How Can Grandma Help?

The Dr. Laura Podcast

Dr. Laura Schlessinger & SiriusXM

Stay-at-home Dads, Sexuality, Responsibility, Podcast, Co-parenting, Feelings, Marriage 101, Health & Well-being, Feuds, Wisdom, Siriusxm, Sex, Family, God, Stress, Friendship, Goals, Dating, Grief, Dr Laura, Lesbian, Do The Right Thing, Health & Fitness, The Ten Commandments, Emotions, Marriage, Coping, Proper Care And Feeding Of Husbands, Childhood, Single Parenting, Confrontation, Ultimate Guide To Marriage, Health, Strength, Inspiration, Grandparents, Life, Procrastination, Parenthood By Proxy, Workout, Triumph, Gay, Love & Life, Parenting, Ethics, Power, Quote, In-laws, Shacking Up, Surviving A Shark Attack On Land, Well-being, Workplace, Exercise, Social Media, Love, Couples, Stop Whining Start Living, Dr Laura Schlessinger, Society & Culture, Snowflakes, Courage, Woman Power, Fitness, Healing, Counseling, Mental Health, Kids & Family, Relationships, Conscience, Divorce, Stay-at-home Moms, Kids, Messing Up

4.6 • 6.3K Ratings

🗓️ 22 February 2025

⏱️ 7 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Virginia's kids have made a mess of their lives, and she worries that they are hurting her grandchildren. Searching for advice? Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Thanks for downloading my call of the day podcast.
0:03.5	You too can participate in my live radio program heard weekdays from 2 to 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Sirius XM. Triumph 111.
0:12.9	Ginio, welcome to the program.
0:16.2	Thank you.
0:18.3	How can I help?
0:19.4	I have a question.
0:29.6	Our son's wife, and they've been married for about eight years and they have two kids, and my daughter who was engaged and had a little baby, my daughter's fiance and my son's wife were having an affair.
0:42.3	What? What and what? How do we fix our family? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
0:51.8	And how did everybody, who how did everybody explain themselves when they were, quote, caught?
1:02.2	My daughter-in-law claimed she was manipulated.
1:06.9	My daughter's fiance, he had no words.
1:11.2	He basically abandoned our daughter and her baby.
1:17.2	So we're just trying to figure out how we help our kids.
1:21.9	We're like trying to balance two lives.
1:24.4	My son chose to forgive his wife, but she's still treating him horribly,
1:30.1	and we have suspicion she's still seeing my daughter's ex-siance. So do we stick our nose?
1:37.6	In situations like this, the best and most perfect advice is to never discuss this again with anybody, including me,
1:47.2	and spend all your time being a grandmother, not a mother.
1:53.5	Okay.
1:55.4	I don't want you discussing this, worrying about it.
1:59.7	Well, if you want to worry, I guess you can.
2:01.5	It just has no power, so it's a waste of time and energy.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Dr. Laura Schlessinger & SiriusXM, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Dr. Laura Schlessinger & SiriusXM and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.