Dr. Wilgus is a licensed psychologist specializing in the treatment of adolescents and their families. He is the author of Feeding the Mouth That Bites You: A Complete Guide to Parenting Adolescents and Launching Them Into the World, and hosts a weekly podcast on parenting teens into adulthood.

“The primary need of every adolescent is individuation — the need to know they are on a path to independence.”