How Can I Get My Son Back on Track?

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4.4 • 6K Ratings

🗓️ 30 December 2025

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Andrea's son has changed for the worse since starting high school and finding his current group of friends. 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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0:26.4	Andrea, welcome to the program.
0:28.7	Hello, Dr. Laura.
0:29.8	Thank you for taking my call.
0:32.0	Thank you.
0:32.6	I have two sons.
0:35.4	One is 21.
0:37.4	He has finished university. He's graduated. He lives out of the house, has his own place. And I have a second son who I adopted when he was two years old. He is now 15 years old. The second son that we have...
0:53.3	What were the circumstances of his adoption?
0:56.0	Were there any drugs involved in the parents who produced him?
0:59.0	Stuff like that. Was there any abuse?
1:02.0	So, yes. So the second son, he was taken away at two years old.
1:08.0	His biological mother used drugs repeatedly she
1:13.6	was given an opportunity to get off of the drugs his biological father was not
1:18.8	in the picture and children's aid removed him from the home he was put into
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