Parent + Teen Resources
Resources For Parents
Helpful Websites
CPYU: Center for Parent/Youth Understanding
- Know what’s trending in popular teen culture.
- Know what’s in movies, music, video games, and TV shows. Not just for screening content, but having informed conversations with teens about the worldview presented.
Helpful Articles (Listed by Topic)
MARRIAGE
- 8 Things Healthy Couples Do
- Four Legs of Marriage
- 5 Things Every Husband Should Ask His Wife
- Confessions of a Nagging Wife
- Porn Again Christian
- 9 Ways to Fight the Temptation of Pornography
- Porn Brain
- 7 Negative Effects of Porn
RAISING TEENS/CHILDREN
- Preparing Teens for Adulthood
- Raising Children Who are Confident in God
- Navigating Smart Phone Use, Apps, Dangerous Apps and Social Media
- Puff or Pass: Should Christians Smoke Pot or Not?
- Inside the Secret World of Teen Suicide Hashtags
- Top Ten Mistakes Christian Parents of Teens Make
FAITH AND CHURCH
- 5 Lies I Used to Believe About Being a Christian
- 5 Signs You May Have a Wrong View of God
- 5 Ways to Make Your Kids Hate Church
- Family and Church
- What is a Church?
WORK
DATING (to help you disciple and counsel your teens)
- Should Christians Date Non-Christians?
- “How far is too far?”
- 8 Principles for Girls to Consider in Dating
- 5 Notes for Guys in Dating
- Can guys and girls be just friends?
Resources For Students
QUESTIONS ABOUT LIFE AND GOD (By Subject/Topic)
- DATING/RELATIONSHIPS/SEX
- Is sex before marriage really wrong?
- How far is too far? What standards does God have when it comes to sex?
- 8 Principles for Girls to Consider in Dating
- 5 Notes for Guys in Dating
- Answers to Tough Questions about God, Life and Sexuality
- 9 Ways to Fight the Temptation of Pornography
- Porn Brain
- 7 Negative Effects of Porn
- SCIENCE AND GOD
- Answers to Tough Science Questions as it Relates to Christianity (Dinosaurs, age of the earth, Creation/Evolution, Genetics, etc.)
- Groundbreaking Scientists, Who Happen to Also Be Christian
- Answers to Tough Questions about God, Life and Sexuality
- SHARING THE GOSPEL
- How to share your faith with people of different faiths/worldviews
- Resources for reaching friends with the Gospel at school
- What is the “Gospel”? How does one become a Christian?
- God Wants to Change Your Story, Too
- FRIENDS AND THE SOCIAL CIRCLE
Helpful Apps
- YouVersion
Awesome Bible App (with devotionals and note taking available)
- Dare2Share
Take the Gospel and some helpful tools with you!
- I Am Second
Great video stories of lives changed by Jesus (with study guides).
- Questions in a Box
Great conversation starters. Use to bring up the Gospel, or just to spark a random lunch table discussion. - FaithLife Study Bible
Free Study Bible app right on your phone or tablet! - Logos Bible Software
Free in-depth Bible Study tools (including Greek/Hebrew word study!)