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Kelly Corrigan Wonders

Parenting Check In on Peer Influence with Dr. Ken Ginsburg

Kelly Corrigan Wonders

Kelly Corrigan Show

Society & Culture

4.83.2K Ratings

🗓️ 7 October 2022

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Dr. Ken Ginsburg knows a lot about teenagers; he’s been working with them for decades. He made a surprising assertion about peer v parental influence that I just had to follow up on. We’ll be back for the next 4 Fridays with more tidbits from this guy. Please share with your friends.

Check out Ken’s new book, “Congrats! You’re Having a Teen! Strengthen Your Family and Raise a Good Person” put out by the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey, it's Kelly, and at the end of every week, I like to share something true and useful,

0:08.9

something I stumbled over that gave me a burst of optimism, something you can share with

0:12.7

friends like an audio greeting card, something to help us all keep our eyes on what's working

0:19.4

and what could be.

0:20.6

So, I'll be right back with this week's For The Good of the Order.

0:24.8

This is Kelly Corgan Wonders.

0:30.2

So, a huge part of my life is trying to figure out how to be a better parent to these two

0:40.7

kids I've brought into the world.

0:42.9

And I had been hearing a lot about a guy named Ken Ginsburg.

0:46.1

He's on the Today Show and Good Morning America, CBS Morning.

0:50.3

He's also been on CNN and NPR.

0:53.6

And he had this quote that spoke to me, which is, as we raise children, our goal has to

0:58.0

be to prepare them, to be happy, healthy, 35-year-olds.

1:02.7

And there was something about that framing that really spoke to me.

1:06.5

So, I asked him if he would have a set of conversations with me about some very specific

1:10.7

things, ways of reframing almost the way we think about parenthood.

1:15.3

So, here's number one.

1:17.1

Hey, Ken, how are you?

1:21.1

I'm doing great.

1:22.1

Thanks for having me today.

1:23.6

So, there's many things that you've said and written over the years that I hope we get

1:27.9

a chance to touch on, but I thought we'd start here, which is that adolescents care more

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