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Dr. Walt Mueller is the founder and President of the Center for Parent/Youth Understanding (cpyu.org), a non-profit ministry serving schools, churches, and community organizations across the U.S, Canada, and worldwide in their efforts to understand youth culture, and thereby minister to kids and strengthen families.

Walt has been working with young people and families for over 40 years. Walt has served on the adjunct faculty of several undergrad and graduate institutions, and is currently co-mentoring a Doctor of Ministry Program in Ministry to Emerging Generations at Gordon- Conwell Theological Seminary.

Walt’s commentary and analysis on youth culture is heard daily online and on over 880 radio stations across the United States and Canada on CPYU’s daily radio program, Youth Culture Today. He blogs (cpyu.org) and writes extensively on youth culture and family issues and is the author of ten books, including: 99 Thoughts For Parents of Teenagers (Group, 2011); The Space Between: A Parent’s Guide to Teenage Development (Zondervan, 2009), and the Gold Medallion Award winner, Understanding Today’s Youth Culture
(Tyndale House, 1994, 1999). He is a regular contributor to a variety of publications and has written regular culture columns for Youthworker Journal and Group Magazine.

Walt and his wife Lisa live in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania and have four adult children; Caitlin, Joshua, Bethany and Nathaniel, and six grandchildren.

Dr. Walt Mueller is the founder and President of the Center for Parent/Youth Understanding (cpyu.org), a non-profit ministry serving schools, churches, and community organizations across the U.S, Canada, and worldwide in their efforts to understand youth culture, and thereby minister to kids and strengthen families.

Walt has been working with young people and families for over 40 years. Walt has served on the adjunct faculty of several undergrad and graduate institutions, and is currently co-mentoring a Doctor of Ministry Program in Ministry to Emerging Generations at Gordon- Conwell Theological Seminary.

Walt’s commentary and analysis on youth culture is heard daily online and on over 880 radio stations across the United States and Canada on CPYU’s daily radio program, Youth Culture Today. He blogs (cpyu.org) and writes extensively on youth culture and family issues and is the author of ten books, including: 99 Thoughts For Parents of Teenagers (Group, 2011); The Space Between: A Parent’s Guide to Teenage Development (Zondervan, 2009), and the Gold Medallion Award winner, Understanding Today’s Youth Culture (Tyndale House, 1994, 1999). He is a regular contributor to a variety of publications and has written regular culture columns for Youthworker Journal and Group Magazine.

Walt and his wife Lisa live in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania and have four adult children; Caitlin, Joshua, Bethany and Nathaniel, and six grandchildren.

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