jammers to family communication,” in his helpful book, “Your Family God’s Way.” Dr. Mack warns against hasty, knee-jerk speech. You see, a quick response is usually an unwise response. Proverbs 29:20 reads, “Do you see a man who is hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him.” James 1:19 reminds us to “be quick to hear, and slow to

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Circuit Jammers to Family Communication 4

Youth Culture Today with Walt Mueller ·

2023/12/21

Since Christmas is next week and we’ll be gathering with family and friends, we’re looking all week at what Doctor Wayne Mack calls “circuit jammers to family communication,” in his helpful book, “Your Family God’s Way.” Dr. Mack warns against using cotton-candy speech. When eaten in moderation, cotton candy may not be detrimental to your health. But if it’s the main component of your diet, watch out! Cotton candy can never build a strong and healthy body. People who try to live on it will die of

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Circuit Jammers to Family Communication 3

Youth Culture Today with Walt Mueller ·

2023/12/20

Since Christmas is next week and we’ll be gathering with family and friends, we’re looking all week at what Doctor Wayne Mack calls “circuit jammers to family communication,” in his helpful book, “Your Family God’s Way.”Dr. Mack warns against the dangerous practice of using verbal manipulation. Because we are older and more experienced than our children, it’s often easy for us to enlist verbal attempt to control, manipulate, or punish our children. For example, what message are you sending to your

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Circuit Jammers to Family Communication 2

Youth Culture Today with Walt Mueller ·

2023/12/19

Since Christmas is next week and we’ll be gathering with family and friends, I want to look all week at what Doctor Wayne Mack calls “circuit jammers to family communication,” in his helpful book, “Your Family God’s Way.” Dr. Mack warns against adopting patterns of mind-reading speech. It’s unwholesome to speculate about another person’s thoughts or motives. We can throw a real monkey wrench into our communication with our kids when we assume and tell them what they really meant by what they said

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Circuit Jammers to Family Communication 1

Youth Culture Today with Walt Mueller ·

2023/12/18

Since Christmas is next week and we’ll be gathering with family and friends, I want to look all week at what Doctor Wayne Mack calls “circuit jammers to family communication,” in his helpful book, “Your Family God’s Way.” Parents, the burden falls on us to be sure that we aren’t adopting any of these harmful communication patterns. Dr. Mack warns us against excessive negative talk. This takes place when we constantly complain, find fault, and seldom affirm or talk about the positive virtues of other

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Girls and Pornography

Youth Culture Today with Walt Mueller ·

2023/12/15

With the advent of the internet and online pornography, the male to female gap on pornography exposure and use has been closing. The latest research indicates that fifty-seven percent of females ages fourteen to eighteen have viewed pornography. Pornhub states that over one-third of their global viewership was female in 2022, which is an increase of fifty-one percent since 2014. A survey conducted by the she recovery.com pornography support site for women offers up some sobering statistics on age of

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Teens Driving Drowsy

Youth Culture Today with Walt Mueller ·

2023/12/14

The first question in the Westminster Shorter Catechism is this: “What is the chief end of man?” I have found that the answer informs all that we are and everything we do in our lives. The answer is this: “To glorify God and enjoy Him forever.” Everything we do in life is an act of worship, and everything we do in life should be done to glorify God. This includes how we drive. This should cause us to think about the speed we drive, how we react to and interact with other drivers, and how we respond

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How Much Money Does It Take To Be Happy

Youth Culture Today with Walt Mueller ·

2023/12/13

How much money would you need to be happy? That’s the question The Harris Poll asked over two-thousand Americans over the age of eighteen from multiple generations, and the results are surprising, or maybe not. The survey found that almost six out of ten respondents think that happiness can be bought, and that the average person believes that they would have to have one-point-two million dollars in the bank to be truly happy. In addition, the average respondent thinks they would need to earn –

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Parents with Rizz

Youth Culture Today with Walt Mueller ·

2023/12/12

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 time as a derogatory descriptor of a teenage peer. Confessing her ignorance, she went to my younger brother and asked, “What’s a geek?” Without hesitation, my brother answered in a way that left her even more confused: “Oh that’s easy! It’s the same as a dork!” In today’s

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The Dangers of Smart Toys

Youth Culture Today with Walt Mueller ·

2023/12/11

With Christmas right around the corner, the U.S. Public Interest Research Group has published a report warning us about the dangers of certain products. One aspect of the group’s report should be of concern to parents who are buying what are known as smart toys for their children and teens. Specifically, toys that are enabled by artificial intelligence and which have a camera and microphone might be able to assess a child’s reactions using facial expressions or voice inflection, thereby allowing the

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Are Our Kids Embracing the Christian Faith?

Youth Culture Today with Walt Mueller ·

2023/12/08

My dad always used to tell me that his greatest prayer for his children was that they would grow up to love, follow, and serve Jesus Christ. His second greatest prayer was that each of us would marry someone who did the same. To that end, my parents went to great lengths to nurture us in the Christian faith. In today’s secularized world, fewer and fewer parents are embracing the Christian faith, and as a result, fewer and fewer are nurturing their children in the faith. The Monitoring the Future

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How Many Sexes Did God Create?

Youth Culture Today with Walt Mueller ·

2023/12/07

I recently ran across a brand new tool that is especially helpful for teaching your children and teens about God’s good and glorious design for sexuality and gender. Written by Christopher Gordon, it’s the New Reformation Catechism on Human Sexuality. If you are unfamiliar with catechisms, a catechism is a summary of the principle of Christian religion in the form of questions and answers that’s used for instruction. And, in a world where our kids are being misled twenty-four seven, this new

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How Can Our Homes Disciple Kids

Youth Culture Today with Walt Mueller ·

2023/12/06

Recently, our friends at Lifeway research offered some very helpful directives for those of us who desire to see our kids grow up to love, follow, and serve Jesus Christ. There are three factors in particular that parents must be aware of that research tells us are present in the homes of those who grow up to embrace a life of Christian discipleship. First, Dads need to be involved in the lives of their kids. Researchers found that the odds of a teen dropping out of church are one-point-two-seven

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Teens and Daily Phone Use

Youth Culture Today with Walt Mueller ·

2023/12/05

A couple of months ago I was back in the classroom for a week, teaching a course to college students which had us together for over eight hours a day. Upon returning home, a notification told me that over the course of the prior week, I had used my phone for a significantly less amount of time than usual. Knowing just how tethered I can be to my phone, I counted that notification as a win! All of us risk becoming too dependent on and attached to our phones. Recent research from Common Sense Media

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Does God Allow Us to Change Our Sex?

Youth Culture Today with Walt Mueller ·

2023/12/04

Because we are living in a day and age where the transgender ideology is everywhere, we need to go out of our way to teach God’s good creational design and intent for gender. The New Reformation Catechism on Human Sexuality gives us a clear answer to the question, “Does God permit us to change our sex?” The answer reads, “Certainly not. To reverse how God created us as male or female, due to fallen, unchosen thoughts and self-perceptions would be an act of rebellion, and a gross distortion of God’s

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Christmas, Toys, and Kidulting

Youth Culture Today with Walt Mueller ·

2023/12/01

Here’s little piece of market research that I find encouraging as we enter into this Christmas season when we exchange gifts in our families. Marketers have coined the term “kidulting” as the name for a growing consumer craze where adults are buying toys not just for their kids, but for themselves. In fact, the research from the toy association shows that this Christmas, eighty-nine percent of adults plan to buy toys for grown-ups on their list. In addition, forty-three percent of adults plan to buy

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