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What Fresh Hell: Parenting, Relationships, and Making Life Better, with Two Funny Moms

What Fresh Hell: Parenting, Relationships, and Making Life Better, with Two Funny Moms

DEEP DIVE: Jenny Anderson and Rebecca Winthrop, "The Disengaged Teen"

What Fresh Hell: Parenting, Relationships, and Making Life Better, with Two Funny Moms · Feb 23, 2026 · 46:09

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Based on a recent listener question about how to start to let go as our kids get older, this "Deep Dive" series highlights some of our past interview episodes on the topic.

Are teenagers destined to be "over" everything? ⁠Jenny Anderson⁠ and ⁠Rebecca Winthrop⁠, authors of ⁠THE DISENGAGED TEEN⁠, explain what's behind what they call the "teen disengagement crisis" and how parents can act.

Jenny Anderson is an award-winning journalist, author, and speaker with more than 25 years of experience. Rebecca Winthrop is the director of the Center for Universal Education at Brookings and an adjunct professor at Georgetown University.

Jenny, Rebecca, and Margaret discuss:


The four different modes of learning that teens tend to engage in

What academic disengagement in a teen really signals about them

How parents can help their kids get more excited about learning


Here's where you can find Jenny and Rebecca:


⁠www.jennywestanderson.org⁠

⁠www.rebeccawinthrop.com⁠

⁠www.thedisengagedteen.com⁠

@jennyandersonwrites and @drrebeccawinthrop on IG

#DisengagedTeen #LearnBetterLiveBetter

Buy THE DISENGAGED TEEN: ⁠https://bookshop.org/a/12099/9780593727072⁠



We love the sponsors that make this show possible! You can always find all the special deals and codes for all our current sponsors on our website:

⁠https://www.whatfreshhellpodcast.com/p/promo-codes/⁠⁠

What Fresh Hell is co-hosted by Margaret Ables and Amy Wilson.

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