Episode 214: How To Overcome Isolation

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

🗓️ 13 May 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Today, Dr. Ken interviews Jessica who tells her own story of being proactive in overcoming the trend toward isolation that pervades our culture. Parents can't just set up "play dates" for their teenagers, they must themselves have a grounded group of friends who they share their lives with. What role does extended family play in these essential relationships? What about just being friends with the parents of your kids friends? We discuss these and other aspects of pushing back against an increasingly individualized culture. If 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. Jessica, how you doing? I'm joined by psychologist and author, Dr. Ken Wilgus. Hey, Dr. Ken.
0:22.6	Jessica, how you doing?
0:24.4	I'm good.
0:25.2	How are you?
0:26.0	I'm doing well.
0:28.5	Guess what I've been reading again?
0:31.1	Are you reading the reviews?
0:32.8	Reviews.
0:33.6	Yes.
0:34.4	You know, honestly, sometimes when I'm feeling kind of discouraged, it's like, I should look at some of these. It's super helpful.
0:40.4	Listen to this. This was, it was called New Listener. And they say, this is great stuff.
0:48.4	My kids are 17 and 13. Listen to this. My dad raised me in a way similar to this. and I was thrilled at the amount of freedom I had compared to my friends.
0:58.0	So I did the same with my kids. It really works. I keep listening to see how I can learn more.
1:04.0	What I love about that is that, you know, there's the audience usually includes people that would say, you know, I wouldn't put it the way you're putting it, but I know just what you mean.
1:14.7	We're kind of doing that, whatever.
1:16.4	And that's what she's talking about is that it's not uncommon that an aspect of feeding them out the bite you is kind of what many dads are like, yeah, yeah, that's what you do.
1:26.9	And that was her experience. So I loved her
1:29.5	kind of like resonating with it because of the experience she had with her dad. Because it speaks
1:36.6	that much more to the importance of dads, not just trying to do everything that my wife does. And I'll
1:42.7	try to be a good mom also, but to have confidence
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