Deep Dive: How to Be a Good Parent After a Bad Childhood

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4.4 • 6K Ratings

🗓️ 4 September 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Can you go on to be a good parent if you had a really terrible childhood? The answer is, yes. People who've had horrible childhood experiences can become good parents, although the stats aren't great. Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

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0:00.0	Listen to all my episodes of Dr. Laura's Deep Dive in your favorite podcast app.
0:07.0	Search for Dr. Laura's Deep Dive podcast and follow my Deep Dive today.
0:17.0	Dr. Laura's Deep dive.
0:20.0	Deep dive. Dr. Laura's Deep Dive. Deep dive.
0:24.1	Dr. Laura's Deep dive podcast.
0:28.3	Here's a question.
0:33.8	Can you go on to being a good parent if you had a really terrible childhood?
0:37.3	The answer is yes. People who've had horrible childhood experiences can become very good
0:42.5	parents, although the stats aren't great. And the reason the stats are not great is because most
0:48.4	folks who have endured a bad childhood have not taken a painful, honest look within. They tend to be the ones who repeat old,
0:56.8	bad parenting patterns. My listener, Chris, was newly engaged and had heard many times that victims
1:03.8	of sexual abuse will most likely go on to abuse their own children. Given his painful past,
1:10.7	he asked me if he and his fiancé should give up on the idea of having
1:14.0	kids.
1:18.1	Chris, welcome to the program.
1:20.7	Hi, Dr. Lowe.
1:21.7	Good afternoon.
1:23.1	Good afternoon.
1:24.1	I'll get to the point right away.
1:25.9	First, thank you for what you do for everybody. You're a true blessing to everybody, so thank you for that.
1:31.3	I'm 45 years old. I was a victim of sexual abuse from 12 to 15 by my uncle. I never really seek, I got the counseling that I needed, I bottled it up, really didn't
1:45.0	have anybody to trench with the time.
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