OG Therapy #158 - Don’t Hate, Congratulate: Parenting Teen Friendships
OG Therapy Podcast
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4.8 • 760 Ratings
🗓️ 22 August 2025
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of OG Therapy, David unpacks one of the trickiest parts of parenting—when your teenager starts bringing new friends around. Teenagers are natural disruptors. It’s their job to challenge the family’s worldview, test boundaries, and shake things up as they grow. But what happens when the friends they choose make you uneasy?
We break down how to handle those moments without driving a wedge between you and your kid. From understanding why teens latch onto certain friend groups to finding ways to show respect instead of judgment, this episode is all about strengthening your relationship through connection, not conflict.
Whether you’re a parent trying to navigate your child’s changing social life or simply want better tools to support them, this conversation is packed with strategies you can use right now. Remember the rule: don’t hate, congratulate.
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| 1:06.1 | podcast is made to supplement or supersede the relationship and direction of your mental health caretakers. |
| 1:12.6 | Although David Koslowski is a licensed marriage and family therapist, he is not functioning as a certified mental health professional in this environment. |
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| 1:26.7 | Welcome to the OG Therapy. |
| 1:31.5 | Hey everybody, welcome to another episode of OG Therapy. |
| 1:34.9 | And today's episode is part two for all you back to school parents. |
| 1:38.6 | Now, I'm going to highlight three specific things today, two things that I want you to use to help your kids, and one thing I |
| 1:46.7 | want you to use to help yourself. Okay. So the first one is what I call old habits die |
| 1:53.9 | hard. Now, it's an old saying, most of you parents, unless you're pretty young, you've probably |
| 1:57.5 | heard that saying before. Basically what I'm referring to is your kids have had a habit probably throughout the summer of using all their free time or at least |
| 2:06.2 | a lot of their free time just to veg and chill and most teens and most kids will say things |
| 2:12.4 | of their parents or the parents like what have you done all day once you do this once you do that |
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