Moms and Sisters Take a Backseat to Husbands and Kids

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4.6 • 6.3K Ratings

🗓️ 7 November 2025

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

Rachel needs to get a handle on the time she spends dealing with sister and mama drama before it takes a toll on her marriage. Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

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0:26.4	Rachel, welcome to the program.
0:28.9	Hi, Dr. Laura.
0:30.6	So I kind of have a question about, am I wrong?
0:35.0	Was my mom wrong?
0:36.2	And do I owe her an apology? Okay. What happened? Oh. About a week ago, my baby sister,
0:45.7	my mom's child, had a horrific car accident. Baby sister is how old? 29. Okay. Adult sister had a terrible car accident.
0:56.7	Was she driving?
0:57.5	Was she hit by a car?
0:58.7	What happened?
0:59.1	Or technically a motorcycle, and she was hit by a car with riding without a helmet in the state of Florida.
1:06.8	You're allowed that.
1:08.6	But she was only going to the gas station and half a mile from her house
1:14.6	it's tragic she's she's survived we got her home um she had a great how's her brain
1:21.9	we're dealing with that we're having doing week on week off couple and we're figured that what
1:30.4	what do the doctors say about brain potential brain damage um she has a tBI for sure and it's follow-up
1:39.8	care and watching it okay Okay. Is she married?
1:50.7	She is and she has a legal husband and he did all the right things and but she also has three kids and so um so we we jumped in the car and drove down right?
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