Episode 73: "Eighth Grade" Film: A Youthworker Round Table Discussion
Youth Culture Matters - A CPYU Podcast
English - December 18, 2018 18:25 - 1 hour - 58 MB - ★★★★ - 68 ratingsSociety & Culture Kids & Family youth culture youth ministry children's ministry college ministry walt mueller cpyu teenagers families family ministry Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Every now and then, a film comes along that offers a helpful, realistic, and compelling peek into the world of contemporary adolescence. The recent film, Eighth Grade, is a movie follows the last week of middle school before thirteen-year-old Kayla graduates and moves on to high school. It’s a good one that covers all kinds of issues including identity, family, social media, friendships, and sexuality. We recently sat with a group of youth workers to view and discuss the film. Does Eighth Grade accurately capture what its like to be a kid in today’s world? Are there issues the film raises that we need to be addressing in our youth ministries and in our homes? And, how can a youth worker use Eighth Grade as a ministry tool? We host a round table discussion with three local church youth workers on these questions and more, on this episode of Youth Culture Matters.