Episode 188: Great Communication With 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

🗓️ 29 October 2024

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

What does great communication with teens really look like and how can parents achieve that? Dr. Ken and Jessica outline the aspects of the parent-teen relationship that usually cause trouble in communication (spoiler alert: control battles). Also we discuss the more nuanced issue of what great communication with adolescents should really look like. Should parents really have the goal of being so close to their adolescents that "we talk about everything"? Are there even times when a parent should actually tell their teenager, "I don't think you should be telling me this"? Is it a good goal for parents to want to be their teenagers' constant "go to" relationship through the trials of adolescence? You can preorder Dr. Ken's book "Feeding The Mouth That Bites You" here: https://a.co/d/hBnlbzI Got questions or feedback? We want to hear from you! [email protected] 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.
0:20.8	Hey, Dr. Ken Wilgus.
0:21.7	Hey, Dr. Ken.
0:24.4	Jessica, how you doing?
0:26.2	It has been a week.
0:28.0	Really?
0:29.5	It has been a week.
0:30.9	It's busy around here.
0:40.1	It's not only is it homecoming week at our high school, which for those people in the south of the U.S., understand that this is a big deal.
0:42.2	We talked about that on one episode.
0:44.0	Yeah, people need to look it up.
0:45.9	Yes, Texas moms are something.
0:47.8	They're as big as our state.
0:49.2	Yes.
0:50.0	So it's a big week.
0:51.5	It's busy.
0:51.8	There's something wrong with us.
0:53.4	Yes, but also I have two girls with
0:55.1	birthdays this week and one of them turned 18 two days ago. Which means what in your house?
1:02.5	You mean she's an official grown-up. Mostly, you know, but we talked about that, yeah,
1:09.5	which I tell 18-year-olds that are like, now they can't tell me to do anything.
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