Feeding The Mouth That Bites You: Parenting Today's Teens

By Kenneth Wilgus, Jessica Pfeiffer

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A weekly podcast on parenting teens and launching them into the world. Hosted by Jessica Pfeiffer with Dr. Ken Wilgus, author of the book "Feeding The Mouth That Bites You."

Episode Date
Episode 174: Marriage Problems, Separation, Divorce and Teenagers
Apr 23, 2024
Episode 173: Teenagers and Religion - Church, Synagogue, Mosque or Temple
Apr 16, 2024
Episode 172: Porn and Anime Revisited
Apr 09, 2024
Episode 171: We Interview Cynthia Yanof... Your New Best Friend
Apr 02, 2024
Episode 170: Sociosexuality Part Two
Mar 27, 2024
Episode 169: Sociosexuality Part One
Mar 19, 2024
Episode 168: Neurodiversity And Teenagers
Mar 12, 2024
Episode 167: "Lost In Trans Nation" Dr. Miriam Grossman Interview (Part Two)
Mar 05, 2024
Episode 166: "Lost in Trans Nation" We Interview Dr. Miriam Grossman MD (Part One)
Feb 27, 2024
Episode 165: Alcohol, Drugs And Vaping - Revisited
Feb 20, 2024
Episode 164: Parenting Teenagers In An Age Of Anxiety
Feb 13, 2024
Episode 163: Mentalization - Is Your Teen Good At Knowing Other People?
Feb 06, 2024
Episode 162: What About Starting Planned Emancipation Earlier Than Thirteen?
Jan 30, 2024
Episode 161: When Teens Attract the Wrong Friends
Jan 23, 2024
Episode 160: Teenagers and Masturbation
Jan 16, 2024
Episode 159: Make-Up, Hair, Nails and Teenagers
Jan 09, 2024
Episode 158: "I Want My Teenager To Be Able To Tell Me Anything... Right?"
Dec 19, 2023
Episode 157: Hygiene Issues with Teenagers
Dec 12, 2023
Episode 156: Grounding Teenagers
Dec 05, 2023
Episode 155: Holidays, Grief and Teenagers
Nov 14, 2023
Episode 154: Health Issues and Teenagers
Nov 07, 2023
Episode 153: Helping Teenagers' Problems with Friendships and Social Groups
Oct 31, 2023
Episode 152: "Why Is My Teenager Angry All The Time?"
Oct 24, 2023
Episode 151: When Teenagers Isolate In Their Rooms
Oct 17, 2023
Episode 150: The Parenting "Finish Line" Part 2
Oct 10, 2023
Episode 149: The Parenting "Finish Line" Part 1
Oct 03, 2023
Episode 148: Teens Who Resist Sports and Activities
Sep 26, 2023
Episode 147: The Barbie Movie
Sep 19, 2023
Episode 146: The Burden of Parenting - Part Two
Sep 12, 2023
Episode 145: The Burden of Parenting - Part One
Sep 05, 2023
Episode 144: "You're Only Human" part 2 - Dr. Ken Interviews Dr. Kelly Kapic
Jun 06, 2023
Episode 143: "You're Only Human" Dr. Ken Interviews Dr. Kelly Kapic
May 30, 2023
Episode 142: Another "Dr. Ken's Essentials" - Entitlement in Teenagers
May 23, 2023
Episode 141: Dr. Ken's "Feeding The Mouth" Essentials
May 12, 2023
Episode 140: "Why Are You Telling Me This?" Complications In Communicating With Teens
Apr 25, 2023
Episode 139: Trash Talk, Verbal Sparring and Teenagers
Apr 18, 2023
Episode 138: A Spring Checklist For Feeding The Mouth Parents
Apr 11, 2023
Episode 137: How To Talk To Teens About School Shootings
Apr 04, 2023
Episode 136: Parents Who Can't Stop Checking, Nagging Or Reminding Their Teens
Mar 28, 2023
Episode 135: Teens, Femininity And Feminism
Mar 22, 2023
Episode 134: Teens And Toxic Masculinity
Mar 14, 2023
Episode 133: Teens And Life Purpose
Mar 07, 2023
Episode 132: Teenagers and psychiatric hospitals
Feb 28, 2023
Episode 131: Dads Speak: Dr. Ken Interviews Jessica And Ashley's Husbands
Feb 21, 2023
Episode 130: Teenagers and siblings
Feb 17, 2023
Episode 129: Help! It's Not Working!
Feb 07, 2023
Episode 128: "Good Enough" Parenting
Jan 31, 2023
Episode 127: Teenagers And Sleepovers
Jan 24, 2023
Episode 126: Culture And Feeding The Mouth That Bites You
Jan 17, 2023
Episode 125: Teens And Therapy: Don't They Just Lie?
