Giving Your Teen Freedom to Become an Adult (Part 2 of 2)
Focus on the Family with Jim Daly
Focus on the Family
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🗓️ 6 July 2023
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Psychologist Dr. Kenneth Wilgus offers parents a strategy of "planned emancipation" whereby they can help prepare their teens for adulthood by carefully and progressively withdrawing their control over key areas of their teen's life. (Part 2 of 2)
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| 0:00.0 | Hey friends, check out the latest episode of my podcast, ReFocus with Jim Daley. |
| 0:04.8 | Author Tim Geigline will help us to honor America's spiritual heritage and influence the culture with faith and optimism. |
| 0:12.0 | Visit ReFocus with JimDaily.com. |
| 0:19.5 | Today on Focus on the Family, we'll examine that inevitable day in the life of every parent |
| 0:24.8 | when childhood ends and your young adult is ready to begin life on their own. |
| 0:29.9 | And hopefully your transition won't go like this. |
| 0:33.7 | Dad, we need to talk. |
| 0:35.7 | Sure honey, what's up? |
| 0:36.9 | When you use the car, need a few bucks so I can... |
| 0:39.2 | No, listen dad, I really think the time has come for me to move out of the house. |
| 0:44.9 | Honey, why? This is so sudden. |
| 0:49.4 | Dad, I'm 35 years old. |
| 0:52.0 | What, all 35-year-old girls need to move out of their parent's houses? |
| 0:56.0 | I thought you liked it here. |
| 0:58.0 | I'd miss my little girl. |
| 0:59.6 | I'm not your little girl anymore, Dad. |
| 1:02.0 | I've been married for seven years. |
| 1:03.7 | I know, I know, and we love Bob. |
| 1:06.4 | Bill. |
| 1:06.8 | Bill, your mother and I think the world of Bill. |
| 1:09.8 | Don't we think the world of Bill, honey? |
| 1:11.6 | Bill, who? |
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