A Better Life Without the Stress of a Bad Friendship

The Dr. Laura Podcast

Dr. Laura Schlessinger & SiriusXM

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4.4 • 6K Ratings

🗓️ 29 October 2025

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

Listen to my Morning Monologue: I’m sharing my take on pressing issues, enlightening research on human behavior, answering questions I get by email, and my favorite, most instructive interactions with callers. Everything you’ll hear is designed to help you become a better spouse, parent, family member, co-worker, friend, and human being. It’s the free therapy you need! Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

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0:00.0	Thank you for listening to my morning monologue.
0:04.1	Brought to you by Vibrient Super C-Syram, the skincare product I use twice a day.
0:09.5	Visit Vibrions.com slash Dr. Laura to save 37% and get free shipping.
0:15.6	Remember, you can hear my radio program daily on Sirius XM Triumph and connect with me 24-7 at Dr. Laura.com.
0:25.0	I'm going to open the program today reading a letter from one of you, probably listening right now,
0:32.8	because I thought it would be useful for you to see how other people struggle because it's a normal
0:44.3	part of life and there is no change without resistance, it's struggle and I get all of that.
0:48.4	But I think it's really helpful when you hear other people doing the things you're struggling with.
0:54.9	You know, it helps all of us.
0:57.7	Hi, Dr. Laura.
0:58.5	I wanted to say thank you in two areas.
1:00.8	One, I called about six months ago, and you helped me see a situation in black and white
1:05.9	when I saw it as a gray area.
1:09.8	A person we had gotten to know over several years continued to let her
1:14.0	son hit my children. I remember this call. When the pattern was continuing over months after I brought
1:24.1	it up several times, she always laughed it off and used psychobabble to justify him being a brat.
1:30.5	Please do a segment on the horrors of so-called gentle parenting and parents who read too many parenting books.
1:38.3	I found out she had told a mutual friend who I introduced her to that she said my boys were sissies.
1:50.1	Now, I don't know if you've ever seen four boys, one years old, three, five, and seven in a room together, but they are anything but sissies.
2:00.1	I always say we should pad our walls.
2:03.7	You ask why I would let my children be around someone
2:08.0	who let their children hit them.
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