“Mother’s Day” Under Fire? | The REAL Story with Dr. Phil

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Dr. Phil McGraw

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🗓️ 15 May 2025

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

Why is “Mother’s Day” suddenly a controversial term? In this episode of The Real Story, Dr. Phil explores the growing movement to replace traditional language in the name of inclusion—and what it really says about the state of American culture. From woke word policing to redefinitions of parenthood, this conversation cuts to the core of how language shapes our values.

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0:00.0	Well, it's the real story and we're talking about the attack on Mother's Day.
0:05.2	Look, this is supposed to be a day to celebrate moms everywhere, right?
0:09.7	Happy Mother's Day!
0:12.6	And you would think that this would be about as non-controversial a holiday as you could
0:18.3	get.
0:20.2	But no, no, somebody's got to have a problem, right?
0:24.6	We can't just celebrate good old mom.
0:27.6	She kisses my boobos.
0:29.3	She braids my hair.
0:31.0	We love your mothers everywhere.
0:32.9	I am so sick of the radical left attacking everything, particularly mothers to fit some narrative that somebody has to sit around and think up and have a problem with.
0:48.1	Let's look at some headlines.
0:49.9	Wisconsin governor defends push to redefine mother as, quote, inseminated person.
0:57.0	This is from Newsweek.
0:59.1	Inseminated person versus mother.
1:02.0	Dems keep proving they've lost common sense.
1:06.4	USA Today op-ed.
1:09.3	Happy inseminated person day.
1:12.1	Washington Times, 2025.
1:14.9	Now, surely they were being sarcastic.
1:18.3	Opt-out of Mother's Day.
1:19.9	New corporate trend reeks of anti-family activism, critics say, in Daily Wire.
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