Avoid These Parenting Mistakes

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🗓️ 12 July 2026

⏱️ 13 minutes

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"Avoid These Parenting Mistakes" - 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! • 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	Thank you for listening to my morning monologue.
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0:18.5	Remember, you can hear my radio program daily on Sirius XM Triamp and connect with me 24-7
0:26.2	at Dr.ora.com. I'm going to talk about parenting mistakes. Oh, you'll see all sorts of lists everywhere.
0:36.7	Breastfeeding, not breastfeeding, this, that, the other thing.
0:39.4	I just have some basic things to tell you, like the first one. Don't make a baby. If you're not
0:45.2	in a committed, covenantal marriage, mom and dad, don't be making babies. Because babies need
0:50.9	a mommy and a daddy, secure, married, stable.
0:56.3	That's the first thing.
0:58.3	First thing you have to think about when you want to be a parent.
1:03.2	Can you provide what a child needs?
1:08.2	Let me repeat that.
1:10.7	Can you provide what a child needs?
1:15.3	Now saying, well, you know, parents die.
1:21.1	Sometimes you get knocked up at a wedlock, whatever, you know, kids can turn out okay.
1:25.3	That's like saying, ah, if I give you a bullet to the head and you survive it,
1:29.1	then a bullet to the head is not so bad.
1:33.5	To me, it's a stupid comment.
1:37.8	Many human beings are amazingly resilient,
1:41.4	but there's always a price to pay for not having a stable family with a mommy and a
1:47.4	daddy married.
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