Parents’ Page
Parents’ Resources
Links
The Internet has become a great resource for investigating anything and everything related to youth culture. Since the Internet is an important part of the lives of teens, parents need to be aware of what’s out there on the Web. In addition, the Internet provides many great informational resources on a variety of topics for those who are raising teenagers.
Some of these have been chosen because we’ve found them to contain useful insight and/or analysis into today’s youth culture.
1. Center for Parent/Youth Understanding
http://www.cpyu.org
A Christ-centered organization committed to building strong families by serving to bridge the cultural-generational gap between parents and teenagers. CPYU helps parents, youth workers, educators and others understand teenagers and their culture so that they will be better equipped to help children and teens navigate the challenging world of adolescence. The site for incredibly helpful “Links!”
2. Screen It!
http://www.screenit.com/
Movie reviews specifically for parents needing insight into today’s latest offerings. The MPAA rating (G, PG, PG-13, etc.) is a start, but offers just a one-line, generalized description of the “offending” material. Screen It! is an unbiased, easy to use, heavily detailed and complete look at the movies your kids might see, rent or buy. Detailed content, including a summarized rating of quantity and degree, is listed in the categories of ALCOHOL/DRUGS, BLOOD/GORE, DISRESPECTFUL/BAD ATTITUDE, FRIGHTENING/TENSE SCENES, GUNS/WEAPONS, IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR, JUMP SCENES (scenes that will make you and/or your child jump), MUSIC (SCARY/TENSE), MUSIC (INAPPROPRIATE), PROFANITY, SEX/NUDITY, SMOKING, TENSE FAMILY SCENES, TOPICS TO TALK ABOUT and VIOLENCE.
3. Understanding Your Teenager
http://www.uyt.com
Founded by youth ministry guru Wayne Rice, the Understanding Your Teenager organization conducts lively and informative parenting seminars across
4. realFamilies.com
http://www.realfamilies.com
Christian parenting advice from Dr. Kevin Leman and Dr. Jay Passavant. The site includes parenting tips and information categorized by age of children, along with resources for marriage.
5.
http://www.fathers.com
A great site for Dads! Fathers can find practical fathering tips, research on fathering, information on the fathering movement, humor, and an online version of Today’s Father magazine.
6. Parents. The Anti-Drug
http://www.theantidrug.com
A helpful site designed to equip parents to understand, prevent and respond to the epidemic of adolescent substance abuse in our country. The site includes news, advice, drug information and treatment suggestions.
7. Center for Sports Parenting
http://www.sportsparenting.org/csp
A web-based program that provides parents with guidance and answers to questions and issues related to youth and sport. CSP seeks to help all those involved with youth sports deal with the growing pressures associated with kids and competition in our culture.
8. Bully Free
http://www.bullyfree.com
Bully Free is a site committed to preventing and stopping bullying in all environments (i.e., schools, workplaces, etc.). Their goal is to promote the Golden Rule everywhere. Great site for parents, educators, and youth workers striving to create bully free environments.
http://www.lc.org/dayofpurity.htm
Day of purity is striving to promote purity in mind and actions especially among today’s youth. This website encourages youth to partake in the national day of purity where they can take a stand and make a public demonstration of their commitment to remain sexually pure, in mind and actions, until marriage.
10. Internet Movie Database
http://www.imdb.com
Everything you could possibly ever want to know about over 140,000 different movies. It includes plot summaries, ratings, reviews, links, and a search engine to guide you through an overwhelming amount of information.
11. The Ultimate Band List
http://www.ubl.com
This is the ultimate source for an overwhelming wealth of information on bands, radio stations, record labels, music news and more.
12. Relevant Magazine
http://www.relevantmagazine.com
Relevantmagazine.com is a publication covering God, life and progressive culture. This hourly-updated website is the forerunner to the print version of Relevant magazine. Both versions discuss faith, career, relationships, music and film. Relevant is a good source for new and bold discussion of culture and faith.
13. Mind Over Media
http://www.ministryandmedia.com
Group Publishing’s Bryan Belknap presides over this site that offers musings on faith and all things cultural. Reviews, perspective and insight are offered on secular media offerings, as well as those in the Christian realm.
