I Don't Get Along with My Parents

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4.6 • 6.3K Ratings

🗓️ 5 August 2025

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Josie says her parents aren't warm or kind to her. What's the reason for her strained relationship with them? 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 listening to my Call of the Day podcast. You can hear my live radio program Monday through Friday from 2 to 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Sirius XM Triumph 11.
0:11.5	Josie, welcome to the program. Hi, Mama Laura. How are you? I'm good. How can I help?
0:21.1	So I've been listening to you since I was a preteen and appreciate your practical wisdom.
0:26.8	Thank you. My parents are not emotionally available, and I've already kind of dealt with that.
0:33.6	I don't know what that means. I don't know what that means in everyday life.
0:39.0	Emotionally available.
0:41.4	What does that mean?
0:42.4	Not kind, not warm.
0:45.0	They don't reach out or help.
0:47.6	Or if you're trying to look for someone to listen or say kind words, that's not, you're not going to get that.
0:53.2	Neither one of them is nice. Your mother never
0:56.1	listened? Yes. That's, yes.
1:02.6	That's a little hard to imagine.
1:06.7	Yeah. And never and always
1:10.1	is a little hard to understand.
1:11.6	Maybe you could refine it a little bit.
1:16.6	I think my mom is just not very, she's very defensive, very introverted, very quiet, not compassionate. And then with my my dad he's been more compassionate but also can be a bully and
1:35.4	stubborn and arrogant so and how would they describe you?
1:47.4	Probably stubborn and arrogant.
1:49.9	Probably critical.
1:56.1	I don't really care for them very much.
1:57.5	Is that accurate?
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