Episode 151: When Teenagers Isolate In Their Rooms

Feeding The Mouth That Bites You: Parenting Teens Into Adulthood

Kenneth Wilgus, PhD, P.C.

Christian Parenting, Christianity, Teens, Education, Teenagers, Kids, Kids & Family, Parenting, Religion & Spirituality, Adolescents, How To, Parenting Teens, Parents

4.9 • 714 Ratings

🗓️ 17 October 2023

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Today we answer a common question from listeners, "How should I handle it when my teenager spends all their time in their room"? As you can guess, Dr. Ken starts with advice on avoiding a control battle but what to do after that? What is the reason they stay in there so much? Is this a sign of depression? Got questions or feedback? We want to hear from you! [email protected] Get the book here: https://www.amazon.com/Feeding-Mouth-That-Bites-You/dp/1514762374/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1667269257&sr=8-1 Music provided by the great John David Kent! - https://www.johndavidkent.com/

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0:00.0	Welcome back to Feeding the Mouth That Bites You, a weekly podcast guide on parenting teens and launching them into the world.
0:15.0	I'm Jessica Pfeiffer, and as always, I'm joined by psychologist and author, Dr. Ken Wilgus.
0:21.9	Hey, Dr. Ken.
0:23.6	Where have you been?
0:25.4	You've been traveling, haven't you?
0:26.3	I've been traveling.
0:30.3	I went to Savannah, Georgia this past week with my mom and my sister. Everyone says that's the place to be.
0:32.7	Yeah, it was a lot of fun.
0:33.8	We had a great time.
0:35.0	Had some great food.
0:36.7	Saw a lot of history and beautiful oak trees.
0:40.7	How about you? I heard you were gone too. I'm not complaining. We were in Estes Park, Colorado.
0:45.4	And, you know, it's so you and I both are in Texas. And oh, my goodness, are we being punished for
0:51.4	something? I don't know. What is this? It does. It's September and it's
0:56.4	still, I think we just in Houston, dropped below 80 degrees at night. And we're at the end of September.
1:02.1	So we're talking 79, 78 at night is our low. And everybody's so excited. Like, you know, we've won the lottery.
1:09.5	How sad is that? It's ridiculous.
1:15.4	But yeah, so we, the main thing, I was worried that you and I wouldn't be back here this morning and here we are. Here we are. We're back. Yes, and feel so relaxed and rejuvenated after vacation, right?
1:22.6	That's right. I just want to go in my room and close the door and stay there. Well, that's what we're talking about
1:28.4	today, Dr. Ken. Yes, we had a listener request this episode. We had a mom that wrote in and asked
1:39.0	about what do we do when our kids are isolating in their room? And I know kids can, they can isolate kind of anywhere.
1:46.6	They can put that hoodie over their head and put the AirPods in.
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