Episode 176: Stepparents 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

🗓️ 7 May 2024

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

Stepparents can play a powerful role in the lives of children. But dealing with teenagers is a very different matter. Even if you've been in your stepkids' lives for years, the onset of adolescence can change how they see their relationship to you. Dr. Ken talks about the importance of stepparents taking an honest inventory of how the teenager sees them and the ineffectiveness of stepparents unilaterally expecting a teen's acceptance regardless of the circumstances of how they came into the teenager's life. We also review the power that stepparents have and can play in the lives of their stepchildren and much more. Listen if you are a stepparent or if you know someone who is. 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	There's a lot of adult patients I have who have stories of how basically they have a better
0:06.1	relationship with their dad because their stepmom really kind of helped them to tolerate him.
0:13.0	Definitely some stepdadds that have been the dad that this girl never had.
0:30.5	Welcome back to Feeding the Mouth That Bites You, a weekly podcast guide on parenting teens and launching them into the world. I'm Jessica Pfeiffer, and as always, I'm joined by
0:35.9	psychologist and author, Dr. Ken Wilgus.
0:38.7	Hey, Dr. Ken.
0:40.2	Jessica, how's it going?
0:42.5	Good.
0:43.2	I wanted to bring up a topic with you and realized we've never really delved into this specific topic.
0:50.2	I feel like we've done so many episodes.
0:52.3	I felt we talked about everything.
0:53.4	I felt we talked about everything. But no, this is kind of a new one. Maybe a twist on something we've done so many episodes. I felt we talked about everything. I felt we talked about everything.
0:54.8	But no, this is kind of a new one.
0:56.6	Maybe a twist on something we've talked about before.
0:59.3	I want to talk about being a step-parent.
1:01.4	I know we've talked about divorced families, blended families, that sort of thing.
1:05.8	Okay.
1:06.3	But we've never talked about specifically being the step-parent in your role and your place in a
1:12.6	teenager's life when you're the step-parent.
1:14.8	Yeah.
1:15.1	No, that is a good point.
1:16.9	And if we've covered it as an ancillary to something else, it absolutely deserves its own topic
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