Episode 37: Grief and loss and teenagers

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

🗓️ 18 August 2020

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

All teenagers go through significant losses in their life. How does grief and loss effect teenagers differently from children and adults? What do parents need to know in helping their adolescents through times of loss? In this episode Ashley and Jessica talk with Dr. Ken about what to do and what NOT to do when teenagers are grieving. 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.
0:10.0	As always, we are joined by psychologist and author, Dr. Ken Wilgus.
0:14.7	Hey, everyone, and welcome back on today's episode.
0:17.9	We will be discussing grief and loss and teenagers. I want to go ahead
0:23.6	and let you know that I am suffering from allergies today. I'm going to try not to sneeze
0:30.8	into the microphone. I will, I'll do my best, but I can't promise. I'm just on the struggle best.
0:40.3	So I just want to apologize beforehand.
0:43.7	Yes.
0:44.9	You know, this subject today, grief and loss and teenagers, is very personal to myself.
0:53.6	I was raised by my grandparents.
0:56.2	If you've been listening to this podcast, you know that.
0:58.9	So my grandmother and my grandfather
1:01.2	were my parents growing up.
1:04.4	I lost my grandfather when I was 16.
1:07.8	He passed away.
1:09.9	My father passed away when I was 18 and he was still prevalent in my life, still, you know, a father role in my life.
1:18.7	Their deaths were very different.
1:21.9	Just like anything else that we do on this podcast, I'm grateful that we're able to give parents a resource
1:29.1	that maybe they can't find out there. I'm grateful for what we do and what we say on this
1:37.6	podcast so that we can be of help to parents out there because their teens are going to experience some sort of grief.
1:46.2	And so if we can help equip those parents on how to help their teen through it,
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