Episode 174: Marriage Problems, Separation, Divorce and Teenagers

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 April 2024

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

How should parents deal with teenagers when they're having marriage problems? What are the real effects of divorce on teenagers? When and how much should parents talk to their teens about marriage problems or when considering divorce? Today Jessica and Dr. Ken take on 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.
0:15.3	I'm Jessica Pfeiffer, and as always, I'm joined by psychologist and author, Dr. Ken Wilgus.
0:21.3	Hey, Dr. Ken Wilgus. Hey, Dr. Ken.
0:25.0	Wait, don't, don't say that when I'm drinking water.
0:28.5	Hi.
0:29.5	Usually, you surprise me.
0:33.2	Didn't expect you.
0:34.3	I waited for my moment.
0:36.8	How are you this morning? I'm good. I'm good. And you?
0:40.7	Good. So I wanted to jump back to a topic that we've covered a little bit before, but there were a lot of
0:47.1	questions. We've had a lot of questions from our listeners to over the course of several years about this topic.
0:53.1	So the topic is divorce and marriage problems.
0:57.5	And we did do an episode number 26 on divorce and teenagers. We also did an episode number 86
1:04.3	on divorce, blended families, and holidays with teenagers.
1:07.9	Yeah. So if this is a topic that appeals to you, please go back and listen to those things, because we did cover some of it.
1:14.7	But there is a continuum in marriage, right?
1:17.1	You have marriages that are okay, but there's some struggles, there's some arguing and fighting.
1:22.3	Maybe there's some tumultuous times or decisions that need to be made all the way to separation and then all the way to
1:28.6	divorce while you're parenting these teenagers.
1:31.8	And there's a lot of aspects to be covered in these topics.
1:35.3	So I wanted to see if we could discuss that today.
1:38.3	See, I think that's a good point because, you know, even this last week, I had a guy in my office who was just, he's a good guy and was just worn out by his marriage.
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