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Your Teen Isn’t a Little Kid!

12 min • 10 september 2024

The ways you communicate with a teenager are incredibly different from how you talk with a young child. Dr. Ken Wilgus, who counsels teens, speaks with Jim Daly about common challenges he's seen in parent-teen relationships. Then, John and Danny provide hope to to parents who realize they've been too hard on their teenager.

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Your Teen Isn’t a Little Kid!

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