I Have Two Dads

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🗓️ 8 August 2022

⏱️ 7 minutes

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I Have Two Dads - 8-year-old Hinley is being pressured by her biological father's side of the family to stop calling her stepfather "dad." - Dr. Laura: "The man who is fathering you has earned the honor of being called 'dad.'" - Do you have an especially close relationship with a step-parent? Email me your thoughts at: [email protected] | 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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1:14.8	through Friday from 2 to 5 p.m. Eastern time on Sirius XM, Triumph 111. Step Dad and Step Daughter.
1:23.1	Welcome to the program. Hi, Henley. Hello, Dr. Cool. Hi. Hi, Henley. How old are you?
1:31.1	Eight. And when did you first get step Dad in your life?
1:36.4	Eight. How old were you? Two. Two, okay. And do you see or talk to your dad?
1:54.2	Yes. Okay, how often? Very often every week, every day, every month.
2:01.9	On the weekends and on Tuesdays on the week. Okay. On the weekends and Tuesdays on the gut.
2:12.6	Okay. And did your dad get married again? Yes. Did they make any new babies? Yes.
2:22.5	And did they, when they were married, did the lady he married, did she have any kids before she married him?
2:33.4	No. Okay. And so how many kids did they make and how old was their child? They made two.
2:44.1	And how old are the kids? One, four, and one, three. Three. Got it. Okay. What can I help you with, Henley?
3:01.2	Um, I call my stepdad dad and my real dad and step mom and Nana and my sister don't like it.
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