Episode 220: Parenting Teens Through Hard News and Politics

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

🗓️ 23 September 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

From tragic events to the endless political chatter on social media, it can be hard to know how to navigate this with our teens. We talk about the tension of wanting to protect our kids while also respecting that they’re young adults who see and hear more than we realize.

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0:00.0	Welcome back to Feeding the Mouth to Bight You, a weekly podcast guide on parenting teens and launching them into the world.
0:15.3	I'm Cynthia Yanov, and as always, I'm joined by psychologist and author Dr. Ken Wilgus.
0:21.2	Dr. Ken, here we are.
0:23.5	Hi.
0:24.5	Well, was it fall in Colorado?
0:26.6	Because you're back to reality and it is not fall in Dallas, Texas.
0:29.5	You're still struggling with that, aren't it?
0:31.2	I was in Colorado.
0:32.6	I see that.
0:33.5	And I'm wearing my waiters and my fishing hat.
0:35.9	And I see that that was a bad choice on my part. But I did get back from Colorado and it was fantastic. I bet it was. No, the bad choice was letting me know you're going to Colorado. As we mentioned before, you go to Colorado. I go to El Paso. I can only say that because I'm from El Paso. People in El Paso are going, hey.
0:56.6	I know. It's fine, you guys. I grew up there. It's all fine.
0:59.1	I did sing for my supper. I did a parenting conference out there. So it wasn't just fun. It was just 99% fun.
1:07.1	And then a little bit work. So it balances out.
1:10.3	Yeah. What was the topic you covered?
1:12.6	Parenting teenagers, but at church is more and more, I talk first about parenting,
1:19.1	Christian parenting versus good parenting because Christian goals from all ages are different now.
1:24.3	And then we finish with the, you you know what's unique about parenting teenagers great
1:29.3	group it was a cool church there so well good well good well welcome back and so listen when i was
1:38.8	growing up my parents always taught me and i'm sure they taught you your family did too like what are the
1:44.0	things we
1:44.4	don't talk about in mixed company? We don't talk about money, religion, and politics.
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