All Episodes
Feeding The Mouth That Bites You: Parenting Teens Into Adulthood — 250 episodes
Episode 250: Your Teen Summer Checklist Starts Now
Episode 249: Mother’s Day Reset: 5 Lies Moms Shouldn’t Believe
Episode 248: Are We Overdoing Self-Esteem?
Episode 247: When Is It More Than Teen Behavior? Signs Your Teen May Need More Support
Episode 246: Sleepovers: What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
Episode 245: The Wardrobe Wars (and how to survive them)
Episode 244: The Phone Battle You’re Not Supposed to Win
Episode 243: The True Meaning of Marriage (Christian Marriage Series Part 3 of 3)
Episode 242: What Your Spouse Needs From You (Christian Marriage Series Part 2 of 3)
Episode 241: A Christian Understanding of Marriage (Part 1 of 3)
Episode 240: Affluenza: Are We Giving Our Kids Too Much?
Episode 239: Sorry, not sorry. Should parents apologize to their kids?
Episode 238: Parenting the Pull-Away Years
Episode 237: Understanding Impulsivity
Episode 236: Roles Reversed: Dr. Ken Interviews Cynthia on Parenting the Long Game
Episode 235: Is Nicotine Really a Big Deal?
Episode 234: Does My Teen Really Need Counseling?
Episode 233: Where’d You Hear That? Sorting Through Today’s Parenting Advice
Episode 232: New Year, Same Teen? 3 Parenting Resets for 2026
Episode 231: Why Entitlement Is Shaping Our Kids More Than We Realize
Episode 230: Why Adult Friendships Matter More Than You Think
Episode 229: You Asked, We Answered: Parenting Q&A with Dr. Ken
Episode 228: Winning the Game: How to Parent Well Through Teen Athletics
Episode 227: Raising Teens in the Age of AI
Episode 226: The Case for Earlier Marriage (and why parents panic)
Episode 225: Bullies, Victims and Bystanders - Teens and Bullying
Episode 224: When Teens Wander
Episode 223: Show me the money (and boundaries)
Episode 222: Defiant or Dysregulated?
Episode 221: When Spouses Disagree on Planned Emancipation
Episode 220: Parenting Teens Through Hard News and Politics
Episode 219: But What About A Teen Who's Diagnosed With [fill in the blank]?
Episode 218: Teens That Can't Wait To Leave And Teens Who Never Leave
Episode 217: Start The School Year Off Right With Your Teen Plus A Huge Announcement!
Episode 216: End Of Season 5 And Time For Summer Break!
Episode 215: Dr. Ken's Soapbox: Parenting "Experts," Controlling Teen's Eating and Shared Rooms
Episode 214: How To Overcome Isolation
Episode 213: Why So Many People Are Going “No Contact” with Their Parents
Episode 212: Sex, Purity Culture and "How Far Is Too Far"
Episode 211: All About Sex and Dating
Episode 210: The Rise in Teen Sextortion Cases and What You Can Do About It
Episode 209: All About Addiction in Teenagers
Episode 208: Lying, Disrespect and Other, Common Issues in Limit-Setting with Teenagers
Episode 207: When Parents Have Different Limits, They're Both Ineffective
Episode 206: Anger and Yelling Make You Weaker as a Parent
Episode 205: Speechmaking: Adolescents Learn From Experience, Not Words
Episode 204: Limit-Setting with Adolescents - You're Not a Cop, You're a Judge
Episdode 203: Reviewing Planned Emancipation Part 2 - The Expectations and Consequences List
Episode 202: Reviewing Planned Emancipation Part 1 - The Freedoms List
Episode 201: Teenagers, Jobs and Employability
Episode 200: Teenagers and Death
Episode 199: Teenagers and Body Shaming
Episode 198: Talking Politics with Teenagers
Episode 197: When Your Teenager Is Out of Control
Episode 196: How to Have a Great Spring with Your High School Senior
Episode 195: The Fire and the Knife - Lessons From Father Abraham
Episode 194: The Pros and Cons of Self-Awareness
Episode 193: Keeping Marriage Alive When Your Teenagers Are Killing You!
