Making A Change

The Dr. Laura Podcast

Dr. Laura Schlessinger & SiriusXM

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4.4 • 6K Ratings

🗓️ 5 November 2025

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Listen to my Morning Monologue: I’m sharing my take on pressing issues, enlightening research on human behavior, answering questions I get by email, and my favorite, most instructive interactions with callers. Everything you’ll hear is designed to help you become a better spouse, parent, family member, co-worker, friend, and human being. It’s the free therapy you need! Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

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0:00.0	Thank you for listening to my morning monologue.
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0:16.2	at a fraction of the retail price.
0:18.6	Remember, you can hear my radio program daily on Sirius XM Triumph and connect with me 24-7
0:26.0	at Dr.ora.com. I want to talk about me. I think it'll be helpful for you. I'm planning on it being
0:34.2	helpful for you. I'm hoping it'll be helpful for you, but I'm going to
0:38.0	talk about me, a transformation I've made over the years. When I grew up, my dad was, he was
0:49.0	tough, difficult, tough. I'm not quite sure where to put it, but he was quite demanding of me,
0:57.8	academically in particular. I mean, I told you all one time about what happened when I was in
1:05.9	junior high school. They put me in the stupid math class.
1:13.8	Sorry, that's what it was, the stupid math class.
1:17.5	So instead of doing algebra, they had me doing like arithmetic and just, it was, I came home and said, they have me in the stupid math class.
1:32.0	And by this time, it's close to Christmas.
1:35.2	And school started in September in those days.
1:37.4	Now it starts in August.
1:39.3	So I came home and I said, this is just too dumb.
1:43.3	And I showed him what I was doing, and he said,
1:45.7	you're right, this is way too dumb.
1:47.5	And so he goes to school, talks to the teachers who make these decisions, and says, she shouldn't be in this class.
1:56.9	And they said, well, you know, so he said, put her in the algebra class. And they said, it's
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