#38 - Top 40 Countdown '23: I Want My Granddaughter Back

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4.6 • 6.3K Ratings

🗓️ 18 December 2023

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Roberta wants to continue her close relationship with her youngest granddaughter without bending to the demands of the child's new foster mother. Email questions or comments: drlaura@drlaura.com - Participate on the radio program: call 1-800-Dr-Laura / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment https://www.drlaura.com/make-an-appointment.

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0:00.0	Thanks for listening to my call of the day podcast. You can hear my live
0:04.7	radio program Monday through Friday from 2 to 5 p.m. Eastern time on
0:08.9	serious XM Triumph 111.
0:11.1	Roberta, welcome to the program.
0:13.4	Yes.
0:15.0	Oh, you are.
0:17.0	Hi, hi, how are you?
0:19.4	Good.
0:20.4	What can I do for you?
0:22.4	Well, I have a situation. My oldest granddaughter took in my
0:29.2	youngest granddaughter as a foster parent. That granddaughter, I was the first person to touch her. She was
0:40.6	born in the back seat of a car. I held her for the first time the day before my birthday.
0:47.0	State came in. I had that child for a whole year and I've been in her life ever since.
0:54.5	Well, since my oldest granddaughter decided she was in a foster home, her,
1:00.0	the child is now four years old. She's cut me off.
1:05.0	She claims my moral standards and my religious beliefs are not in line with hers.
1:17.0	And what are hers? She can't explain it to me. She said it's difficult. She goes to a non-denominational church and she expects me to, she homeschools also, she expects me to have a relationship
1:42.3	with her kids that I have with my youngest granddaughter.
1:45.0	But I've never been in their lives. I don't really understand the youngest granddaughter.
1:57.0	I don't really understand this situation.
2:07.0	If she has told you, if she's giving you a hint of what would open the door,
2:12.0	that she wants you to demonstrate a closeness, go act!
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