I'm Lying to My Daughter About My Divorce

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🗓️ 23 November 2020

⏱️ 12 minutes

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I'm Lying to My Daughter About My Divorce: Jen's daughter Julie wants to know why her parents are divorced, but Jen is embarrassed to tell the full story. - Dr. Laura: "Kids need to know the truth." | 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	Thank you for listening to this edition of the Call of the Day.
0:03.8	Be sure to listen to my program Monday through Friday now heard on Sirius XM Triumph 2011.
0:09.8	Jen, welcome to the program.
0:11.8	Hi, Bethelora.
0:13.2	Thank you for taking my call.
0:14.8	Sure.
0:15.8	So, my daughter keeps asking why her father and I got divorced.
0:22.4	I have you, your daughter.
0:24.2	Madam, I need more.
0:26.0	And she keeps asking, meaning how many minutes, hours or years has she been asking?
0:32.4	She asks about, like, once a year.
0:36.0	So it's been 10 years.
0:37.6	So 10 years?
0:38.6	And 10 years she has asked and she must not be satisfied with the answer.
0:43.1	So what's the answer you give?
0:46.9	So I basically just tell her that, you know, we didn't get along when we, you know,
0:51.1	we would argue and things like that.
0:53.6	Jen, you want to know why that's the worst thing to tell a kid?
0:59.0	Because it's not working.
1:01.0	No, the reason that's the work.
1:03.8	Would you like to hear why I think that's one of the worst things you can tell a kid?
1:08.4	Yes, please.
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