We're all walking around with social media machines in our pockets, and we all have opinions on its merit. So what's the best way to manage it?

Patrick Bush, Student Ministries Director at Faith Presbyterian Church, stops by to join Mark in a conversation on Social Media usage, establishing healthy boundaries, establishing healthy boundaries and how to view your own social media usage.

ParentU is a ministry of Oak Mountain Presbyterian Church in Birmingham, Alabama.

Choices. Our kids are facing choices every day that we may never know about. They will inevitably make a mistake, or face unintended consequences

that could change the immediate or long-term trajectory of their lives. How will you respond?

Steve Ward, founder of STEPS Ministries, join us to remind parents of the four biblical truths that every teenager needs to hear, and how proactive

parenting may lead to opportunities to connect and influence in a way that leads to positive choices.

ParentU is a ministry of Oak Mountain Presbyterian Church in Birmingham, Alabama.

Parenting teenagers is hard work, but it's also the privilege of a lifetime. In the hard moments, it's critical to remember that the Lord uses our circumstances

as a means of sanctification.

ParentU's own Mark Long guides parents through a conversation on trusting the Lord to guide and shepherd their own hearts and minds as He guides and Shepherds their teenagers.

ParentU is a ministry of Oak Mountain Presbyterian Church in Birmingham, Alabama.

Sometimes for parents, getting information is like pulling teeth. It's hard to know what barriers we're putting up in our conversations with our kids or how to avoid them. Jenn Ervin, with Restore ministries stops by to give some insight on what those barriers are, how to recognize them, and when to establish healthy boundaries with our teenagers, all while helping us understand that often, it's trying to fix things that hinders open communication.

ParentU is a ministry of Oak Mountain Presbyterian Church in Brimingham, Alabama

Seventy percent of Christians come to know Christ before they are 18. The teenage years present a critical window for people to know Jesus.

In this epsiode, Director of Youth Ministry at OMPC, Braxton Baker, joins us to discuss the role of youth ministry, the importance of seeing the Gospel lived out, and how the family is the primary means of discipleship in students' lives.

The ParentU Podcast is a ministry of Oak Mountain Presbyterian Church in Birmingham, Alabama.

Porn is pursuing young men, creating isolation, shaping the way they view women, and causing addiction. Even more distressing, there is a definitive link

between porn and human trafficking. This episode features Katherine Dix a missionary in the fight against human trafficking speaking with the men of

Oak Mountain Presbyterian Church. In her talk she provides important context, information and encouragement that we feel could be helpful for parents

in conversations with their teenagers.

ParentU is a ministry of Oak Mountain Presbyterian Church in Birmingham, Alabama.

In a post-pandemic world, with all recorded information at our fingertips, and media and entertainment companies bombarding us with all the ways we are supposed to think, we're all stressed out. Now, imagine how your teenagers feel.

Licensed Counselor Rebecca Welsh joins us to discuss the driving forces behind anxiety in teenagers, how sometimes parents actions can be counter-productive, and how our anxieties often reveal where our hope lies.

ParentU is a ministry of Oak Mountain Presbyterian Church in Birmingham, Alabama.

In a culture that values winning at all costs, how are families meant to balance the impact of sports on their teenagers?

Cody Baxter, Athletics Director at Westminster School

at Oak Mountain, joins us to provide some context on a hotly debated topic, and how our purpose for youth sports informs our heart towards Jesus.

ParentU is a ministry of Oak Mountain Presbyterian Church in Birmingham, Alabama.

Rearing vs Shepherding children - is there a difference? Does the way we instruct our children in the early years translate to the teenage years?

In this episode, we take a look at the impact in the way we interact with our kids sends messages about our priorities.

OMPC's Director of Children's Ministry Barbara Lindsey shares some lessons that she's learned over a decade of shepherding other people's children and insights on the joys, failures and triumphs of raising her own.

ParentU is a ministry of Oak Mountain Presbyterian Church in Birmingham, Alabama.

Relationships are about connection, and the healthiest connections reflect a feeling of being known. So why is it often so difficult to feel connected with our teenagers?

Licensed Certified Counselor Heather Parker of Waterstone Counseling stops by to discuss how embracing curiosity about each other often reveals God's heart towards our teenagers

ParentU is a ministry of Oak Mountain Presbyterian Church in Birmingham, Alabama.