You are listening to Feeding the Mouth That Bites You with Ashley Parrish and Jessica Pfeiffer.

A weekly podcast guide on parenting teens and launching them into the world. As always, we are joined by

psychologist and author, Dr. Ken Wilgus. Hey everyone and welcome back on this week's episode. We will

be discussing teens, their clothing choices, their hair

choices, and accessories. My name is Ashley Parrish. I'm your host. As always, I'm joined by Jessica

Pfeiffer. Hey there. And Dr. Ken Wilkes. Hi. So this morning, I would love to ask you guys

about an issue that came up. We had an incident this morning with one of my three girls, not going to name names, not going to incriminate the guilty. A daughter came down in a two short skirt. Of course, that leads to some correction and, hey, you're going to have to go back up

and change. That's not appropriate, et cetera. This happens often in my house, and it's a frustrating

source of conflict for us. So how do we handle that in our home? And Ashley, have you, I'm sure,

begun to battle some of these things in your own home, too?

Of course. And if it's not the bottoms, it's the tops because crop tops are so in and it's driving me

crazy. Yes. Absolutely. So yes, this is common. Yes. Dr. Kent took clothing choices.

Who's in control of this area?

And I mean, I'm paying for these clothes.

So I feel like I get a big, loud voice in this situation.

But how do we set standards and limits and decide who decides?

Well, okay.

I like the way you framed that because that's actually the thing that teenagers are listening to.

So when your unnamed daughter that comes down and you tell her, that skirt is, quote, too short.

The issue is, who are you to say this is too short?

And it's really important that parents remember that.

Very often you waste your time in

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