Episode 209: All About Addiction in 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

🗓️ 8 April 2025

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Today Dr. Ken and Jessica discuss all things addiction related. More parents worry about addiction in their kids. Is this awareness a good thing? What is the value in classifying certain problems as "an addiction"? What can parents do when they worry their teen is addicted to alcohol, drugs or anything else? What about adolescents who have a parent who is an addict? If you have a minute, please leave us a review. We love hearing listeners encouraging other listeners. 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.
0:22.0	Hey, Dr. Ken.
0:24.0	Hey, Jessica.
0:25.1	How are you doing?
0:26.2	I'm good.
0:27.0	How are you?
0:27.8	I'm good.
0:28.4	I'm good.
0:29.3	I'm real good.
0:30.1	I'm so good.
0:31.4	Oh, good.
0:32.1	You've been concerned about my, yes, I'm doing fine.
0:36.3	Jessica was a little worried that I sounded flat when we were talking earlier.
0:39.8	I'm great. I'm happy. I'm fine. Just tired of answering my questions.
0:44.7	That's right. So shut up. It's probably you that's in the bad mood, not me. I know. Well,
0:49.3	I have questions for you every single time. So I'm sure you get tired of saying the same thing over and over.
0:55.0	I don't know.
0:55.6	I don't know.
0:56.1	Not really.
1:01.7	Hey, I was reading these reviews online and I was so encouraged.
1:02.9	Yes, no, they're good.
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