Episode 112: Is It Ever OK To Kick Your Teenager Out Of The House?

Feeding The Mouth That Bites You: Parenting Teens Into Adulthood

Kenneth Wilgus, PhD, P.C.

Christian Parenting, Christianity, Teens, Education, Teenagers, Kids, Kids & Family, Parenting, Religion & Spirituality, Adolescents, How To, Parenting Teens, Parents

4.9 • 714 Ratings

🗓️ 27 September 2022

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Ever get so mad at your teenager that you threaten to kick them out? Most of the time you don't really mean it or your kid is too young to even legally do that. But are there circumstances when parents actually can or even should kick their teenager out? Today we discuss circumstances that may lead to forcing a teen to live elsewhere. We also review an article on a "homeless" teen that really got Dr. Ken worked up! Got questions or feedback? We want to hear from you! [email protected] Join us on Patreon for bonus content and more: https://www.patreon.com/FeedingTheMouthThatBitesYou Join us on Patreon for bonus content and more: https://www.patreon.com/FeedingTheMouthThatBitesYou

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0:00.0	You are listening to Feeding the Mouth That Bites You with Ashley Parrish and Jessica Pfeiffer.
0:05.6	A weekly podcast guide on parenting teens and launching them into the world.
0:10.0	As always, we are joined by psychologist and author, Dr. Ken Wilgus.
0:14.7	Hey, everyone, and welcome back.
0:16.7	On today's episode, we'll be discussing if it's ever okay to kick our teenagers out.
0:22.3	Okay, well, as you know, I asked about this because I saw this article in Newsweek, and it just, it upset me.
0:31.2	And it was an article titled, Parents Left Furious by Fundraiser to help their quote homeless teen blasted.
0:40.3	And it's a story of these parents that kicked out their 18 year old daughter, I think.
0:46.0	Yeah.
0:46.5	And she was taken in by her daughter's friend's mother, who then turned around and organized a fundraiser to help us take in this homeless
0:58.6	teenager. And there's so many things. So I should let you know that, you know, I have walked
1:04.0	some parents through this in 30 years. There's been a handful of times that I have actually
1:08.8	walked through the need to actually kick a teenager
1:14.1	out of the house.
1:15.8	And this article just to me really highlighted some of the nuttiness of how people see this
1:21.4	and so forth.
1:23.9	And so I'll just highlight a couple things.
1:26.6	This comes on a Reddit thread, which is where apparently you go on and ask,
1:30.8	am I being a jerk?
1:31.9	It's not the word they use.
1:33.0	And people give feedback.
1:35.9	And this article just said that this is a teenager somewhere in America and that the parents had kicked her out.
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