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Feeding The Mouth That Bites You: Parenting Teens Into Adulthood

Episode 128: "Good Enough" Parenting

Feeding The Mouth That Bites You: Parenting Teens Into Adulthood

Kenneth Wilgus, Cynthia Yanof

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

4.8801 Ratings

🗓️ 31 January 2023

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

In the 1950s, British pediatrician and psychoanalyst Donald Winnicott introduced the concept of "good enough" parenting and Dr. Ken thinks it's time we brought it back! Parents worry so much about doing parenting "right" and put a lot of pressure on themselves. Even worse, there's this idea that maybe there's some book that you haven't read that tells you how to raise your kids "the right way." Dr. Ken doesn't believe that "perfect parenting" book exists and "Feeding The Mouth That Bites You" is not that book either. All parents do things they shouldn't have done and fail to do things they should have done and yet they've done their job well enough for their kids to succeed. Parents' over-focus on their own parenting failures runs the risk of disrespecting their teens who are old enough to make their own mistakes. 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.

0:05.4

A weekly podcast guide on parenting teens and launching them into the world. As always,

0:10.8

we are joined by psychologist and author, Dr. Ken Wilgus. Hey, everyone and welcome back on today's

0:16.9

episode. We're going to be talking about good enough parenting.

0:22.9

Oh, good, because that's about where I'm at.

0:23.5

I know.

0:24.6

I like that.

0:25.8

Have you all ever heard of that before?

0:27.2

No.

0:28.3

Well, I hadn't before.

0:31.7

I mean, there are plenty of times, though, I'm like, that's just going to have to be good enough.

0:32.7

Yeah.

0:33.2

I mean, we say that.

0:34.5

Yeah.

0:34.7

Yeah, you do that with your baking projects. Good enough.

0:37.8

Yeah,

0:38.3

I do it with my fourth kid.

0:40.3

What are you kidding?

0:41.0

You're like,

0:41.3

you're real.

0:42.0

I'm tired.

0:43.3

Well,

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