Episode 189: Adoption, Foster Care 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

🗓️ 5 November 2024

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

Today Jessica and Dr. Ken take on the issues related to teenagers who are adopted or are in foster care. Adolescence often brings up issues of identity and origin stories that can be upsetting to parents who have poured themselves into the lives of their teenagers. Dr. Ken suggests that adoptive and foster parents focus more on Planned Emancipation goals even when there's a strong impulse to slow this process down. We also focus on realistic goals that adoptive parents can maintain in order to fully appreciate their experience as parents of "chosen" kids. You can order 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.
0:21.0	Hey, Dr. Ken. Jessica, how's it going? I'm joined by psychologist and author, Dr. Ken Wilgus. Hey, Dr. Ken.
0:22.7	Jessica, how's it going?
0:24.6	I'm good.
0:25.2	How are you?
0:26.1	I'm good.
0:26.8	I'm good.
0:27.4	Good.
0:27.8	It's been busy around here.
0:28.9	Did you get through homecoming?
0:30.2	Is that done yet?
0:31.5	Done with homecoming.
0:32.9	Done with birthdays.
0:34.7	We're just sailing right toward Christmas now.
0:37.3	You have a wall of fake flowers somewhere
0:39.5	hanging? Yes, all the moms. Yes, super fun. Glad it's over. It's been really busy. I'm
0:47.1	kind of tired after all that. Don't you wonder what our international listeners think of that when we
0:51.6	talk about, you know, moms and home and homecoming. And, of course, homecoming. There's all kinds of homecomings. But I would wonder what our international, what image they have when we talk about these flowers and silly Texas things.
1:07.5	I know. Well, and you know what I would say even people from more northern states,
1:13.6	maybe even people outside of Texas, just don't do it in the same way. Just normal people.
1:17.8	Yeah. Just normal people. It's pretty, it's pretty absurd. The amount of time and effort and
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