Episode 212: Sex, Purity Culture and "How Far Is Too Far"

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

🗓️ 29 April 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

NOTE: Today's topic includes some mature content. Today we finish a series on adolescents and sex. Whatever happened to purity rings and "True Love Waits?" What are the best ways to prepare teenagers for possible struggles with sex and dating? Plus, Dr. Ken repeats a previous episode when he reviews the really awkward topic of "how far is too far" when getting physical during dating. f you have a minute, please leave us a review. We love hearing listeners encouraging other listeners. You can order Dr. Ken's book "Feeding The Mouth That Bites You" here: https://a.co/d/hBnlbzI Got questions or feedback? We want to hear from you! [email protected] Music provided by the great John David Kent - https://www.johndavidkent.com/

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0:00.0	Welcome back to Feeding the Mouth That Bites You, a weekly podcast guide on parenting teens and launching them into the world.
0:15.2	I'm Jessica Pfeiffer, and as always, I'm joined by psychologist and author, Dr. Ken Wilgus.
0:21.0	Hey, Dr. Ken. Hi, Jessica. How are you? I'm joined by psychologist and author, Dr. Ken Wilgus. Hey, Dr. Ken.
0:22.3	Hi, Jessica. How are you?
0:24.2	I'm good. I'm good. I'm good. It's lovely outside getting to be spring.
0:29.3	I know. It's like a new lease on life. When I go outside, I'm like, oh, yay. Winter's gone.
0:33.6	The color green gets me going. It's like, oh, it used to be brown. I know. And we don't even live
0:39.4	really in a place that's, I mean, we live in Texas. It's true. We get dry here, brown dry. You
0:48.3	don't ever get any, it's green all the time, isn't it? Pretty much. In Houston, it is pretty
0:53.3	tropical here. I don't know. I don't, you know, it? Pretty much. In Houston, it is pretty tropical here.
0:54.6	I don't know.
0:55.8	I don't, you know, it rains a lot.
0:57.9	You know, that's pretty great.
0:59.3	The only tradeoff is you have to live in Houston.
1:01.7	Sorry.
1:02.9	That's so mean.
1:03.6	It's true.
1:04.5	There are nice people in Houston, but I wouldn't live here for the scenery.
1:07.8	That's my favorite is listening, is thinking of Australian listeners going,
1:11.9	what are they even talking about? Who cares about interstate rivalry? So what? I know. It's true.
1:18.1	It's true. But I did grow up in the Dallas area. So I do have a, I do have an appreciation for you guys as well.
1:24.3	You were raised rat. Today I wanted to ask you a few questions about, well, I had some friends and I talking the last few weeks ago.
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