Episode 201: Teenagers, Jobs and Employability

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

🗓️ 11 February 2025

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Does your teenager have a job? Should you make them get one? When? How? Today we talk about the challenges and importance of adolescent job experiences. How should parents balance adolescent work over the summer with important family vacation time? Should a college kid "follow their heart" or get a marketable degree? Today we discuss all things job related including Jessica and Dr. Ken's work history as adolescents (SPOILER: Dr. Ken got fired... sorta). 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.
0:21.2	Hey, Dr. Ken. Hey, Jessica. How you doing? I'm joined by psychologist and author, Dr. Ken Wilgus. Hey, Dr. Ken.
0:22.6	Hey, Jessica.
0:23.6	How you doing?
0:24.7	I'm good.
0:25.8	Hey, I got a funny story for you.
0:27.5	I'm ready.
0:28.6	Okay.
0:29.5	When my daughter was probably about in first grade, she had a little boy that really
0:36.1	liked her.
0:37.1	And he said, I really like you. Will you be my girlfriend? And she said, no, I can't be your girlfriend until you have a J-O-B. And she snapped her fingers.
0:52.2	That's a smart girl.
0:56.4	That's early wisdom right there.
1:00.5	And his mom called me and she was laughing.
1:02.4	She said, have you heard this story?
1:03.7	And I had not heard that story.
1:06.1	My daughter had not told me when she got home from school.
1:12.1	But we always laugh about that and joke that, you know, you can't date somebody until they have a J-O-B.
1:14.0	Because they have to be able to take care of you, I guess. That's right.
1:15.2	That's right.
1:16.0	That is what we're talking about today is J-O-B's jobs and employability for our teens.
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