Episode 192: Homeschooling and Teenagers
Episode 191: Teenagers and Grandparents
Episode 190: Adult Children Living at Home
Episode 189: Adoption, Foster Care and Teenagers
Episode 188: Great Communication With Teenagers
Episode 187: When Planned Emancipation Doesn't Work
Episode 186: Planned Emancipation - Second Edition
Episode 185: Teaching Parents To Release The Burden of Parenting
Episode 184: Refocusing On Individuation - The Main Thing To Know About Teenagers
Episode 183: When Parents Are Suffering
Episode 182: Inside Out 2
Episode 181: "The Anxious Generation"
Episode 180: The Big Announcement: The Revised and Expanded, 2nd Edition of the Feeding Book Is Here!
Episode 179: We're Going On Break Plus A BIG Announcement!
Episode 178: Bad Therapy - Part Two
Episode 177: Bad Therapy - Part One
Episode 176: Stepparents and Teenagers
Episode 174: Cellphones and Teens - Another Update!
Episode 174: Marriage Problems, Separation, Divorce and Teenagers
Episode 173: Teenagers and Religion - Church, Synagogue, Mosque or Temple
Episode 172: Porn and Anime Revisited
Episode 171: We Interview Cynthia Yanof... Your New Best Friend
Episode 170: Sociosexuality Part Two
Episode 169: Sociosexuality Part One
Episode 168: Neurodiversity And Teenagers
Episode 167: "Lost In Trans Nation" Dr. Miriam Grossman Interview (Part Two)
Episode 166: "Lost in Trans Nation" We Interview Dr. Miriam Grossman MD (Part One)
Episode 165: Alcohol, Drugs And Vaping - Revisited
Episode 164: Parenting Teenagers In An Age Of Anxiety
Episode 163: Mentalization - Is Your Teen Good At Knowing Other People?
Episode 162: What About Starting Planned Emancipation Earlier Than Thirteen?
Episode 161: When Teens Attract the Wrong Friends
Episode 160: Teenagers and Masturbation
EEpisode 159: Make-Up, Hair, Nails and Teenagers
Episode 158: "I Want My Teenager To Be Able To Tell Me Anything... Right?"
Episode 157: Hygiene Issues with Teenagers
Episode 156: Grounding Teenagers
Episode 155: Holidays, Grief and Teenagers
Episode 154: Health Issues and Teenagers
Episode 153: Helping Teenagers' Problems with Friendships and Social Groups
Episode 152: "Why Is My Teenager Angry All The Time?"
Episode 151: When Teenagers Isolate In Their Rooms
Episode 150: The Parenting "Finish Line" Part 2
Episode 149: The Parenting "Finish Line" Part 1
Episode 148: Teens Who Resist Sports and Activities
Episode 147: The Barbie Movie
Episode 146: The Burden of Parenting - Part Two
Episode 145: The Burden of Parenting - Part One
Episode 144: "You're Only Human" part 2 - Dr. Ken Interviews Dr. Kelly Kapic
Episode 143: "You're Only Human" Dr. Ken Interviews Dr. Kelly Kapic
Episode 142: Another "Dr. Ken's Essentials" - Entitlement in Teenagers
Episode 141: Dr. Ken's "Feeding The Mouth" Essentials
Episode 140: "Why Are You Telling Me This?" Complications In Communicating With Teens
Episode 139: Trash Talk, Verbal Sparring and Teenagers
Episode 138: A Spring Checklist For Feeding The Mouth Parents
Episode 137: How To Talk To Teens About School Shootings
Episode 136: Parents Who Can't Stop Checking, Nagging Or Reminding Their Teens
Episode 135: Teens, Femininity And Feminism
Episode 134: Teens And Toxic Masculinity
Episode 133: Teens And Life Purpose
Episode 132: Teenagers and psychiatric hospitals
Episode 131: Dads Speak: Dr. Ken Interviews Jessica And Ashley's Husbands
Episode 130: Teenagers and siblings
Episode 129: Help! It's Not Working!
