Am I Doing Enough for Dear Old Dad?

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4.6 • 6.3K Ratings

🗓️ 2 September 2025

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

With a job and family of his own, Joe has little time to travel across the country to help his sisters care for their elderly father. Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

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0:00.0	Thanks for listening to my call of the day podcast. You can hear my live radio program Monday through Friday from 2 to 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Sirius XM Triumph 11.
0:11.2	Go. Welcome to the program.
0:14.2	Hi, Dr. Laura. Thanks for having me on. Hi. You're welcome.
0:18.6	My wife's a big fan of yours. Well, my wife's a big fan of yours.
0:26.8	Well, my wife's a big fan of years and I get to listen along with her as we make our road trips and figured you were just the person to talk to about this issue that we're dealing
0:32.5	with in my family.
0:34.5	Okay.
0:34.9	I'm getting right to it.
0:35.9	I am one of six kids.
0:37.6	We're all grown, have our own kids and grandkids.
0:40.9	And our father has, just in the past year, has taken a big southerly turn with his health.
0:47.4	And now it requires, he's not close to hospice, but so over the past six, over the past year, the six of us kids have been looking after
0:58.9	them as we can.
0:59.9	I've got a couple sisters that don't work.
1:03.4	We're all married.
1:06.1	Two that don't work spend a lot of time with them.
1:09.0	I travel half the month.
1:10.7	I've got a wife, four kids scattered all over the country. So I don't work spend a lot of time with them uh i travel half the month i've got a wife four kids
1:12.1	scattered all over the country so i don't spend much time up there uh helping out and a couple of
1:20.3	sisters are getting on me about a lack of participation and uh and i've got you know i'm
1:26.8	there for my dad deeply.
1:29.0	I love to be there when I can.
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