SOCC Youth

Want to know what is going on with culture?  Check the websites below to see what your teens are being influenced by.

Center for Parent and Youth Understanding:  a website to bring you up to speed on how your teens are connecting.

www.cpyu.org

Google will help you see whats coming down the pipeline.

www.google.com/trends

Trend Hunter

www.trendhunter.com

Post Secret: check this out to see what teens are doing that they dont feel like they can share.

www.postsecret.com

Fuller Theolgical: A place to see what you can do to help your teen and their friends connect in a theological way.

www.fulleryouthinstitue.org

Below is a list of media related websites that you will want to check out.  I will update these as often as possible.

www.pluggedinonline.com

This website is an awesome resource for discovering what is going on in the mainstream media that your teen listens to or watches. Find out what the movies and music that your teens are checking out are really about.

www.seekalyric.com

This website will help you find out the words to that song that your teen loves. Use this to open up some conversation about what your teens listen to and what they care about.  

http://www.nextwavefaithful.com/positive_music1.asp#top

Wanna a great gift idea? Does your teen have a favorite style of music or a favorite artist?  This website compares styles and artist to help you find great alternatives to your teen’s musical taste.

http://cpyu.org/Default.aspx

The Center for Parent/Youth Understanding is a nonprofit organization committed to building strong families by serving to bridge the cultural-generational gap between parents and teenagers. At a time when an already confusing youth culture is changing quickly, 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.

http://www.lifelivedbetter.org/about

Teen Lifeline, Inc. shall meet the needs of hurting teenagers by providing a safe place of acceptance, empowerment and support.

 https://www.cpyu.org/page.aspx?id=76961

this link is updated daily with articls relavent to youth culture trends.  

http://sites.google.com/site/tarrantyms/

this link is to the Area youth Ministers Webstie.  Here there is up to date information on what is going on in our area.