Follow the Example of Mother Birds

Dr. Laura Call of the Day

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4.4 • 6K Ratings

🗓️ 12 July 2025

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Julia's daughter is a "mean girl" who failed the 12th grade and still lives at home. What should Julia do to help her child grow up? 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.
0:02.9	You can hear my live radio program Monday through Friday from 2 to 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Sirius XM Triumph 11.
0:11.4	Julia, welcome to the program.
0:13.8	Hello, Dr. Laura. So happy to chat with you.
0:18.5	Thank you. How can I have?
0:20.3	I have a 19-year-old daughter. I am married to her father and also have a 22-year-old
0:32.2	son. I was a stay-at-home mom from day one, and my daughter was a little tough as a youngster, but sort of grew out of it.
0:45.5	I would say ages four through 13 were brilliant, and I feel like once she hit puberty,
0:57.4	there was a marked change in her behavior,
1:01.3	her temperament,
1:02.8	and her ability to cope and deal with people.
1:06.7	We've definitely had some struggles.
1:09.4	I feel like I have tried everything to communicate the value of your words and your tone of voice,
1:17.7	and it just doesn't seem to register.
1:21.3	She's a little bit of a mean girl, I feel like, and she doesn't understand that her words have a ripple effect,
1:30.8	and the tone of voice you use affects people. And, yeah, she's got a voice. May I ask you what you
1:38.3	think the role of a mother is in raising a child? Tell me the beginning, middle, and end of a mother's role, in your opinion.
1:49.5	In my opinion, oh, good question.
1:53.1	In the beginning is to love, support, feed, keep clean.
1:58.2	In the middle is to support, love, educate, be there, be that playful, happy,
2:11.6	and start to teach them about kindness and happiness and choosing happiness and choices. And then in the end,
2:21.3	I think it's to be that listener if, you know, as an adult, stop, stop. Stop. Okay.
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