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4.6 • 6.3K Ratings

🗓️ 25 November 2024

⏱️ 5 minutes

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What kind of parent trusts their 12-year-old son not to look at the X-rated posts on social media? Sara! Searching for advice? 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	Sarah, welcome to the program. Hi, Dr. Laura. Hi. How are you? Hi. Good. What's up? Good.
0:21.4	Sorry, I'm nervous. I love you. Um, thank you? Hi. Good. What's up? Good. Sorry, I'm nervous.
0:22.7	I love you.
0:24.3	Thank you.
0:24.8	I feel very physically ill today because of something that happened regarding my son and a cell phone.
0:32.3	He's 12.
0:34.3	And we've given him a few chances.
0:37.0	We've taken the phone away.
0:39.3	And then last night I, we gave him a phone, another phone.
0:42.3	And last night I was sleeping and heard my husband say something about a phone to him.
0:46.3	And it was in like a louder voice.
0:48.3	And I was like, oh, I'm just going to ask in the morning.
0:51.3	And then this morning, my son woke up and he wouldn't eat and he wouldn't talk
0:54.8	to me. The phone was hiding. My husband took it. Can you tell me what the problem with the phone is
1:01.7	other than no 12-year-old ought to have one? Other than that, tell me what the problem with the phone
1:07.0	was. You kept taking it away. Why?
1:14.6	It's so hard for me to verbalize it,
1:17.2	but it's because he was on TikTok and the stuff he was looking at was inappropriate.
1:20.8	How old are you?
1:21.7	How old are you?
1:24.3	43.
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