Episode 32: Teenagers and blended families

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

🗓️ 14 July 2020

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

What are the ways parents can make their blended family work with teenagers? How can we support our friends who are raising teenagers in blended families? In this episode we take on the tricky issues of raising adolescents in blended families. What's different about teenagers and children in these families? What if my teenager doesn't like my new spouse? It's Planned Emancipation to the rescue! Got questions or feedback? We want to hear from you! [email protected] Join us on Patreon for bonus content and more: https://www.patreon.com/FeedingTheMouthThatBitesYou

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0:00.0	You are listening to Feeding the Mouth That Bites You with Ashley Parrish and Jessica Pfeiffer.
0:05.6	A weekly podcast guide on parenting teens and launching them into the world. As always, we are
0:11.0	joined by psychologist and author, Dr. Ken Wilgus. Hey, everyone and welcome back on today's episode.
0:18.0	We will be discussing raising teenagers and blended families.
0:22.2	I'm your host, Ashley Parrish.
0:24.0	I'm joined by my co-host, Jessica Pfeiffer.
0:26.9	Hi.
0:28.0	And Dr. Kenwell Gis.
0:29.6	Okay, I have to be honest.
0:31.6	I'm glad we're back recording this because my grandchildren are here.
0:42.0	And don't tell anyone. I love my grandchildren,
0:49.9	but I don't like little kids. Is that horrible? I know. I mean, I know. I love them.
0:54.5	At this stage, you know, it's so weird, I'm not good at this.
0:58.0	They just kind of scare me and wear me out.
1:04.1	And I'm like, hurry up and be a teenager and roll your eyes at me so I can really, that's not weird.
1:04.7	That's weird.
1:07.0	That's why you specialize in teenagers.
1:07.9	I think that's right.
1:08.9	I think that's right. That's right.
1:09.8	Most people would trade you. Let's talk about
1:12.9	teenagers, please. Teenagers. Okay, so we did discuss parenting after divorce in episode number 26,
1:20.3	and I think we got a long way on some issues, but there are some issues specific to blended families that we didn't get to cover.
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