Episode 224: When Teens Wander

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

🗓️ 21 October 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Cynthia and Dr. Ken talk about the difference between a child who’s estranged from you versus estranged from God, why power dynamics so often make things worse, and how to focus less on control and more on trust.

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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.
0:15.3	I'm Cynthia Yanov, and as always, I'm joined by psychologist and author Dr. Ken Wilgus.
0:20.8	Hey, Dr. Ken, how are you?
0:22.3	Cynthia, I'm good.
0:23.8	Hey, I got a text from Jessica, the show host for many years, who actually said that she loves what she hears.
0:35.4	I know.
0:36.0	She's super nice.
0:36.9	Maybe she's just saying that.
0:38.2	But she thinks we're funny and she really likes it.
0:42.0	Oh, we miss Jessica.
0:43.7	Tell everybody, Jessica is, tell, well, tell Jessica that everybody misses her.
0:48.6	And we appreciate that.
0:49.5	And listen, we're trying to bring in the humor,
0:52.9	but mostly just at the expense of my parenting.
0:55.6	So it's fine, everybody.
0:56.7	We're fine over here.
0:59.0	I think that's why you brought me on.
1:01.6	I think that Jessica's kids were probably getting it too right.
1:05.3	And you're like, okay.
1:06.7	Yeah, we thought we need who out there is fumbling the ball.
1:11.7	Who thinks they're doing it right, but really is not?
1:15.2	Way off.
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