Jan 10, 2023
Episode 124: Teens And The Holidays - A Refresher
Dec 20, 2022
Episode 123: Preparing For An Empty Nest
Dec 13, 2022
Episode 122: Teens Sending And Receiving Nudes
Dec 06, 2022
Episode 121: Parenting In Reverse
Nov 29, 2022
Episode 120: It's Time For More... FAQs! (part 2 of 2)
Nov 22, 2022
Episode 119: It's Time For More... FAQs! (part 1 of 2)
Nov 15, 2022
Episode 118: How To Talk So Your Teenager Will Listen
Nov 08, 2022
Episode 117: Teenagers And Basic Life Skills
Nov 01, 2022
Episode 116: Trauma And Teenagers
Oct 25, 2022
Episode 115: When Dr. Ken Talks To Teenagers About "Feeding The Mouth"
Oct 20, 2022
Episode 114: Help! I'm Starting Feeding The Mouth Late!
Oct 11, 2022
Episode 113: The Ideal Way To Start Feeding The Mouth That Bites You
Oct 04, 2022
Episode 112: Is It Ever OK To Kick Your Teenager Out Of The House?
Sep 27, 2022
Episode 111: Adult Children Living At Home
Sep 20, 2022
Episode 110: That Music Can't Be Good For Them! Music And Teen's Moods
Sep 13, 2022
Episode 109: When Feeding The Mouth Really Begins
Sep 06, 2022
Episode 108: Gaslighting, Narcissism And Teenagers
Aug 30, 2022
Episode 107: It's Summer Break Time For FTM!
May 24, 2022
Episode 106: Critical Teenagers And Critical Parents
May 17, 2022
Episode 105: Jobs, Summer Jobs And The Value Of Work Experience
May 10, 2022
Episode 104: Anime, Furries And Other Strange Things
May 03, 2022
Episode 103: Piercings And Tattoos And Teenagers
Apr 26, 2022
Episode 102: When Your Own Parents Won't Let Go
Apr 19, 2022
Episode 101: More And More FAQs!
Apr 12, 2022
Episode 100: FTM Reaches 100 Episodes!
Apr 05, 2022
Episode 99: LGBTQ Revisited And That Story Of The Transgender Swimmer
Mar 29, 2022
Episode 98: Mothering Styles And Fathering Styles Plus Letting Your Teen Go To Concerts
Mar 22, 2022
Episode 97: Reviewing The Importance Of The Individuation Drive (And Even Its Relationship To Teen Crime)
Mar 15, 2022
Episode 96: Gossip And Rumors In Teenagers (Plus, Talking To Teens About War)
Mar 08, 2022
Episode 95: The Dating "Playbook" Is NOT The Same As Marriage: Know The Difference!
Mar 01, 2022
Episode 94: Communication Differences Between Guys And Girls
Feb 22, 2022
Episode 93: Dr Ken Interviews Focus On The Family's Jean Daly
Feb 15, 2022
Episode 92: The Way They're Wired: Understanding Temperaments In Teenagers
Feb 08, 2022
Episode 91: Procrastinating Teenagers
Feb 01, 2022
Episode 90: Why Am I Not Funny To My Teenagers? Teens And Humor
Jan 25, 2022
Episode 89: Eating Disorders, Body Image And Diet In Teenagers: Interview With Amy Carlson
Jan 18, 2022
Episode 88: When Your Teenager Triggers You
Jan 11, 2022
Episode 87: Teenagers And Social Anxiety
Jan 04, 2022
Episode 86: Divorce, Blended Families And The Holidays With Teens
Dec 14, 2021
Episode 85: Exceptions To Planned Emancipation
Dec 07, 2021
Episode 84: Teens Who Make A Difference
Nov 30, 2021
Episode 83: Preparing Teenagers For Vocation Plus That Kentucky High School Scandal
Nov 23, 2021
Episode 82: When Your Teen Announces They Are LGBTQ
Nov 16, 2021
Episode 81: Lies Our Daughters Believe: Dr Ken Interviews Suzanne Venker
Nov 09, 2021
Episode 80: Teaching Teenagers At Home plus A Teen Slang Vocabulary Quiz
Nov 02, 2021
Episode 79: Teenagers And Bullying plus Dr Ken's Hero Teen Stories
Oct 26, 2021
Episode 78: What You Need To Know About Marijuana and Should You Ever Put Your Daughter On The Pill?
Oct 19, 2021
Episode 77: Lying Teenagers, That Dangerous Tik Tok Trend & Teenage Tantrums
Oct 12, 2021
Episode 76: The Importance Of Fathers plus Teach Your Boys Real Respect For Girls
Oct 05, 2021
Episode 75: That Antifa Teacher Story and When Teenagers Blow Your Trust
Sep 28, 2021
Episode 74: Managing Toxic Messages From School And Other Settings
Sep 21, 2021
Episode 73: A Teenager's Right To F-Bomb?
Sep 14, 2021
Episode 72: Feeding The Mouth 2.0 is here!
Sep 07, 2021
Episode 71: FTM is taking a summer break!
May 11, 2021
Episode 70: Teenagers and prayer
May 04, 2021
Episode 69: "How Far Is Too Far" - The really AWKWARD sex talk!
Apr 27, 2021
Episode 68: Slow down... creating margin and rest with teenagers
Apr 20, 2021
Episode 67: Not in my house! ...Common objections to Feeding The Mouth parenting
Apr 13, 2021
Episode 66: Teenagers and grandparents
Apr 06, 2021
Episode 65: Teenagers and their friends!
