Episode 43: Anger, attitude and aggression in 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

🗓️ 29 September 2020

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Whether it's that constant, low-level hostility or scary blow-ups, adolescent anger can bring your whole family down. Why do teenagers get so angry? How should parents handle their teenagers' anger? Today we take on parent problems with managing teenager's anger including the "myth of teenage attitude" as well as tell you what to do when their anger gets violent. 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 Bight You with Ashley Parrish and Jessica Pfeiffer.
0:05.4	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.
0:14.7	Hey, everyone, and welcome back on today's episode. We will be discussing anger, attitude, and aggression.
0:22.0	Okay, so Ashley, I can't relate at all with my four children, one being a 10-year-old girl,
0:29.3	two teenage girls and one teenage son.
0:32.5	Yeah, can't relate it all to anger, attitude, or aggression.
0:35.9	I believe you.
0:36.9	I'm at a loss for experience with this one of it.
0:41.1	This is annoying me just hearing this.
0:43.2	I'm just saying.
0:45.0	I probably have some real life examples from today that I could offer for parents who are
0:51.8	feeling very alone in this area.
0:53.4	It is part of raising teenagers to deal with their anger and their aggression and their
0:57.8	attitude.
0:58.8	It is part of handling everyday simple things seem to turn into this.
1:04.6	And I'd like to say that it's not a problem in my family, but it definitely is.
1:08.1	And I would love some help with this.
1:09.5	So Dr. Ken, what are your thoughts
1:11.8	on anger? And could you define what we mean by anger? Yeah, you know, I'm not big into
1:17.4	shrinky sort of expressions like hurt people, hurt people, those things. I just, I don't like that.
1:24.7	However, there's the term that I've always used that is just true, which is anger is always the second emotion. And the reason that keeps coming up in my office is that it is important for people to recognize that anger is really a reaction to a perceived sense of threat. Usually, you're hurt in some way or you're afraid in some way.
1:47.0	And you kind of push back against that.
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