I Don't Want My Kids To Meet My Bio Dad

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🗓️ 24 June 2022

⏱️ 3 minutes

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I Don't Want My Kids To Meet My Bio Dad - Chris would like to know if it's appropriate to keep his children from meeting their biological grandfather since he has chosen to be uninvolved for most of Chris's life. - Dr. Laura: "Don't disrespect the good grand-parenting of your stepdad by introducing the absentee grandfather." - Is there a step parent in your life who treated you better than your actual parent? Email me your thoughts at: drlaura@drlaura.com | To 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. Become a Dr. Laura Family Member: https://www.drlaura.com/ See https://www.drlaura.com/privacy-policy for privacy information.

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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 two to five PM Eastern time on serious XM triumph 11. Chris welcome to the program.
0:13.0	Hi, Dr. Laura. Thanks for taking my call today.
0:18.0	How can I help you?
0:20.0	So I have two small children, eight and 11 two daughters and I had recently told them about their grandfather, which is my biological father.
0:35.0	I never really had a very strong relationship with him. My parents had divorced when I was very young, you know, like an infant and my mother had custody.
0:46.0	We did weekend visitations, but you know, once you got remarried, we were like the X wife's children basically.
0:54.0	And then he had, you know, some kids with his new wife and it was a very obvious situation for us that we were sort of not that welcome.
1:03.0	So, you know, as years went by, we just kind of stopped going and that relationship sort of faded.
1:10.0	And then as an adult, I tried to rekindle that in my 30s, but they're very unhealthy people to have a lot of their gossipy and, you know, just not that the kind of relationships I wanted to be around.
1:23.0	So sort of a strange from them. And I just backed out from that situation.
1:27.0	But now my kids, since I've shared with them about their grandfather who exists, I tried to explain to them, you know, that it wasn't, you know, he was my biological father.
1:38.0	But, you know, my stepfather's really my dad and it's really their grandfather who's very involved with, you know, my kids and myself very loving basically my dad.
1:48.0	So, my kids are asking they want to meet their biological grandfather and try to see them away from it.
1:56.0	But I don't want to create a resentment in their life, you know, if and when you pass away.
2:02.0	Oh my god, everybody's so afraid I can't throw a pebble in the water. There'll be some splashes can't handle that. Come on.
2:10.0	You say he was a lousy father. I have no interest in you meeting him.
2:16.0	There's nothing positive about that. And the answer's no, especially since you've had a wonderful grandpa in my stepdad.
2:24.0	And you don't disrespect him because you're curious.
2:29.0	Right. That's it. Okay. Strongly. Yeah. Strongly said.
2:37.0	Yeah. I like that. I like that. Okay. Good. Excellent.
2:42.0	From the same page. Good. I like that. All right. Okay. We're sharing the same page.
2:49.0	You're on a Kindle. That'd be great because you don't want somebody going faster. My number 1-800-375-28-72.
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