Mar 30, 2021
Episode 64: Traveling with teenagers!
Mar 23, 2021
Episode 63: Teens and cancel culture
Mar 16, 2021
Episode 62: Getting serious about planned emancipation
Mar 09, 2021
Episode 61: Dr. Ken asks the questions
Mar 02, 2021
Episode 60: Money and teenagers
Feb 23, 2021
Episode 59: Lazy teenagers
Feb 16, 2021
Episode 58: The addicted teenager and their families - Part 2
Feb 09, 2021
Episode 57: The addicted teenager and their families - Part 1
Feb 02, 2021
Episode 56: Even more FAQs! - Part 2
Jan 26, 2021
Episode 55: Even more FAQs! - Part 1
Jan 19, 2021
Episode 54: Teenagers and politics
Jan 12, 2021
Episode 53: Self-esteem and teenagers
Jan 05, 2021
Episode 52: Teenagers and family secrets
Dec 01, 2020
Episode 51: Teenagers and the holidays
Nov 24, 2020
Episode 50: Parents feeling all alone: Planned emancipation in a confused culture
Nov 17, 2020
Episode 49: Driving!... and teenagers
Nov 10, 2020
Episode 48: LGBTQIA+ issues and teenagers - Part 2
Nov 03, 2020
Episode 47: LGBTQIA+ issues and teenagers - Part 1
Oct 27, 2020
Episode 46: Body image and eating disorders and teenagers
Oct 20, 2020
Episode 45: We need to talk about "The Social Dilemma!"
Oct 13, 2020
Episode 44: ADHD and other learning issues in teenagers
Oct 06, 2020
Episode 43: Anger, attitude and aggression in teenagers
Sep 29, 2020
Episode 42: Ghosts of parenting past - How our own upbringing affects the way we parent our teenagers
Sep 22, 2020
Episode 41: Hormones and teenagers - part 2
Sep 15, 2020
Episode 40: Hormones and teenagers - part 1
Sep 08, 2020
Episode 39: More FAQs!
Sep 01, 2020
Episode 38: College, COVID and beyond
Aug 25, 2020
Episode 37: Grief and loss and teenagers
Aug 18, 2020
Episode 36: Video games and teenagers
Aug 11, 2020
Episode 35: FAQ! - we answer questions from our listeners.
Aug 04, 2020
Episode 34: The teenage brain: separating myths from facts
Jul 28, 2020
Episode 33: Pornography and teenagers
Jul 21, 2020
Episode 32: Teenagers and blended families
Jul 14, 2020
Episode 31: Anxiety, fear and panic in teens
Jul 07, 2020
Episode 30: Sex and teenagers - Part 2
Jun 30, 2020
Episode 29: Sex and teenagers - Part 1
Jun 23, 2020
Episode 28: Dr. Ken's kids give us the real story about Planned Emancipation.
Jun 16, 2020
Episode 27: Teen Depression
Jun 09, 2020
Episode 26: Divorce and teenagers
Jun 05, 2020
Episode 25: You can't wear that! Teenagers and their clothes.
May 26, 2020
Episode 24: Stop fighting! Teenagers and sibling conflicts.
May 19, 2020
Episode 23: How to drive your teenager AWAY from church! - part 2
May 12, 2020
Episode 22: How to drive your teenager AWAY from church! - part 1
May 05, 2020
Episode 21: Mothers & sons; Fathers & daughters - Part 2
Apr 28, 2020
Episode 20: Mothers & sons; Fathers & daughters - Part 1
Apr 21, 2020
Episode 19: Self-harm & suicide - Part 2
Apr 14, 2020
Episode 18: Self-harm & suicide - Part 1
Apr 07, 2020
Episode 17: Behind the scenes with Dr. Ken's wife, Sally
Mar 31, 2020
Episode 16: "If Covid doesn't kill 'em, I will!": The Quarantine Episode
Mar 24, 2020
Episode 15: The Coronavirus Episode: Parenting teenagers when life seems scary
Mar 17, 2020
Episode 14: Sports and other activities
Mar 10, 2020
Episode 13: Keeping Your Marriage Strong While Parenting Teenagers
Feb 25, 2020
Episode 12: Entitlement
Feb 18, 2020
Episode 11: Limit setting series part 2
Feb 11, 2020
Episode 10: Limit setting series part 1
Feb 04, 2020
Episode 9: Communication series part 3
Jan 28, 2020
Episode 8: Communication series part 2
Jan 21, 2020
Episode 7: Communication series part 1
Jan 14, 2020
Episode 6: Vaping, drugs, and alcohol
Jan 07, 2020
Episode 5: Teen dating
Dec 31, 2019
Episode 4: Social Media
Dec 17, 2019
Episode 2: Common mistakes parents make with teenagers (and how to avoid them).
Dec 10, 2019
Episode 3: School!
Dec 10, 2019
Episode 1: The one thing all parents of teenagers need to know.
Dec 03, 2019