Episode 2: Common mistakes parents make with teenagers (and how to avoid them).

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

🗓️ 10 December 2019

⏱️ 22 minutes

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When your kids are starting adolescence it's good to start out on the right track! We talk about what mistakes well-meaning parents often make with teenagers and the best ways to avoid them. 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 Feeding The Mouth That Bites You book Intro music: "Battles" - The Afters

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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.
0:15.1	Hey, you guys, today I'd really like to talk about common mistakes parents make raising teens.
0:20.5	Is that good with you? Oh,
0:21.7	I'm excited about this one. Sounds good to me. I know you have reason to be excited. Ashley,
0:27.4	what is what's going on in your house? Well, as you two know, my oldest will become a teenager
0:33.8	this month. Oh. Yes.
0:42.7	We are excited and equally as nervous.
0:43.7	I think I am.
0:45.8	When I say we, I'm talking about me.
0:47.7	Brett's excited.
0:49.4	I'm excited.
0:51.4	I'm a little bit nervous because this is different.
0:53.5	This is different for us.
0:54.4	There's going to be a shift.
1:00.6	Yes, exactly. And there are a lot of pitfalls that can happen in the teen years. And I know, you know, as a conscientious parent, you want to avoid making some of these mistakes. And I'm glad to
1:05.3	have you here, Dr. Ken, to give us some words of wisdom on that. I love this stuff. Yeah. So tell us what you see in your practice that are common mistakes that parents make, raising teens, preteens to, you know, letting them fly.
1:20.5	What do you see in your practice?
1:22.1	Well, you know, it comes up a lot, even in the last week or two, I've had two or three different couples talking about
1:28.7	stuff. And there's some sort of larger scale things to think about that are mistaken direction
1:34.3	that we can talk at later times about specifics of how to avoid it. But, you know, the thing that is
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