Episode 158: "I Want My Teenager To Be Able To Tell Me Anything... Right?"

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

🗓️ 19 December 2023

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

Did you talk to your parents the way your teen talks to you? Is that always a good thing? When does the priority of "you can be honest with your parents" become an excuse for teens to berate their parents? We hear from many parents struggling with their teenager's verbal tirades that leave them feeling exhausted and like they're failing as parents. How should parents handle this kind of verbal whipping from their teenagers? Is their a limit to the priority of being able to tell their parents anything? How should parents answer when teenagers criticize how they are being parented? We take on all these questions and more! 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.
0:15.2	I'm Jessica Pfeiffer, and as always, I'm joined by psychologist and author, Dr. Ken Wilgus.
0:21.0	Hey, Dr. Ken.
0:22.5	Hey, Jessica.
0:23.3	We were just talking.
0:24.1	Why are you saying?
0:25.1	Oh, we're starting.
0:27.0	Oh, that's right.
0:27.5	We're officially starting.
0:28.3	We just sat down at the table at the coffee shop.
0:32.1	Okay.
0:32.4	Yeah.
0:32.8	So let's carry on the conversation we were having before.
0:35.7	Okay.
0:36.6	What happens when you feel like you're sort of the communication whipping boy for your teenager, where, you know, you want them to tell you everything, right?
0:50.5	But then sometimes they say stuff that really hurts. They drone on and on about how you're the fault of everything that bad that happens in their lives. You know, you're the reason that everything has happened in their life. And it feels exhausting. So as a parent, how much do I allow them to communicate what they're feeling, you know, and what they're thinking?
1:14.5	And then when do I stop it because it becomes like, hey, wait, this isn't my problem anymore.
1:19.0	Well, you know, at the risk of going over stuff over and over again, like we have, you know, I don't want to rehash things we've talked about.
1:26.5	But, you know, as I was telling you, over the last couple of months,
1:30.7	I feel like I've talked to many, many parents that, you know,
1:35.7	they're talking about a kid that is maybe what they call out of control
1:39.8	or so angry or disrupting our whole house.
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