Marriage Musts When You Have Teenage Children | Ep. 255
Awesome Marriage Podcast
Dr. Kim Kimberling
4.9 • 813 Ratings
🗓️ 25 September 2018
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
Have teens at home? In this episode Dr. Kim and Christina address the challenges of raising teens and some tips for how to survive this season with your marriage intact.
Tune in to learn marriage musts when you have teenagers at home!
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Awesome Marriage Podcast, a place for honest conversations about marriage and how to have the relationship that God has designed for you. |
| 0:09.7 | I am your co-host, Christina Dodson. |
| 0:11.9 | On the show will be our host, Dr. Kim Kimberling and Nill Smith. |
| 0:15.6 | To engage with the Awesome Marriage podcast, use the hashtag Awesome Marriage. |
| 0:23.0 | So this month, the Awesome Marriage, we are the hashtag awesome marriage. So this month the awesome marriage, |
| 0:28.1 | we are talking all about parenting as it relates to marriage and just the different seasons that come with that because every season comes with its new unique challenges. And so we really |
| 0:32.6 | want to be intentional about teaching you guys how to be intentional on your marriage through |
| 0:36.5 | every season of kids in the home. And so today we're going to be intentional on your marriage through every season of kids in the |
| 0:38.4 | home. And so today we're going to be talking specifically about marriage must when you have |
| 0:42.5 | teenagers in the house. So Dr. Kim, what are the unique challenges that comes with having teenagers |
| 0:48.1 | and what are some of those unique challenges specifically to your marriage when you have teenagers |
| 0:52.7 | in the house? Well,, all of a sudden, |
| 0:55.1 | they become more independent. They want more responsibility. And then there's a lot of things that I think |
| 1:01.6 | parents would get fearful of drugs and alcohol and sex. And then when they start driving, |
| 1:08.5 | and maybe they're working. And so it's like you've had them kind of where you had control everything. |
| 1:12.9 | I mean, if they went somewhere, you took them. |
| 1:14.6 | And so that driving puts a whole new thing on there. |
| 1:16.7 | And then just the time that they want to spend more time with their friends and they do with you. |
| 1:20.8 | And so there's a lot of challenges that come with those things. |
| 1:23.5 | And then I think then in our marriage, then we've got to, we've got to get on the same page. |
| 1:28.5 | We've got to figure out how are we going to handle this together as a couple so that, you know, |
| 1:33.4 | you just don't go farther apart during that time. |
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