Episode 123: Preparing For An Empty Nest

Feeding The Mouth That Bites You: Parenting Teens Into Adulthood

Kenneth Wilgus, Cynthia Yanof

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Parenting, How To, Education, Kids & Family

4.8 • 801 Ratings

🗓️ 13 December 2022

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

The goal of Feeding The Mouth parenting is for your kids to leave your home and start their own. But what about getting your life ready for life without kids around? Today we talk about preparing for empty nesting. When should parents start getting ready for this? What steps should we take in getting ready? Is it bad for my kids to see me almost happy that they are leaving? We answer these and other questions on today's episode. Join us on Patreon for bonus content and more: https://www.patreon.com/FeedingTheMouthThatBitesYou Got questions or feedback? We want to hear from you! podcast@feedingthemouth.com Get the book here: https://www.amazon.com/Feeding-Mouth-That-Bites-You/dp/1514762374/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1667269257&sr=8-1 Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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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. As always, we are
0:11.0	joined by psychologist and author, Dr. Ken Wilgus. Hello and welcome back. This is Jessica, not
0:17.7	Ashley, doing the intro. Dr. Ken and I are here today, and we're going to be talking about preparing for an empty nest.
0:24.5	You're not Ashley.
0:26.2	I'm not Ashley, and I don't do a good job of that intro.
0:28.6	She does a much better job.
0:30.1	I'm not going to heartily agree with you, but yeah, a little bit.
0:33.8	You can heartily agree.
0:35.3	This is definitely not as polished as Ashley.
0:37.8	You did good.
0:38.8	She's just real good.
0:40.0	That's all we're saying.
0:41.3	We're missing Ashley today, but she'll be back next week.
0:43.8	So we're going to be talking about preparing for an empty nest, which I'm excited about because I think about this pretty often.
0:52.3	I have two kids out.
0:54.6	Two kids still at home. And one kids out. Two kids still at home.
0:56.2	And one of my kids that's still at home is 16.
1:00.2	And she is becoming more independent.
1:03.1	And I see her a lot less.
1:04.6	And the house feels weird with just two kids at home.
1:07.8	Does, doesn't it?
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