How Can I Help My Daughter?

The Dr. Laura Podcast

Dr. Laura Schlessinger & SiriusXM

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

4.6 • 6.3K Ratings

🗓️ 11 April 2023

⏱️ 8 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Robin's life is being turned upside down by her daughter who keeps going back to a physically abusive boyfriend. Email questions or comments: drlaura@drlaura.com - Participate on the radio program: call 1-800-Dr-Laura / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment https://www.drlaura.com/make-an-appointment.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

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 111. Robin, welcome to the program.
0:17.3	Hi, Dr. Laura. Thank you for taking my call.
0:21.6	Thank you. I'm calling today.
0:23.6	I have a 30-year-old daughter who is in an abusive relationship.
0:31.6	She's been with this guy for about two years.
0:35.6	He has landed her in the hospital a few times.
0:42.0	You know, most recently she had a concussion.
0:46.4	And it's just really bad.
0:48.6	And every couple of weeks or a couple months, she'll call me and she'll say she's ready to leave.
0:58.1	Will I come get her?
0:59.9	And then as soon as I get her in a safe place, she goes back.
1:04.5	I can't keep her more than a few days at most.
1:08.6	And I'm just trying to figure out how to handle, you know, the back and forth
1:13.4	with my emotion. Okay, Robin, may I answer that? Yes, ma'am. Your daughter's mentally ill.
1:24.8	I'm not saying she's psychotic. I'm saying she's mentally, emotionally ill.
1:30.4	She does have...
1:31.2	Which is why she does that.
1:32.8	Yeah.
1:33.4	So when when she was a kid, did you first notice she had emotional problems?
1:42.4	Well, it started pretty early.
1:47.0	You know, she was getting trouble at school.
	...

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.