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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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Smartphones and Early Porn Exposure

Youth Culture Today with Walt Mueller ·

2022/06/06

With the average age of first-time smartphone ownership now hovering around the ages of ten, eleven, and twelve, we need to realize that this has opened a pandora’s box of earlier and earlier pornography exposure among kids. And, in today’s world the pornography these young kids see is oftentimes violent and extreme. In an article in Salvo magazine, writer Nicole King tells us correctly, that delaying exposure to smart devices will shelter and benefit our kids’ minds. King offers these three

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The Need to Read

Youth Culture Today with Walt Mueller ·

2022/06/03

I recently ran across a bit of very interesting research regarding the effects of regularly reading to a child in the home. Researchers at the University of South Australia found that early primary-aged children who had suffered abuse or neglect would actually develop resilience if they were being read to at home. Researchers report that while reading to children at home has always been associated with school readiness and better scholastic outcomes, this is the first study to show how reading

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Teaching Kids the Value of Human Life

Youth Culture Today with Walt Mueller ·

2022/06/02

I recently read some survey data that caused me to pause and ponder a couple of lessons we need to teach our kids about human dignity and friendship. The survey looked specifically about what we American’s think about our pet dogs. I love dogs. In fact, I’ve had six different dogs over the course of my life. But could we love our dogs too much? For example, four in five dog owners say they pamper their dogs as much as possible. We give them treats, walks, loving touch, and toys. All of that’s fine

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When Your Child Deconstructs

Youth Culture Today with Walt Mueller ·

2022/06/01

Perhaps like me, you too are concerned about the current trend, particularly among young people, of what is called deconstruction. If you are unfamiliar with deconstruction, it is the process where someone questions the doctrinal tenets of Christianity that they were raised to believe. Many wind up walking away from Christianity, while others lean into what’s called progressive Christianity, which looks nothing at all like traditional biblical Christianity. Alicia Childers offers helpful advice on

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Kids, Mental Health and Meds

Youth Culture Today with Walt Mueller ·

2022/05/31

For quite some time now, there’s been debate raging over the prevalence and treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, anxiety, and other mental health concerns among children and teens. Are these issues being misidentified and overdiagnosed? Should medications be prescribed and how do we avoid overprescription of these drugs? These are all important questions that many parents are working to navigate. One reality that is undeniable is that new a study has found that many are dying from

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Raising Internet Zombies

Youth Culture Today with Walt Mueller ·

2022/05/30

“Papa. Are Zombies real?” That’s a question my young grandson asked me after seeing a TV commercial for a movie about these mythological undead corpses we’re told walk the earth. While I assured him that “No, Zombies are not real”, new research from Onepoll reports that seven in ten American parents are worried that their children are in fact turning into internet zombies as a result of the growing amount of time their kids are spending online. Two in three also believe that their child’s overall

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Major on the Majors

Youth Culture Today with Walt Mueller ·

2022/05/27

Today we conclude our week-long look at Dr. Ted Tripps wonderful advice to parents regarding the common communication pitfalls that all too often characterize our communication with our teens. Dr. Tripp reminds us of a very helpful approach when he says that we should major on the majors, not the minors. Parents tend to focus on matters of taste and style. For example, teens want to dress in their own way. For the most part, we need to let them do that. And, we must carefully choose our battles. We

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Reckless Words Wound Kids

Youth Culture Today with Walt Mueller ·

2022/05/26

Today we continue our look at Dr. Ted Tripp’s great advice for parents, regarding the common communication pitfalls we so often fall into with our teens. Dr. Tripp reminds us that reckless words are extremely harmful, not only to our communication, but to our relationships with our kids. The book of Proverbs tells us that reckless words wound like a sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing. Dr. Tripp tells the story of visiting with a couple one night in their home. Their daughter came down

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Becoming an Influential Parent

Youth Culture Today with Walt Mueller ·

2022/05/25

Today we continue our look at Dr. Ted Tripp’s warning to parents about common communication pitfalls in dealing with our teens. Dr. Tripp advises us to assume a posture of influential parenting instead of a posture of authoritarian parenting. Authoritarianism is not the proper exercise of authority, but of being over rough. It’s the approach of saying things like “I’ll stay one step ahead of you. You can’t get away with anything with me.” Dr. Tripp says that instead of becoming a bigger authority,

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The Danger of Parental Disengagement

Youth Culture Today with Walt Mueller ·

2022/05/24

All this week we’re looking at some great advice from Dr. Ted Tripp regarding common communication pitfalls that we all too often resort to using with our teens. Dr. Tripp warns parents against the pitfall of disengaging. This is one of the biggest problems facing Christian families today. Too many Christian parents give up trying to be a nurturing influence in their teens’ lives. They limit their engagement to giving curfews and consequences. The kids wind up being influenced more by their peers,

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Spy vs Spy Parenting

Youth Culture Today with Walt Mueller ·

2022/05/23

As the father of four children, I’m painfully aware of how difficult it can be to communicate effectively with our teenagers. Where they’re at in the developmental stage can lead to an awkwardness that brings out our worst responses. All this week we’re going to look at what Dr. Ted Tripp calls common pitfalls in dealing with teens. Dr. Tripp warns against assuming the spy versus spy mentality in our communication. This happens when parents and teens play a cat and mouse game, where the teen tries

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Are You Putting Too Much Online?

