ParentU began simply as a Discipleship class at Oak Mountain Presbyterian Church in Birmingham, Alabama with a vision for helping parents reframe the teenage years as a period of sanctification of their own hearts. The ParentU podcast is an extension of that vision to provide helpful context, practical tips, and encouragement to parents as they seek a deeper understanding of each other and grow together in the grace and love of Jesus.
Pastor to Families of Youth, Mark Long, hosts experts and professionals in conversations to equip parents to be proactive, rather than reactive in their parenting.
ParentU is a ministry of Oak Mountain Presbyterian Church in Birmingham, Alabama.
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Technology is a blessing - we’re more connected than we’ve ever been with more access to information than what should be reasonably possible. On the flip side, all that access opens us up ideas and images that we cannot unsee. Pornography use is rampant in our society. One study shows that 93% of teenage boys and 62% of teenage girls have already been exposed to internet pornography. Exposure to it opens us up to all kinds of issues - unhealthy expectations, addiction, and devaluing God’s design for sexuality and marriage. In addition, Porn use and sexual addiction comes with intense feelings of shame and regret.
Awaken Founder Greg Oliver joins the conversation to help us understand how pornography use and sexual addictions grab hold and isolates us - and how there is hope.
Parent U is a ministry of Oak Mountain Presbyterian Church in Birmingham, Alabama.
23 Sept 2024
Ep. 3.3 - All the Feels
Dealing with our own feelings is hard work. The degree of difficulty feels as if it ramps up exponentially when attempting to understand the feelings of your teenagers. Our feelings are God-given, to help us fully understand our need for Him and our place in His creation. When we begin to live out of authenticity, it allows us to demonstrate to our teenagers how to build significant relationships with others.
Licensed counselor Rebecca Walker joins us from Nashville, TN to walk us through how to acknowledge, listen to and wrestle with our core feelings, as first coined by counselor and writer Chip Dodd, and how it has changed the way she understands feelings.
ParentU is a ministry of Oak Mountain Presbyterian Church in Birmingham, Alabama.
16 Sept 2024
Ep. 3.2 - The Role of Relationship in Prevention
Prevention and education is the greatest way to combat substance abuse in teenagers, but when your child is already dealing with the consquences of parents often feel at a loss for where to turn.
This is why the Shelby County Sheriff's Office created Compact, a task force created to prevent substance abuse amongst teenagers and assist families dealing with substance abuse to lead them back to substance free living outside of the juvenile system. Deputy Austin Brown and Deputy Ash Lightner join us from the Shelby County Sheriff's office to share that vision and help parent's understand today's challenges, what intervention looks like through Compact's services, and why community matters.
ParentU is a ministry of Oak Mountain Presbyterian Church in Birmingham, Alabama.
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