Parenting Today's Teens
Hosted by Mark and Wayne and Courtney and Mark Gregston · Mark Gregston
4.9from 451 ratings
- 1,334
- Episodes
- 504
- Transcribed
- 451
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2020
- First episode
- 40K
- YouTube views
About Parenting Today's Teens
The Parenting Today's Teens Podcast is a daily resource for parents raising teenagers. Hosted by Mark Gregston, a renowned parenting expert with over 45 years of experience, this podcast provides practical, expert advice for navigating the challenges of parenting teens. Whether you're struggling with defiance, emotional issues, or just want to understand your teen better, Mark’s guidance is raw, real, and always hopeful. Some episodes are co-hosted by Courtney LaFleur, LPC (Licensed Professional Counselor) and on-staff counselor at Heartlight, adding professional counseling insights to the conversation. Together, Mark and Courtney provide expert tips and real-life solutions to help you build stronger relationships with your teen and navigate the complexities of today’s adolescent culture. If you’re looking for guidance on how to connect with your teen, improve family dynamics, and raise a confident, well-adjusted teen, this podcast is for you. For more parenting tools and expert advice, visit www.ParentingTodaysTeens.org.
- Publisher
- Mark Gregston
- Category
- education · kids & family · religion & spirituality
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 15 Jun 2020
- Latest episode
- 22 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
504 of 1,334 episodes have a transcript.
22 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Teen Stories: Feeling Hopeless at Home
21 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
When Good Kids Make Bad Choices
18 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
I Mustache Mark a Question: Double Lives, Depression and Difficult Conversations
Inside a recent episode
Teen Stories: Feeling Hopeless at Home
Published 22 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] It was, uh, like I drank, but I didn't like start drinking every day until like a couple months ago before I got sent here. And what was that about? Just trying to deal with your own feelings and thoughts of, so you shut down. You don't want to, what's the deal with not wanting to live? Where did that come from? Um, I think like, I just happen like sometimes I would be perfectly fine and then other times I would just like not want to be here anymore and that's when like self-harm started coming in the picture and I think that my mom got really worried about me and like she like before I came here like what she told me was she was like it's The only reason, like, the reason why we sent you here was because we were scared that you were going to take your own life or you were going to run away from home. […]
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- Heartlight Young Lady 1
- Heartlight Young Lady 2
- Two Heartlight teens
- Heartlight student
Reach and audience
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- YouTube views
- 39,964
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.9 / 5
- 339 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.8 / 5
- 112 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 86 / 100
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- Quality
- 98
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 85
- Engagement
- 99
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Who hosts Parenting Today's Teens?
Mark and Wayne and Courtney and Mark Gregston host the show. Published by Mark Gregston.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes daily, based on its RSS feed.
Does Parenting Today's Teens take guests?
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