Episode 128: "Good Enough" Parenting
Episode 127: Teenagers And Sleepovers
Episode 126: Culture And Feeding The Mouth That Bites You
Episode 125: Teens And Therapy: Don't They Just Lie?
Episode 124: Teens And The Holidays - A Refresher
Episode 123: Preparing For An Empty Nest
Episode 122: Teens Sending And Receiving Nudes
Episode 121: Parenting In Reverse
Episode 120: It's Time For More... FAQs! (part 2 of 2)
Episode 119: It's Time For More... FAQs! (part 1 of 2)
Episode 118: How To Talk So Your Teenager Will Listen
Episode 117: Teenagers And Basic Life Skills
Episode 116: Trauma And Teenagers
Episode 115: When Dr. Ken Talks To Teenagers About "Feeding The Mouth"
Episode 114: Help! I'm Starting Feeding The Mouth Late!
Episode 113: The Ideal Way To Start Feeding The Mouth That Bites You
Episode 112: Is It Ever OK To Kick Your Teenager Out Of The House?
Episode 111: Adult Children Living At Home
Episode 110: That Music Can't Be Good For Them! Music And Teen's Moods
Episode 109: When Feeding The Mouth Really Begins
Episode 108: Gaslighting, Narcissism And Teenagers
Episode 107: It's Summer Break Time For FTM!
Episode 106: Critical Teenagers And Critical Parents
Episode 105: Jobs, Summer Jobs And The Value Of Work Experience
Episode 104: Anime, Furries And Other Strange Things
Episode 103: Piercings And Tattoos And Teenagers
Episode 102: When Your Own Parents Won't Let Go
Episode 101: More And More FAQs!
Episode 100: FTM Reaches 100 Episodes!
Episode 99: LGBTQ Revisited And That Story Of The Transgender Swimmer
Episode 98: Mothering Styles And Fathering Styles Plus Letting Your Teen Go To Concerts
Episode 97: Reviewing The Importance Of The Individuation Drive (And Even Its Relationship To Teen Crime)
Episode 96: Gossip And Rumors In Teenagers (Plus, Talking To Teens About War)
Episode 95: The Dating "Playbook" Is NOT The Same As Marriage: Know The Difference!
Episode 94: Communication Differences Between Guys And Girls
Episode 93: Dr Ken Interviews Focus On The Family's Jean Daly
Episode 92: The Way They're Wired: Understanding Temperaments In Teenagers
Episode 91: Procrastinating Teenagers
Episode 90: Why Am I Not Funny To My Teenagers? Teens And Humor
Episode 89: Eating Disorders, Body Image And Diet In Teenagers: Interview With Amy Carlson
Episode 88: When Your Teenager Triggers You
Episode 87: Teenagers And Social Anxiety
Episode 86: Divorce, Blended Families And The Holidays With Teens
Episode 85: Exceptions To Planned Emancipation
Episode 84: Teens Who Make A Difference
Episode 83: Preparing Teenagers For Vocation Plus That Kentucky High School Scandal
Episode 82: When Your Teen Announces They Are LGBTQ
Episode 81: Lies Our Daughters Believe: Dr Ken Interviews Suzanne Venker
Episode 80: Teaching Teenagers At Home plus A Teen Slang Vocabulary Quiz
Episode 79: Teenagers And Bullying plus Dr Ken's Hero Teen Stories
Episode 78: What You Need To Know About Marijuana and Should You Ever Put Your Daughter On The Pill?
Episode 77: Lying Teenagers, That Dangerous Tik Tok Trend & Teenage Tantrums
Episode 76: The Importance Of Fathers plus Teach Your Boys Real Respect For Girls
Episode 75: That Antifa Teacher Story and When Teenagers Blow Your Trust
Episode 74: Managing Toxic Messages From School And Other Settings
Episode 73: A Teenager's Right To F-Bomb?
