Parenting Teens Toward Adulthood (Part 2 of 2)
Focus on the Family with Jim Daly
Focus on the Family
4.7 • 4.5K Ratings
🗓️ 24 August 2022
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Dr. Ken Wilgus encourages parents to deliberately work their way out of the parenting role by the time their child is 18, and instructs them to see their teenagers as young adults, not large children. He offers tips on how to progressively give your teen more responsibility, along with examples of how to have difficult conversations on a range of topics, from music choices to dating. (Part 2 of 2)
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| 1:02.0 | So do you understand now that your teenager is not an old child. |
| 1:07.1 | He and she are a young, they are a young adult. |
| 1:10.8 | You should think of a teenager as an adult in training and your task is to move them |
| 1:16.5 | on. |
| 1:17.5 | Today, on focuson the family, we're continuing a great presentation about parenting |
| 1:22.2 | preteens and teens featuring Dr. Ken Wilgis and your host is focus president and author |
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