Best of 2022: Parenting Teens Toward Adulthood - Dr. Ken Wilgus

Dr. Ken Wilgus encourages parents to deliberately work their way out of the parenting role by the time their child is 18, and instructs them to see their teenagers as young adults, not large children. He offers tips on how to progressively give your teen more responsibility, along with examples of how to have difficult conversations on a range of topics, from music choices to dating.
Get Ken's book, Feeding the Mouth That Bites You: bit.ly/3vlFoYk
For more resources on this topic: bit.ly/3C59QcP
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[@lisacadman3842]

I absolutely LOVE his approach! Genius!

[@marik8624]

Excellent points! Will be sharing this to my friends/ family with teens 😊🙏🏻 thank you, blessings to your ministry!

[@fifitshimbalanga9035]

Thank you so much for this. I love it

[@jillg9471]

The best! Thank you! Buying the book today.

[@mkathrynblacker5960]

While I do agree that the parenting job needs to change from teaching to training, I absolutely emphatically disagree with the concept of a 13-year-old being an adult. An 18-year-old is only an adult because the country wanted people young enough to draft. And, admirably, teenagers wanted to fight for our country. 18-year-olds were NOT considered adults 100 years ago. It was all a rouse to send people to war. Just because a 13-year-old is out in the field means They have a job and they're working, not that they're an adult. Do you know what a paper route is? A 10-year-old can drive a tractor If they can reach the pedals. They're not an adult. It has been scientifically proven that the brain is not fully developed until the 20s, kids between the ages of 13 to 18 DO NOT HAVE COMMON SENSE! This guy is absolutely off base in my opinion.

[@imemailingmybrother]

If you let your 13 year old listen to whatever they want, you are a fool. You need to fight some of these battles for their souls

[@chanskichanski7874]

Well, that’s what I thought but he is right, I really can’t control what they listen to if they access to internet… I’m just wanting to remind them that certain words will bring them down so be careful with those.

[@imemailingmybrother]

@@chanskichanski7874 do what you can when you can, or find out the hard way

[@MrYosefwales]

Thanjs for your final comment to us parents who put so much pressure on ourselves: "You are better at it than you think you are."

[@joannaramey2657]

Hey op😅pl

[@joannaramey2657]

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[@imemailingmybrother]

Take some leave some

[@MarylnBowan-vg7te]

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