Episode 161: When Teens Attract the Wrong Friends

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

🗓️ 23 January 2024

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

What can parents do when their teenager seems to attract the wrong kind of friends? How is it that some adolescents seem to get in with the "good" kids in their school while others apparently struggle? Today we talk about the somewhat complex issue of teens who hang with the "wrong" sort of friend group. What causes some teens to gravitate to the wrong crowd? What can parents do about it? What about moving your teenager to a new school? We answer these and other questions surrounding teens and the "bad crowd." 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	If you enjoy this podcast, would you mind leaving us a review?
0:03.7	This is how others find our podcast.
0:14.0	Welcome back to Feeding the Mouth That Bites You, a weekly podcast guide on parenting
0:18.6	teens and launching them into the world.
0:20.9	I'm Jessica Pfeiffer, and as always, I'm joined by psychologist and author, Dr. Ken Wilgus.
0:26.8	Hey, Dr. Ken.
0:28.0	Jessica, what's going on?
0:30.0	How are you?
0:31.0	I'm good.
0:32.0	Good.
0:33.0	Hey, I wanted to discuss why it is that some kids seem to be attracting the bad kid friends.
0:43.4	I know that we've had some parents that have written in and asked the same question,
0:47.8	you know, that it feels like their kid seems to find the bad kids,
0:52.3	seems to find the wrong crowd.
0:54.3	You know, they want their kids to hang out with kids maybe with more similar values
0:59.7	and interests as parents.
1:02.2	Right.
1:02.3	You know, it would like for the kids to hang out with kids that are, they're encouraging
1:06.4	and pushing them toward the right things.
1:08.7	And instead, their kids are hanging out with people that are questionable in their minds.
1:12.0	So as a parent, how do we handle this?
1:14.7	You know, I'm just noticing one of the effects of having been a psychologist working with
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