Episode 191: Teenagers and Grandparents

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

🗓️ 19 November 2024

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Grandparents are often playing a larger part in the lives of their grandchildren than in the past. Most grandparents are popular with their grandkids when they're young, but what about during the teenage years? Today we discuss how understanding "Feeding The Mouth" principles can improve a grandparent's relationship with teenage grandchildren. Not surprisingly, Dr. Ken recommends being careful to respect your grandkids' parents (your own kids) even if you disagree with their parenting. What should a grandparent do when their teenage grandchild complains about their parents? Is it bad that my teen grandkids still like me making them cookies and generally babying them? Should grandparents have their own communication line with a teenage grandkid (e.g. texting, DMing etc.)? We answer these and other questions about having the best relationship with your grandchildren even through the teenage years. 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.
0:21.6	Hey, Dr. Ken. Hey, Jessica. How you doing? I'm joined by psychologist and author, Dr. Ken Wilgus. Hey, Dr. Ken.
0:23.1	Hey, Jessica.
0:24.0	How you doing?
0:25.4	I'm good.
0:26.2	It's been a good week.
0:27.7	This was book release week for you.
0:30.5	Right.
0:30.9	And I know that this will be distributed.
0:34.6	Our podcast will be distributed later than that. But I want to remind everybody that
0:40.0	if you haven't already ordered feeding the mouth that bites you, the second edition that Dr.
0:45.1	Ken has just released, it is fantastic, and I'm excited that it's out in the world now. So I wanted
0:50.1	to share that. You can order it from booksellers online or maybe even in person locally.
0:55.8	Right. Or focus on the family who published it or co-published it. So yeah. Yes, lots of different
1:02.1	options. So go ahead and look it up. Don't forget to get your copy because it has so much new
1:06.7	information that even if you have the old book, I think you'll really appreciate all the
1:10.5	additional information and updated information because our world has changed a lot since 2015.
1:15.8	Yeah, it has.
1:16.9	So what kind of thing?
1:18.1	What's an example of something that's in the new edition, Jessica?
1:22.4	I would say the technology.
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