Episode 54: Teenagers and politics

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

🗓️ 12 January 2021

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

How are parents supposed to influence their teenagers in times of political upheaval? What do we do when our teenager starts spouting crazy political views? "Feeding The Mouth" parenting allows you to approach political disagreements as an opportunity to encourage your teenager's own thoughts and really listen to them. At least don't become that parent that ALWAYS spouts off the talking points of their favorite political talk-show! Got questions or feedback? We want to hear from you! [email protected] Join us on Patreon for bonus content and more: https://www.patreon.com/FeedingTheMouthThatBitesYou

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0:00.0	You are listening to Feeding the Mouth That Bites You with Ashley Parrish and Jessica Pfeiffer.
0:05.6	A weekly podcast guide on parenting teens and launching them into the world. As always, we are joined by psychologist and author, Dr. Ken Wilgus.
0:14.7	Hey, everyone, and welcome back on today's episode. We will be discussing teenagers and politics.
0:21.8	Well, at the time of this recording, we just experienced a national election here in the U.S.
0:27.5	And we're heading into an interesting holiday season.
0:30.2	The time with family and friends might be a little more limited because of our COVID situations.
0:35.0	But I can guarantee that one, some subject's going to come up around the table
0:39.3	and that's going to be politics, as much as we try to avoid it, whether it's about how to
0:46.0	handle the economy or the environmental issues or the ever-present coronavirus. And what's going on
0:52.7	with that? We don't agree on the best plane of action.
0:56.1	And this goes for our teens and our college age adults who might be coming home for a long
1:01.0	period of time. Long time. Over the holiday break. Yes. What's funny because even my little
1:07.5	ones have been talking about the election.
1:12.8	What are they saying?
1:15.1	Who did you vote for?
1:16.2	Who did you vote for?
1:18.0	And they know the candidate's names.
1:18.8	Wow. It is so surprising to me.
1:20.6	And even, I just think this election has been so different in so many ways.
1:27.1	I was at the Nell salon the other day, and the nail technician asked me who I voted for.
1:32.3	Wow.
1:33.8	Isn't that crazy?
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