Divorce, Decisions, and Family Ties

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4.6 • 6.3K Ratings

🗓️ 13 April 2026

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Catherine reflects on a year of divorce proceedings and explores her options—while asking an important question: how can relationships with grandparents remain strong through it all? 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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0:34.4	Catherine, welcome to the program.
0:42.3	Hi. Thank you. you're welcome how can I help you Catherine well um my friend recommended that I call you um and in the process of
0:53.6	divorce I have three children what wire I call you, I'm in the process of a divorce.
0:55.9	And why is that?
0:57.7	Why are we getting a divorce?
1:04.3	Well, my husband was activey military, and he retired.
1:14.2	And after he retired, we were having a lot of trouble communicating.
1:26.5	And we went to... Can you give me an example of what trouble communicating. And we went to...
1:28.5	Can you give me an example of what trouble communicating looks like?
1:33.2	What does that look like?
1:34.5	I'm not sure I understand.
1:37.8	Well, if there was...
1:40.3	There was like an issue that we wanted to work on or discuss um give me an example of one of those one of those
1:50.7	what one of those were um well one time like he was one of my son was asking a question about, you know, why do people do drugs?
2:06.7	And my husband was answering him and I couldn't help myself and I interrupted him.
2:16.0	And he really didn't appreciate that um and and he made some comments that
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