Are You Driving Your Kids Crazy?

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4.6 • 6.3K Ratings

🗓️ 14 December 2025

⏱️ 6 minutes

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It's possible that Kara's style of mothering is bringing out the worst in her child. Got a dilemma? Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com - Listen to The Dr. Laura Program daily on SiriusXM Triumph 123.

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0:00.0	Thanks for listening to my call of the day, brought to you by Vibrients Super C serum, the skincare product I use twice a day.
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0:13.9	Remember, you can hear my radio program daily on Sirius XM Triumph and connect with me 24-7 at Dr. Laura.com.
0:23.5	Kara, welcome to the program.
0:25.8	Yes, hi, Dr. Laura.
0:27.5	Thank you for taking my call.
0:30.1	I've called you.
0:31.6	Thank you.
0:32.1	I've called you a few times in the past and you've always had really great advice,
0:36.9	so I'm calling you again.
0:38.7	And I just want to know if I handled the problem, the situation with my daughter, well,
0:44.4	or what should I do differently if I didn't?
0:47.9	So I'll give you a little bit of background.
0:49.8	My daughter's 14.
0:51.4	She has not had an easy life.
0:54.0	She has a mother who didn't make great decisions for
0:56.4	her. I am divorced from her father who is not in her life because I chose a bad man to be her
1:01.3	father. And even though we live in the same city, we're very close with all of his family, but he's
1:07.0	not in her life. When she was nine years old, I was diagnosed with cancer and was in chemo for about three
1:14.4	years and right after I was, but I'm actually, I called you, the last time I called you,
1:20.1	I was, she was having these outbursts and it was about, really about me dying and you helped me to realize that and it made a big
1:32.1	difference in our relationship moving forward and in her level of anxiety through my illness.
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