Episode 236: Roles Reversed: Dr. Ken Interviews Cynthia on Parenting the Long Game

Feeding The Mouth That Bites You: Parenting Teens Into Adulthood

Kenneth Wilgus, Cynthia Yanof

Education, Christianity, Parenting, How To, Kids & Family, Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 801 Ratings

🗓️ 3 February 2026

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

This week on Feeding the Mouth That Bites You, we flip the script.

Instead of Cynthia asking the questions, Dr. Ken takes over—and interviews Cynthia on release day of her new book, How’d I Miss That? What follows is equal parts parenting wisdom, real-life chaos, and proof that even competent adults can forget to put the gas pump back.

Dr. Ken digs into why modern parents feel so much pressure to get everything right—and why most of what feels urgent probably isn’t. Cynthia shares the heart behind How’d I Miss That?: the small, everyday moments that quietly shape our kids, our faith, and our marriages far more than the big, flashy ones. They talk about comparison, friendship, parenting with the long view in mind, and why love—not perfection—is still the question we’re meant to answer.

It’s honest, funny, encouraging, and deeply relatable—especially if you’ve ever thought, Wait…How’d I Miss That?

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You can order Cynthia's book "How'd I Miss That" here

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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.
0:22.1	Dr. Ken, how are you?
0:26.0	Cynthia, are you wearing, are those mouse ears?
0:27.4	What is that?
0:28.2	Oh, no, no, no.
0:29.5	Where have you been?
0:31.0	I have been at Disney.
0:33.7	Disney World be more specific.
0:37.4	And here's what, there's a lot I could say, Dr say dr ken but you might need to set up a booth
0:39.2	you may need a booth at the disney world oh no did you see things that were a little concerning
0:44.5	oh you know here's the thing it brings out the absolute joy and the magical moments of
0:52.8	parenting and our children and it brings out the absolute
0:56.1	crazy I'm finding. And I'm not referring to myself at the moment, although far be it from me
1:01.7	to act better than anybody else. Because listen, I'm as prone to lose it as anyone. But it's so,
1:08.4	I appreciate the parent who's got the big goofy ears on, the dad, who looks
1:13.6	like he's probably in a Fortune 500 company yet he's got goofy ears on. But then he loses
1:18.3	it and he yells out to the, you know, six-year-old and seven-year-old. Do you know what I paid
1:23.9	to bring you to him again? That sounds like me. They have no idea.
1:33.2	See, the best part about you saying that is that you're someone that is not going to be sitting there overly judging everyone because as a matter of fact, the day that this comes
1:39.0	out, this podcast, your second book is being released.
1:43.2	How did I miss that? Is similar and yet flows on a different tack to a certain degree that everyone knows. Cynthia gets it and knows stuff but totally knows what it's like as a mom out there. So you saw what you saw. What do you think when you see?
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