Common Teen Issues That Drive Parents Crazy (Part 1 of 2)
Focus on the Family with Jim Daly
Focus on the Family
4.8 • 4.2K Ratings
🗓️ 12 November 2024
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
You may wonder if your teen will ever grow up! Dr. Ken Wilgus and mom Jessica Pfeiffer discuss the idea of planned emancipation—a system of freedoms and responsibilities aimed at successfully launching your teen into adulthood. You’ll learn some ways to navigate common issues like school and grades, screens and social media, and friendships and dating so that those teenage years don’t have to be stressful and chaotic.
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| 0:00.0 | Becky was miserable in her marriage. She was ready to give up, but God pricked her heart. |
| 0:06.6 | I got down on my knees and I said, Lord, I can't do this. I said, God, if I'm going to stay, I cannot leave, |
| 0:13.4 | but God, you've got to take over because I can't do this anymore. God answered Becky's prayer |
| 0:18.6 | in an unexpected way, and it transformed her family. |
| 0:23.4 | I went to the mailbox one day and got my mail, and there on the top of the stack of mail was a magazine |
| 0:29.4 | from Focus on the Family, and every article in the magazine was about marriage. |
| 0:34.8 | Talk about amazing. That was a miracle Like that, that was a miracle. |
| 0:38.5 | I knew it was a miracle. |
| 0:40.1 | I'm Jim Daly. |
| 0:42.1 | Through our magazine and podcast, |
| 0:43.6 | Becky was able to restore and rebuild the relationship |
| 0:45.0 | with her husband. |
| 0:46.3 | And today, you can help us |
| 0:47.9 | give families hope. |
| 0:49.3 | Like Becky's, |
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| 0:52.9 | Call 800 the letter A in the word family. visit focus on the family.com slash gift. |
| 1:00.0 | Well, a really important thing that I learned early on and I want to make sure parents know is that we live in an unusual culture that does not have a standardized means of transitioning |
| 1:12.9 | our children into adulthood. Because of that, you don't have to give teenagers everything |
| 1:18.3 | they want, but they do need to know, am I on a track here where you will be out of my life |
| 1:23.9 | and it will be up to me? That's Dr. Ken Wilgus. He joins us today on Focus on the Family with Jim Daly along with his podcast co-host Jessica |
| 1:31.9 | Fyfer and I'm John Fuller. |
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