Youth Culture Today with Walt Mueller ·

2022/05/20

Parents, what are you teaching your kids through the ways that you use your smartphones and social media? Researchers at the University of Central Florida have discovered some interesting trends. For example, parents who love posting lots of pictures of their children on social media have more of a friend-like parenting style. They tend to be more permissive as parents, including allowing their children to interact with smartphones and social media at younger ages. These parents also frequently post

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Drag Queen Children's Sermon

Youth Culture Today with Walt Mueller ·

2022/05/19

Culture is catechizing our kids twenty-four seven into beliefs about all matters of life, including sexuality and gender. We know that whoever speaks to a child first on these matters has set the bar for truth. That’s why we want to make you aware of something troubling that happened on a Sunday morning in a Lutheran church in Chicago. On Instagram, the Advocate reports that an openly affirming gay member of the staff dressed in drag and had the children come to the front of the sanctuary where he

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Teaching Kids to Suffer Well

Youth Culture Today with Walt Mueller ·

2022/05/18

One of the great oversights of the western church in recent times has been the failure to teach a biblical theology of suffering. Our kids need to learn that to enter into a relationship with Christ is also an entrance into sharing in the sufferings of Christ. Here are some helpful words to teach your kids from the great theologian, Dr. John Stott: God uses suffering in pursuance of his purpose to make us holy, in other words, Christlike suffering fosters perseverance and purifies faith, and it

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Can Kids Live without YouTube

Youth Culture Today with Walt Mueller ·

2022/05/17

I don’t know about you, but I’ve found YouTube to be a very helpful resource as I try to figure out how fix things around the house. In recent weeks I’ve used YouTube to help me change out the carburetor in my weed whacker, to change a bathroom faucet cartridge, and to remove the front bumper on our car. What would we do without YouTube?!? But just as we are able to gain good guidance from YouTube, it’s also a place that can steer us in the wrong direction, particularly in terms of our spiritual

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Teaching Kids to Work to God's Glory

Youth Culture Today with Walt Mueller ·

2022/05/16

What will the kids you know and love see as the end or purpose of work? Why will they choose to pursue the job and career path they choose to pursue? Will their goals be economic in ways that make the old Loverboy song “Working For the Weekend” their personal anthem? Or will they push back on the empty promises and dead-end of what’s known as “The American Dream?” If we truly believe that the Gospel speaks to all of life and that Christian nurture leads to the integration of faith into our work,

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Teen Driving Dangers

Youth Culture Today with Walt Mueller ·

2022/05/13

Once again I want to issue a warning regarding our teenagers of driving age. We must never forget that they are inexperienced drivers. Consequently, we need to be warning them to take precautions regarding the known risks to teenage safety behind the wheel. A new study from the American Automobile Association outlines the three most common driving mistakes that teenagers make when they are behind the wheel. Because driving is an act of worship, remind your kids to avoid these mistakes so that they

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Hearing the Pain of Brokenness

Youth Culture Today with Walt Mueller ·

2022/05/12

In her book, Forgiving Our Fathers and Mothers, Leslie Leyland Fields writes about our need to enter into the sufferings of others. . . sufferings that we may never have experienced ourselves and therefore have little ability to understand. In effect, it’s about taking the time to listen to the other person’s story, to show them grace, and to forgive them for acting out of their pain in ways that just might be hurting us. Yes, Fields is writing about doing this with our parents. But I think her

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Selfies, Self-Perception, and Nose Jobs

Youth Culture Today with Walt Mueller ·

2022/05/11

The official journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons is called Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. In the April issue of the journal, researchers report on a study that found that the selfies we snap don’t offer us an accurate perception of our facial features. For example, the length of one’s chin decreases in our selfie photos, while our noses appear larger than they actually are. So, what’s the big deal? Researchers say that there is a noted relationship between the increase in selfie

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The Latest Screen Time Stats

Youth Culture Today with Walt Mueller ·

2022/05/10

Once again, our friends at Common Sense Media have released some helpful data on media use among tweens and teens. It’s not at all surprising that in our screen-saturated world, engagement with screens for the purpose of entertainment is on the rise. As of 2021, our eight to twelve year old Tweens are engaging with screens for an average of five hours and thirty-three minutes a day. Our thirteen to eighteen year old teens have their eyes on their screens for eight hours and thirty nine minutes a

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