Graduation Guest Conflict: A Teen’s Choice vs. Family Expectations - Part 1

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🗓️ 6 June 2026

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Joann's 18-year-old is preparing for graduation and does not want her grandfather to attend the ceremony. She insists that it is her personal choice, which has led to disagreement within the family about respecting her decision versus including him in the celebration. 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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0:29.7	Joanne, welcome to the program.
0:32.7	Hi, Dr. Laura.
0:33.6	Thank you for taking my calls.
0:35.8	You're very welcome, Julian.
0:36.9	I talked to you one time before about 18 years ago and your advice helped.
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0:44.3	I have an 18 year old daughter and she is doing dual enrollment for her paramedic EMT course
0:52.3	and for she's graduating high school and her grandfather would
0:59.1	like to go to her graduation for high school. Now is that your dad? Is that your dad? Yes it is. It's my
1:07.1	dad. And give me some, okay, slow down. Give me some background on your dad.
1:12.4	Okay, my dad.
1:14.1	My mother passed away two years ago, and we moved my father in with us.
1:19.0	And my parents, when she was first born, they said, all we want to do was just live to see
1:24.1	her graduate.
1:25.6	Well, my dad made it, but my mother did not. So last week, she said
1:31.3	to me, she says, I know who I'm going to invite to my graduation. And I said, there's a list.
1:37.8	And she said, yeah, she said, I'm 18, and I think that I should be able to make the decision
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