Grandma's Not Doing the Right Thing

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4.6 • 6.3K Ratings

🗓️ 11 November 2024

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Samantha wonders if she should confront her mother over the way she spoils her grandchildren. Searching for advice? 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 downloading my call of the day podcast. You too can participate in my live radio program
0:06.8	heard weekdays from 2 to 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Sirius XM. Triumph 11th.
0:13.0	Samantha, welcome to the program. Hi, Dr. Laura. Thank you so much for taking my call. I appreciate
0:18.8	you beyond words. So thank you very much.
0:22.0	My pleasure.
0:24.0	Okay.
0:24.8	My question for you ultimately is who is right, my mom or me.
0:29.8	And the backstory is I have two young kids, nine and five.
0:34.5	And my mom constantly buys them things.
0:39.0	Anything.
0:40.0	I don't need to hear any more.
0:43.3	Do you stop it?
0:44.5	Do you hand it back to her?
0:45.8	Do you say, this is unacceptable.
0:47.7	If you want to buy them things, check with me first, and I will approve or not, and that's
0:53.2	all.
0:53.4	Or are you afraid that she's going to cut you off from her will, that she's not going to talk to you anymore?
0:59.6	I mean, are you going to do the sort of high school stuff with your mom?
1:04.0	No, no, no, no, that's why I'm calling you because I will do whatever you say, truly.
1:09.5	No, I don't want you to do whatever I say.
1:13.8	I want you to listen to what I'm trying to explain and then have you act appropriately for
1:20.8	your age and position.
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