Episode 72: Feeding The Mouth 2.0 is here!
Episode 71: FTM is taking a summer break!
Episode 70: Teenagers and prayer
Episode 69: "How Far Is Too Far" - The really AWKWARD sex talk!
Episode 68: Slow down... creating margin and rest with teenagers
Episode 67: Not in my house! ...Common objections to Feeding The Mouth parenting
Episode 66: Teenagers and grandparents
Episode 65: Teenagers and their friends!
Episode 64: Traveling with teenagers!
Episode 63: Teens and cancel culture
Episode 62: Getting serious about planned emancipation
Episode 61: Dr. Ken asks the questions
Episode 60: Money and teenagers
Episode 59: Lazy teenagers
Episode 58: The addicted teenager and their families - Part 2
Episode 57: The addicted teenager and their families - Part 1
Episode 56: Even more FAQs! - Part 2
Episode 55: Even more FAQs! - Part 1
Episode 54: Teenagers and politics
Episode 53: Self-esteem and teenagers
Episode 52: Teenagers and family secrets
Episode 51: Teenagers and the holidays
Episode 50: Parents feeling all alone: Planned emancipation in a confused culture
Episode 49: Driving!... and teenagers
Episode 48: LGBTQIA+ issues and teenagers - Part 2
Episode 47: LGBTQIA+ issues and teenagers - Part 1
Episode 46: Body image and eating disorders and teenagers
Episode 45: We need to talk about "The Social Dilemma!"
Episode 44: ADHD and other learning issues in teenagers
Episode 43: Anger, attitude and aggression in teenagers
Episode 42: Ghosts of parenting past - How our own upbringing affects the way we parent our teenagers
Episode 41: Hormones and teenagers - part 2
Episode 40: Hormones and teenagers - part 1
Episode 39: More FAQs!
Episode 38: College, COVID and beyond
Episode 37: Grief and loss and teenagers
Episode 36: Video games and teenagers
Episode 35: FAQ! - we answer questions from our listeners.
Episode 34: The teenage brain: separating myths from facts
Episode 33: Pornography and teenagers
Episode 32: Teenagers and blended families
Episode 31: Anxiety, fear and panic in teens
Episode 30: Sex and teenagers - Part 2
Episode 29: Sex and teenagers - Part 1
Episode 28: Dr. Ken's kids give us the real story about Planned Emancipation.
Episode 27: Teen Depression
Episode 26: Divorce and teenagers
Episode 25: You can't wear that! Teenagers and their clothes.
Episode 24: Stop fighting! Teenagers and sibling conflicts.
Episode 23: How to drive your teenager AWAY from church! - part 2
Episode 22: How to drive your teenager AWAY from church! - part 1
Episode 21: Mothers & sons; Fathers & daughters - Part 2
Episode 20: Mothers & sons; Fathers & daughters - Part 1
Episode 19: Self-harm & suicide - Part 2
Episode 18: Self-harm & suicide - Part 1
Episode 17: Behind the scenes with Dr. Ken's wife, Sally
Episode 16: "If Covid doesn't kill 'em, I will!": The Quarantine Episode
Episode 15: The Coronavirus Episode: Parenting teenagers when life seems scary
Episode 14: Sports and other activities
Episode 13: Keeping Your Marriage Strong While Parenting Teenagers
Episode 12: Entitlement
Episode 11: Limit setting series part 2
Episode 10: Limit setting series part 1
Episode 9: Communication series part 3
Episode 8: Communication series part 2
Episode 7: Communication series part 1
Episode 6: Vaping, drugs, and alcohol
Episode 5: Teen dating
Episode 4: Social Media
Episode 2: Common mistakes parents make with teenagers (and how to avoid them).
Episode 3: School!
Episode 1: The one thing all parents of teenagers need to know.