Episode 199: Teenagers and Body Shaming

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

🗓️ 28 January 2025

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Today we talk about the sensitivity teenagers feel about their bodies and how to help them deal with struggles that arise around their physical development. Turns out, teenagers have control over how easily shamed they feel when facing criticism. We talk about ways to increase your teen's resilience to shame. When should parents step in to talk to school or other authorities to support their teenager who's struggling with being bullied? We also focus on the importance of encouraging adolescents to be supportive of their friends and siblings. 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.
0:21.7	Hey, Dr. Ken Wilgus. Hey, Dr. Ken.
0:23.4	Jessica.
0:24.4	Okay.
0:25.0	Do you want to start?
0:27.0	You're like, oh, wait.
0:28.0	Yeah, what?
0:28.7	What are we talking?
0:29.7	Yeah, that's good.
0:31.8	Hey, Dr. Ken.
0:33.1	Hi, Jessica.
0:34.4	How are you today?
0:35.5	That was better.
0:36.2	That was better.
0:36.9	The first one was weird.
0:40.1	So today I would love to ask you some questions about body shaming.
0:45.2	It is actually a topic we've never covered and we're nearing 200 episodes and we've never talked about this, which is surprising.
0:51.7	You know, that is kind of, except I got to ask you, do you have any idea where and when we
0:56.9	started using the term shaming?
0:59.9	Like, where did that come from?
1:01.9	You know, I feel like it has to be pretty recent because it was definitely not a term
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